While we were gone

We saw some friends

and family

Played in the trees

Made some mischief

Gained a family member

Remembered another

Then, Tad and I headed to the mountains for a bit.
We took in some beautiful scenery, hiking by ourselves and with friends

hung out with the kids

some knitting of course

and made a brief visit to SAFF

P.S. I had a cool moment in the [...]

Yarn Tastings, Fiber Festivals, and Socktoberfest, oh my!

Just a quick little post before we packup and leave town (again). This weekend’s travels will take us dangerously close to Rhinebeck, but family priorities rule.
In addition to our local spinning guild which has been a wonderful source of new skills, friendship, and fiber camaraderie; I finally made it to a meeting of our local [...]

3Day Withdrawal

Walkers on Day 1 
I can’t believe another 3Day has come and gone again. They have all been incredible, and our fifth event was no exception. Thank you all for your kind words, your empathy and your stories, your well-wishes and good thoughts. Thank you to all of you who so generously supplied prizes for [...]

Fundraising Contest Winners are up!

I am still a bit behind, but beginning to catch up – Thank you all so much for your kind words and your patience! 3Day post and pictures will follow soon, but I didn’t want to delay posting the contest winners any longer. All winners (courtesy of the random number generator) are up on the [...]

Re-entry (almost!)

Just a very quick note to say THANK YOU for all your kind words and thoughts – we’re back safe and it was amazing (particularly so this year for many reasons). Recovery is taking a little longer than planned – I got pretty woozy on day 3, and though structurally I think I’m fine, I [...]

Final Prize Posting

Have you ever been totally overwhelmed by someone’s kindness? Feeling like there aren’t any words to tell this person what it means to you but you have to try – and it never really expresses the heart of it or gets your point across, or much worse, comes across sounding trite. And you can see [...]