A New Skirt!

I made another one of my new wrap skirts! It is a new design that still has lots of quirks to work out of it, but I am enjoying even the flawed ones. This skirt is perfect for using up the fabric that you only bought one yard of because you were trying to be good and now it is your favorite fabric, but there isn't enough to do anything with it. ...except perhaps put them all together in a multi-fabric wrap skirt! Here is the right side of the skirt, attatched under the pocket is a "scissor loop" which is handy in the sewing room!

Here is the back of the skirt. It is fish fabric, and I love it!

Here is the front with big scoopy patch pockets. I don't have good pockets in any of my other skirts so I am REALLY enjoying having real pockets! Like I say, lots of quirks to work out yet, but the over all design is lots of fun. It is full enough to move and climb around freely, but not so full that it is in the way. And even though it is a wrap skirt, it never blows open, but is still easily adjustable. Hopefully, more to come!

Just a shot

This is what a collie with hot spots looks like. They are stinky, nasty and spread FAST! If you catch them soon enough, soaking them with activated black tea bags puts a stop to the spreading. We also have been dusting with sulphur, though, we discovered that you MUST wash the sulphur off in between applications, otherwise it cakes into a solid barrier that doesn't come off. So...we may be taking the clippers to the rest of his beautiful coat; poor Weasel.

Napping ducks; aren't they cute? I have really enjoyed having these two! I hope they can come with us when we go...I promise they won't have to live in the oven any more!

The horses and goats are enjoying their new pasture! Barrett is making sure that Grendel is fine.

A Crack House?

So you'd think if people were living in it, had their children and grandchildren over to visit all the time AND baby sat other peoples' kids, SURELY the house would be livable by....people.

The front porch covered in junk. The window that is still in the door is duck taped in, as well are the wasps that live inside of the wall at the top corner.

They emptied the freezer contents in the back yard. It rotted and stank and made all four dogs puke for weeks. Wow, thanks...

Oh yeah, then there's the all the garbage that they threw in the cistern. There is something wrong, really wrong with people who poison their own water source.

We call them doodlebugs (wood lice)

Every day is a new adventure finding what shim-sham thrown together piece of trash idea left behind by them. For more horrifying pictures and info, visit the BeanRoadFarm blog.