Common Ground Fair

By astrig | September 25, 2009

It’s written in stone, I get the Friday of Common Ground Fair off…someone else must man the campground because I’ll be in Unity at 9:00 AM waiting for the gates to open.  This wonderful celebration is only 45 minutes from the campground, always around the Fall Solstice.  For me, the weeks of anticipation between Fiber…

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Back on Track

By astrig | September 20, 2009

Fiber College has been the focus of the past weeks…and then it took a week to get rested enough to want to look at the computer…but I’m feeling great again so… This morning Steve needed to be on Sears Island to monitor the clam flats at 6:00AM…(it was a really low tide this morning) and…

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And then there was Brambles…

By astrig | September 15, 2009

Does three make a herd? Our big purchase during Fiber College was a 6 month old cashmere goat…Brambles. His temperament is sweet, he’ll provide me with cashmere to spin at the end of every winter and he fits right in. It’s funny to see how different he is from the other Angora goats…Brambles acts more…

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Heavy Metal Gary Rocks!

By astrig | September 3, 2009

One day Gary said that his metal shop would be having a slow time…I started babbling about artwork I’d like in our garden…he said how big…I said how big can I go…look what Gary made for me!  I’m so very happy! This is how it was done:

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