What have I been up to lately? Well this month is Le Tour de Fleece over on Ravelry. I am on 3 teams. Yeah.
I am spinning some Perendale Top from Crown Mountain Farms. The color is The 5th Element. I love it. The fiber is long and fluffy. It is so easy to spin I probably will buy more of this perendale in the future.
Here is the cute little sheep. The fiber came from New Zealand. It was prepared in Michigan into luscious Top.
The top:
And my spinning singles:
I will be spinning every day that the Tour de France event happens. We have 2 rest days. It goes from July 2 to July 24.
In other happenings at Casa de Carol is the garden. I got the garden planted. It is growing so fast. We already have zucchini on the bushes and blooms on the tomatoes. We also planted; sugar baby watermelons, cucumbers, pumpkin, and several types of peppers.
Do you see the wire? That is a hot wire to keep Bob out of my garden. He chews and digs everything. The hot wire keeps me from having to stress over loosing my garden to a puppy. It works very well.
I planted the garden late. We had so much rain that I was waiting for a clear day to plant. It was only 2 weeks ago that I got the veggies in.
Yes, this is Bob the dog. He has grown so much. He looks too sweet to be half beaver. But believe me, he can chew up anything in a split second. My new hose is in about 10 pieces.
Today I went out to start the BBQ and all I could smell was gas. Bob had chewed the hose under the BBQ. I have my BBQ directly plumbed into the gas line of the house. I'm lucky that my son Roland had put a shut off valve which I always have in the off position when I am not BBQing. Today I had to cook indoors. My chicken and corn on the cob were good but not how we wanted it because of our "beaver" dog. I will have to get a new hose with the metal braiding on it I think.
Bob is afraid of the pool. He will come to the edge but he puts on the brakes if you try to get him in the water. I did put him in once to show him how to swim to the stairs. I was hoping that he would like the water, he is a lab. No, he told me, "mom I don't want to swim!!!".
On the painting front. Ok, so this isn't watercolor but it is painting. I have this table. (imagine it standing up)
And this oak table has been with me for a long time. It was in my kitchen in Yucaipa. It was moved to the livingroom so we could eat in front of the TV. It came to my new house after my hubby died. I gave it to my daughter Sierra and she had it in her kitchen. When she died I got the table back. It has been on my patio for a few years. Ok, more like 4 years. I decided it might look awesome if I painted it an aqua blue, Tiffany blue. So I started.
It needs a second coat. It has just been too hot. The paint wants to dry on my brush so I will wait for this heat wave to pass to finish.
Look at how good it matches my old metal chair. That is from my old house too. I might paint the chair to give it a fresh look. I love the color.
I have been knitting too.
This is a sweater based on the EPS, aka Elizabeth Zimmermann Percentage System. I am doing a KAL (knit along) with a Ravelry group. I have finished the body. Now we are going to work on splitting for the sleeves.
I finished my Sprossling Sweater.
Now it is too hot to wear this sweater. Maybe I can wear it to the movies? Except I never go to the movies. LOL
Happy 4th of July to all of you tomorrow. We will be at church for the annual event. They will have the blow up water slides for the kiddies for FREE!!! Music, Hot rod and motorcycle show. And In & Out will provide the food. Yum.
They usually end this gathering around 3 pm or so. My sister Susan is with us on July 4th every year since '05 or '06. She has a new job and has to work. Boo Hoo. I will miss having the swim races here at home in my pool and BBQ. Last year Susan, Peanut and I were in Idaho with Dustin and Bambi. We sat at the park to watch the fireworks in their beautiful town. It was fun.
Happy 4th !!!!!
Does Bob need a bigger Dog House?
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