Back again

Summer is gone, and boy, was it an expensive one for me.

New roof on this side of the house, which has been the only part of my roof that was still slate.

And underneath it ...........wooden shingles, and about a million square nails.

But it's done.....chimney capped forever never to be used again, but repointed so it looks good!

New flashing around the chimney, new ridge pole.........done.

On top of that, a new gas furnace, since my chimney is defunct.

My savings dwindles in the face of necessity.

As usual, I am sickeningly hopeful.  What the hell is wrong with me, I wonder.

But there seems always something to be thankful for.  So I persist in 

holding on to those good thoughts.

A few months ago, I saw this photo, I have yet to find out where it originated from,

despite lengthy searches.

It is a picture of different colored eggs from different breeds of chickens, and it 

just mesmerized me.

I wanted to recreate these colors in my weaving.

I was not at all sure that I could.

But once again, I persisted.  You've probably noticed by now, if you've been 

following my blog, that persistence is my middle name.

And here is what I came up with.

Here is the finished towel.

The first 21 that came off the loom sold overnight on my FB biz page, and the second

21 are waiting for the guild show.

For my last expenditure of this very pricey summer, I decided to replace the back

fence of the dog yard.  The rest of it is black chain link 5 ft high, but this one stretch

has always been stockade fence.

The old one had been there for 15 plus years, and was beginning to look a little ragged.

I was afraid some day I would look out there and parts of it would be lying on the ground.

So here is the new fence, and hopefully it will last for a long time.

My other weaving venture into towels, has been my Christmas tree towels.

I have 20 of those waiting for the guild show which is November 15-17 at 

Pat's Barn in North Greenbush, NY.

And if that's not enough to keep me busy, I've been doing Basic Weaving workshops

again, and they are filling up fast.

It's good to get more people to be in love with weaving. and it's good 

to fill the studio up with lots of good energy.

Sorry I've been so absent.  I think often that no one reads it, so why bother, but then 

I know that there a few of you faithful followers out there, and then I feel bad for 

not doing better.....

I'll try harder.