Play...Where's Wendy?

There's some more photos of the Gathering up on another website.

(Thanks Meritt and Kevin!)

Great Wolf Lodge

Sometimes when we get to go with Hubby for his work it's pretty good.

The Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City is good. It has a huge indoor water park. They have other things to do, but we never did do them...maybe next time.
If you noticed, Emily was wearing a modest swim suit in the picture above. I made one for each of us. We love them.

You can find more about them here.

A General Gathering

We went to a Gathering this weekend.

We enjoyed ourselves so much that we plan on going to more.

It's so nice to be among friends.

What did ya say?

The power went out Sunday afternoon for a couple of days for us this week. It was very interesting to me to see how others in the neighborhood handled it. It seems not much can affect a Michiganer.lol. People simply spent more time outdoors playing, trying to cool down, and begging neighbors who had generators if they could hook up their frigerators up to it with their extension cords. One corner sidewalk was especially decorated. I'm guessing it was a very generous neighbor or maybe they were charging a small fee.lol. Now when I listened to our solar/dynamo radio, the news on 950 am, they said there could be heard the hum of generators throughout some neighborhoods. Well, I really think the word hum is an understatement. Those generators got so loud that it was a relief when one ran out of gas. In fact, Alex cried when they restarted them up. Anyway, I think we did pretty well and I don't think I'll buy a generator anytime soon. They just didn't seem worth it to me.

However, we did used my sun oven for food and an aladdin lamp at night for light. If you've read about how bright an aladdin lamps can get but didn't believe...well, I'm here to tell ya it's true. Those suckers are bright and can produce some heat too. Like a dork I didn't think about how hot they would get. Anyway, here's a tip...they work even better in front of a mirror.lol.

My first Spin

Thanks to my MIL I now own a Matchless...yeah, baby! So here's a picture of me trying to figure out how things go together. I did get it mostly figured out, but later that night I broke down and printed out Schacht Spindle Co., Inc Spinning Wheel Instructions. I now know where the brake is and I hope that will solve my over twisting problem.

Anyway, I spent yesterday spinning on the back porch. What a lovely way to spend the day. I must do it again. I asked Michael to take a movie of me spinning for the first time on my "new" spinning wheel. I thought you might like to see a little of my world.lol. Don't worry Alex was found. He was next to the car picking fairy clocks.

Here is the result of my very first spining on a wheel. I don't think I did too bad of a job. I'm thinking a hat would be a good idea, but first I need to see how much I made.lol.Here is my second try. Yeah, I couldn't wait to spin more. In fact, I think today would be a good day to do some more spinning.lol.

woooo wooster fiber fest

Thanks to my friend, Cassy, we went to the Wooster Fiber Feast. We had a great time at our first fiber feast. Well, Emily was a bit sad, but that was because she was unsuccessful in convincing her Daddy that it would be a good idea to let her buy a baby angora bunny. Oh, well...Here Gregory is looking at moths. Cecropia moths to be exact. Yes, I know I too though it was quite daring to have a booth with moths at a fiber feast, but nobody seem to be hatching evil plans.lol.

The Alamo

Yeah, I know this picture isn't of the Alamo but it is a picture of the mirror maze that's across the street from the Alamo. We went to both and I liked the Alamo better.lol.

The U.P.

We were all over the the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Was it pretty?

You betcha!

My favorite...the western side.

Crochet Month

April has been a crazy change for me.
Why?
Well, because I've been (gasp) crocheting.
Yeah, I usually don't enjoy crochet because I can't read the directions too well.lol. My Mom taught me in a very free form way when I was little so I can create pretty much anything I want but she never taught me the names of the stitches. Anyway, something clicked lately and so I've been doing easy patterns all month like...

Fan Bookmark by Crochetroo
Rectangular Granny Square Afghan by Erin Lindsey
Don't worry I was still able to knit a pair of socks and a baby sweater ;)

Thank you

Thank you so much Flibbertigibbet Bunny !
We love it!