STUFF

Only another 3" to go on the sweater body before ribbing!  The sleeves only get ribbing since it is a summer sweater. 

 Getting there!

We are finally getting our afternoon, rains ending the 5 week drought which wouldn't have been so hard except the temps were at 100* most days, and that means rainbows!!!

The rain means the flowers are just bursting with relief!

This is the Tree Crinem which is 5' tall!  And fragrant! 

 And do you see something in front of the marble border?

We have a young Gopher Tortoise who has decided to burrow under this area which isn't a happy thing!  Their digging skills are robust and building under the garage slab isn't a place we'd like him to set up house!  A few months ago he was under a nearby tree so we are hoping he outgrows this choice of home soon, too!

And weighing in at 1 1/2" are the new lizards which are really anoles!  Sweet little things!  (Thanks for  posting on my son's arm!)

 

SETTLING IN AGAIN

I wound the plied yarn I had made before we left so I could count the yardage and prep it for washing and setting.

I have a skein of yarn that is probably between fingering and DK weight yarn with 510 yards.

I then began the job of picking and combing on the drum carder to get some new fiber to spin for TDF again!

  This is some Gulf Native Sheep wool I had dyed a few years ago and didn't enjoy picking and combing before spinning 

but I am going to finish it up this time with little whining! 

I changed the whorl set-up on the drum carder

to the larger one and then rolled the batting off tightly

 so that it is like a large rolag.  

I will be spinning it today and will let you know how it goes!

I unpacked, walked around a bit to see the flowers and was glad to see the orange tiger lily that was in bud last week-

I was so glad I didn't miss it!

This guy watched me water the plants--he is a a green anole;  he can change colors to match the shade of his background  and we call them chameleons but they are not true chameleons. 

 They are not as common as brown anoles in my yard so I enjoy watching them!