Hip-yer-partner Sally Thibault Hip-yer-partner Sally Brown Fogo, Twillingate, Moreton’s Harbour, All around the circle I’ve wanted to go “all around the circle” for years and years, but have never made the time. Each year we drive up to Cottlesville (north of Gander, south of Twillingate), take the boat across to Exploits Islands and after a…
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Bits and bytes
The past few days have been jam-packed. I hardly know where to start! So, in no particular order…. On Saturday we meandered out to Linda Lewis’ place in Chapel Cove to visit the sheep and pick up a spinning wheel part. I ordered a jumbo flyer for my wheel because having to stop part-way through…
Looks like dead mice: washing wool in the lock
I have been working my way through four pounds of a Rambouillet/Romney fleece, bit by bit, over the past several weeks. I really didn’t have any specific project plans for this fleece, other than to wash it, flick the tips of the locks open and spin from the lock into a bulky sort of yarn….
Fighting back
Winter always makes a very credible attempt to kick me in the arse. I am not a creature of snow and ice. I am also not a creature of darkness. I am a spring and fall sort of person; one who loves daylight in all its manifestations and one who has to struggle to survive…
Geocaching Adventure: Bay Roberts
Outhouse (red) and cemetery (white fence) As always seems to happen to me in February, I’ve been dreaming of summer. This past summer was particularly idyllic, as we spent a fair chunk of it wandering around the Avalon Peninsula, looking for camouflaged feral containers. Yes, we’re geocachers and have been for several years. As the…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 