Category Archives: backyard

Spring clean-up

Posted on March 22, 2008 by karen

  It wasn’t planned to coincide with the beginning of spring,  it just happened. Old things in the backyard got up-rooted and carted away. First the old truck, kind of sad to see it go: Next was the manure spreader, … Continue reading →

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Stay at home Sunday

Posted on February 10, 2008 by karen

It’s been mostly cold, snowy, and blowing today. There was a patch of sunshine during the afternnon, and I sat in the big dining room window in the warm rays and spun some llama roving I got last fall at … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the New Year

Posted on January 1, 2008 by karen

I love the new beginning feeling that comes with the 1/1 date. I have made some sweeping resolutions; one of which is to get outside more: (starting tomorrow!) (I am nothing if not a procrastinator!) I am up for changes … Continue reading →

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Rhinebeck workshop and colored leaves

Posted on October 23, 2007 by karen

This is my backyard view, this afternoon. A storm around us; overcast; but still so much green for the last bit of October. (I need to trim some of these shrubs so as to not lose my view of the … Continue reading →

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Dyeing my spinning

Posted on July 17, 2007 by karen

I have a split personality: I am trying to spin and knit for ‘A journey to a shawl’, and I am trying to do the mystery stole#3. I dyed my NZ Romney a week ago Sunday with the butternuts and … Continue reading →

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Where this comes from…

Posted on June 13, 2007 by karen

This is my first blog post — I hope it will not also be the last! The ‘Foothills’ are nestled into the Berkshires, the large mountains in SW Massachusetts; large only to those of us who live here, I suppose. … Continue reading →

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