The Sheep's Garden

01/09/2026

The last day of August, and I still can't believe all that has happened this month. I have been looking at everything around me, taking in all the details. After so much rain there is green grass everywhere, delicate mushrooms and beautiful skies.
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19/08/2026

Fruit trees in bloom; peach, quince, apricot, orange, pear...(I think). 🌸💮🪷Subtle colors from our garden, with calming perfume from the orange blossoms after the pain of last week.

12/08/2026

There are some people, very few, who have an inner light that makes them shine with love. People who create an energy so positive that it is impossible to think that anything bad could ever happen to them. Anne was one of those people. We may not have spent much time together but her love was felt by everyone she touched. Her passing has left us in shock, especially those closest to her, and my heart hurts for them. Rest in peace friend.
(I don't have many pictures of us together, and this one isn't very good, but we both had fun hair for a Halloween party ❤️)

24/07/2026

My family and I were lucky during the rain and flooding that has destroyed many homes, business, and infrastructure around us. We had some water come into our house, and some of the outside walls collapsed, but we cut down some trees in the weeks before the storm, (just a coincidence), and even though it feels strange not seeing them when I look out the window, I'm glad they were down before the wind started. During the storm we were without electricity for a few days but a solar charged battery brought light to the dark wet nights, and allowed me to start a new, simple knitting project, (although for me "simple" doesn't mean quick)!

14/07/2026

Aquí les comparto algunas fotos del taller de tejido que realicé ayer durante FestiFungi. Mis alumnas usaron lana y telas recicladas mediante Peg Looms para crear un tapiz decorativo. ¡Me divertí mucho compartiendo y creo que mis alumnas tambien lo disfrutaron!

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07/07/2026

Este domingo en FestiFungi estaré realizando un taller para los niñ@s! Consiste en utilizar un telar de pegs el cual es una forma más simple de introducir al mundo de los telares, resultando en un pequeño tapiz decorativo para la pared. Incluye material de retazos de tela y diferentes colores de lanas.

25/06/2026

I began today waking up with a migraine, (not unusual), but this one was particularly bad, (however not as bad as the ones I used to get; day of pain, day of vomiting, then a day to recover).
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But today I had to push the pain aside because we had opened the canal doors last night and there was a chance of water early this morning. And there was.
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Not a lot, but enough to water the lavender plants, some trees, and to fill the shallow wetland pond. After we finished it was off to the supermarket.
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My mom went with me and we made a small detour to the public vaccine truck so my mom could get this year's flu vaccine.
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With the shopping done and my daughter picked up, it was back home to heat up some frozen “steak and kidney” lunch for my family. Later I took our dog for a walk, put some wood on the stove, and worked on a swatch of my hand spun yarn.
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I am thinking of knitting a chunky, squishy scarf, something for the frosty winter mornings and the next time we get water!
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22/06/2026

07/06/2026

On social media it is so easy to show the pretty things, and hide the ugly. And because this is my business account and I try to focus on fiber I have not been sharing some of the "ugly".
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Recently I have taken over my Dad's property, (where I live with my family), and we are watering, something that was previously done by an employee of my Dad. We use canal water which should arrive in the village tank between 1 and 7am every 9 days . Before the water arrives we have to open and close "doors" (dams) the night before.
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The water is not arriving. In the past 3 months we received water twice. This weekend we saw that our water was being stolen. We also cleaned out the dead fish from our dried water tank where we normally store our irrigation water. We don't know how many of the trees my Dad planted 25 years ago will survive. We don't know what to do. Many of our neighbors have illegal wells which are reducing the water table, so that doesn't feel like an option.
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This isn't easy, and at times it is frustrating and heartbreaking.
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However, I am generally an optimistic person, and with my family we want to find a way forward with the resources we do have, and find beauty in the small things.
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for the longest time I thought this song said - "I'm gonna be an optimist about this" and not - "How am I gonna be an optimist about this" - I like my version better 😊

14/05/2026

No recuerdo cuándo empecé a tejer estas polainas ... hace ya varios años. Era mi proyecto ideal para llevar a todas partes, fácil y pequeño. Los tejí con un ovillo de hilo Katia Tokyo Sock. Por fin los terminé y ya están listos para el invierno.
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I can't remember when I started to knit these leg warmers...it has definitely been a few years. But it was my "take everywhere project", easy and small. Knit with a ball of Katia Tokyo Sock yarn. I have finally finished them, and they are ready for the winter.