Good morning Sunday,
Hello Friends, our area of the lake (on Lake in the Ozarks) is finally more peaceful this weekend. There are vacation type boats still but mostly fisherman. We watched a sailboat fight some strong winds-he was good, a long distance swimmer, and this morning a kayak. and surprising no squirrels for a few weeks-what a blessing that is 😀 they eat soooo much of the bird seed if we don't chase them off early mornings. The black walnuts are starting to drop from the trees now so I am thinking they are busy gathering for winter.
I love hummingbirds and I have fed hundreds of them at the woods house, but here I have only attracted a couple pairs. I gave up with the nectar feeders this summer, as it was just going to waste. However the last couple of weeks they are here in numbers so I have three feeders out now. They usually begin to migrate mid September so I am thinking we are getting travelers. They are such a joy to see at the feeders.
This summer we have seen many of the bird's offspring-blue jays, the various woodpeckers, cardinals, and many of the smaller birds-so fun to see them
I have been able to get out to cut grass with the weed eater, I need to get back out there again though. So much to do in the flower gardens and other outdoor projects, I seem to be lacking the energy for it all-sigh Thinking from the extreme heat and humidity this summer. We did make a trip to the woods house too, still packing up Larry's scope repair shop-just a little more to do. A trip is needed for Larry to get the last of his shop machines and tools. Sadly not much room here for those at this home. Hopefully an auction can happen soon. Soooo much clean up needs to be accomplished there-grass cutting etc.
Last week I grabbed a bag of fiber to spin-I know I had put it all away for a bit but I had run into another rare breed Karakul that I had bought around 2017 and wanted to check it out. This one is used mostly for outer wear or rugs, the sheep's hide were used in the past as well. An interesting read about this sheep find here and here and here too The sheep that have been raised here in America are a bit different and have evolved into the American karakul breed
They have several different colors Most of the photos wouldn't let me copy and share, the horns are curved on these sheep
The fiber is coarse but very fluffy-bouncy
I made us up our last root beer floats for the summer the other day. Finished up a batch of my homemade vanilla ice cream, added a little Hersheys no sugar chocolate syrup (sorry about the clutter in the background)
Happy New week everyone-Fall will be in the air all next week too here in the Ozarks -mid 70's F
