I have started to cart the wool. Here are the first three batts. I’m doing one a day so it could be a few weeks before It’s ready to spin!

We got lost coming out of Cordoba. We both commented on the highly unlikely fact that there was a new bridge crossing the river, and then realized that it wasn’t a new bridge but we were on the wrong road.…

Here is my birthday wool that I dyed and it is hanging out to dry. The white is the silk which I am degumming, I didn’t think it needed too much degumming so I will see what it’s like when…

First of June, and we went this afternoon picking asparagus. We managed to collect as much asparagus as we would have done got in the season it really has been quite successful yet for us! Normally by this time of…

Here are the sheets beeswax which I’ve hung on the line to bleach.  They are wrapped in clingfilm is fall on the floor. 

We had a nasty surprise as the brakes on the car broke on Wednesday – but amazingly, they did this in the back yard where no damage could be done. Happily a new mechanic has started working in the village…

Last Saturday I was sat wearing a fleece and moaning about the cold, and yesterday I was sat wearing a t-shirt and moaning about the heat, what a difference a week makes! We went asparagus picking on Friday and had…

After what must be over a year of relatively dry weather, this past week has been full of rain clouds. So much so, I assumed that we had someone coming to visit which had triggered the bad weather, as this…

It seems like such a long time since we’ve lost one of the household, but sadly Anubis’ illness became too much today and she was put to sleep. She’d been through a cycle of deteriorating and then recovering with intensive…

What a longtime since I wrote a blog post. I’d like to say it is because we’ve been busy doing exciting things. But instead we’ve been busy doing relatively boring things – including taking some online courses to learn about…