Lazy greetings. Cilantro, Teaberry & friends at afternoon nap.

Winter feedings: gold finch and sparrow.

Buster, nattily dressed in my purple sweater – minus sleeves (sacrificed for lambie sweaters last spring!).   

I'll leave off with some scenes from and a few words about my St. Distaff's Day gathering on Saturday. I so looked forward to this coming together of a handful of die-hard, local fiberists who I knew would be here regardless of weather. On my iphone calendar I had written the word "FUN" starting at 4:30 after evening chores. And it was.

Cozy. Great friends. Scads of fiber. And tasty morsels: Adrian brought the home made cheese puffs; Barbara G. brought cream puffs for dessert (well, ok, we ate them with every course), Holly brought the most health-conscious item, lettuce wraps with organic chevre. And Gail brought homemade salsa.

(BTW, this is a special month for Gail, a.k.a. the Kangaroo Dyer. Her very first book, Hand Dyeing Yarn and Fleece (Storey Publishing) will be released any day now. I've  just pre-ordered my copy. You can take a peek here.)

 
Gail took this shot of me happily spinning away my winter share of Cormo Alpaca roving (in loon, if you're curious), completely unaware that the candle on the desk just behind me was gutting itself (see the wax running down its side?). So we nearly had a St. Distaff day fire after all!

Happy Monday.