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Pumpkin Patch Outing
Oh hurray W and his parents came to visit Little Sir all the way from Utah, the King is coming to visit next week too. We need an excurision and it being the month of pumpkins you can guess what we decided to do. Now the daughters both have wee ones we have to have pumpkins to celebrate Halloween and what better way to do that than visit the hugest pumpkin patch around. (excuse the hugest, it’s kid talk coming out) After 2 days the daughters and babies are almost in sync with feeding and changing so there is an open window of time that a mission can be accomplished. Thence forth we proceeded to the CravenFarms Pumpkin Patch. The Queen was so happy to be a part of this historic outing she almost peeed her pants. You know excitement, age, babies all that great stuff that mothers and queens are exposed to. Ah yes, check out this Pumpkin Patch. This is the biggest Radio Flyer in the World or at least all of Seattle. And Walter was really having a great time, we were not torturing him.
We all liked the pumpkins, and dinner was even better. That would be Italian cooked by an Asian Chef thus the name of the restaurant “Why Not” only in Italian Perche’No. The owners are great we chatted with them and they took great care of us. Our seasonal entrees’ included Osterich filets with pine nuts and Belgium Chocolate, Swordfish with olives and capers, and then a tasty standard of Fetacine Pescatori. Sorry don’t know how to spell these. Our desserts, well hope you have the opportunity to go and try all of them. chocolate lasagna, poached pear, italian flan.
Yes the Queen is still in Seattle, and we are all doing well, with reinforcements coming this week I will be heading back to the home front.
Little Sir or JH
Sometimes all you need are a few pictures to convey all the love, worry, and hope that you feel for your children and grand children.
Seattle Skies Visit
Just so everyone can stay up to date, I am in Seattle waiting for JH to arrive at the Duchess & Dukes. Hurray for babies, W is being very brave while I am gone and P Diddy and Sister Sue will have to visit the King and go on Rhino rides without me for awhile. I’m nesting for the Duchess so all is well. We have been so busy we have hardly had time to knit and there has been no spinning at all. We did have a lovely day of tea though.
Jael the Leader
After returning from a wedding down in St George, where it never rains except on the wedding day. Happily it was in St George because when it stopped raining about 3 pm it cleared up and the sun came out. The wedding was saved and it was beautiful. The Bride of course, was beautiful, the groom was beaming and the sunset was to die for. Anyway Justin is part of the family, so we had to celebrate with him beside the youngest of the King and Queens was bestman. So after returning I had mail from the Schacht Fleece Farm on Jael. She is becoming quite the leader, witch is a good quality but not one that all lambs show. Icelandic sheep have a strain known as leadersheep, they are more fine boned and taller than other Icelandic sheep. They do actually lead or gather the other sheep and direct their path. It has been very hard work on the farm this summer becasue of the lack of rain. I am so glad that the shepherdess is such a marvelous tender and cares so deeply for all her flock. Jael and her friends have been weaned for a few weeks now, and that went well. The farm tried a new weaning process that seperated the ewes and the lambs and so they didn’t cry for each other during the weaning process, it worked out well. Jael has worked hard to produce her new fleece. It is currently between four and five inches in length. I’m so excited…. And if you are in the Indiana area on the 30th the Schacht Fleece Farm is hosting a shearing, stop in and say hi to Jael and her friends..
Yes, I am sooooo far behind and what is your excuse?
We should have a contest. Okay, the best excuse of why you are so far behind in life, blogging, knitting, spinning, or what ever will receive a surprise from the Queen. It will be better than a 3 foot zuchinni also.
Oh my I am still writing about August and i do believe we are roaring into mid September. Bear with me it’s just all good stuff to be remembered, rekindled, revered, loved and enjoyed again in writing. As you could see W was well worth waiting for and now we have a new little family. The Queen almost didn’t cry, but then that would have been uncharacteristic so i did. Thank goodness for tissues and long sleeves.
Well after hanging out at the hospital on Friday the Duchess and I had to prepare for our Dyeing class. Yellows, that would be Marigolds, Rabbit Brush, Osage Orange and Madder. There are others but those are the 4 we would work with in class. I must have witches in my ancestery, I love this mixing, boiling, dipping and singing (in my head only) witches witches, boil and bubble, toil and trouble to come. And then giving a lovely witch laugh out loud. Wait till you hear about morning glory but that will be later. Yellow is a common naturally occuring color. There are lots of good books about natural dyeing, but the books are not near a fun a the class that we took at Three Wishes.
The End of Summer 2007
Wow ! Where to begin, I thought this summer was jam packed but it couldn’t hold a candle to what went on in the month of August. I started by getting released from my long time church calling (time for a short break) then the Duchess arrived and we were off and running. The Princess and I had been planning and planning. We did let the Duchess rest part of one day then off we went shopping and dinner then to the theatre. Secret Garden has long been a favorite of ours and it was playing at the Hale theatre. The next day we threw a baby shower for the Duchess and JH with lots of great grandmas, aunts, cousins and friends. Thats were we’ll start.
And of course Gnome and friends were in attendance.
We are beginning the celebration of cousins….
The Queen was in attendance and so were the twins. And lots of Great Queen Mothers.
Tribute to a marvelous lady
We are very privileged to add some wonderful pieces of art to our home. These are originals painted by a dear friend Patsy Fernau. I hope you enjoy viewing them as much as we do. Keep her in your prayers, she is very ill and no longer able to paint.
Tradition Reigns for the 24th
We have been to see the Bees, the Buzz, the Stingers and now once again our beloved Bees. They are actually all the same team, the Salt Lake Baseball just having trouble keeping there name. Larry Miller bought the rights to the Bees name back last year so we are watching the Bees the original name. We started going with dear friends when the kids were teens and have continued on. The game was a good one, which sometimes doesn’t happen, Omaha Royals. We lost but just barely. I unraveled a ball of cotton yarn, we had foot long dogs, and Chicago dogs, mmmmmm, mmmmm. The princess took pictures my camera was still recovering from the trip to Wyoming. The fireworks rocked as usual and the night was exceptional, rain had watered our parched lawns and cooled the day making it a perfect evening. The Dukes family joined us and most of our kids, the grandkids are on vacation with the other grandparental units. It was a great evening and day. Just can’t believe that July is winding down, this summer has been so busy, but we have enjoyed the back yard more than usual its been great. Hope you all have enjoyed your summers also.
