Oh sweet summer solstice......today, I am grateful for the bit of cloud cover that gives a nice cool morning and reprieve from the high 80's we've been having here. I'm a 70's kind of girl......with a side of rain every-now-and-then. Anything over 90 and I know it's time to hibernate. And now, I confess, I am getting older and talking about the weather!
Hot temps bring me inside for a bit of knitting. My friend over at Olive Knits is doing a summer Knit Along...KAL which, I am sure, was designed just for me....it's a Beekeeper Cardigan.
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Olive Knits Beekeeper Cardigan
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Marie has spent the last month whipping us into a lather and I find myself lacking self discipline, yet again! After purchasing Knitted Wit's Salted Carmel....the long wait had me browsing for something brown and I gave in and bought more yarn!
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| Knitted Wit Salted Caramel |
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| and another Beekeeper Cardigan |
I'm in that weird place of the year.....waiting, ever waiting, for my field to get cut so I can graze sheep and work dogs down below. This is the year of amazing improvements.......little and big projects I have been planning out for three years coming to fruition all the while testing my patience. Blackberries have been brush-hogged out and the fence between me and the southwest neighbors is out and waiting (here is the patient part) for a new fence to be put in. All very exciting and dream come true events but the heat and the waiting are blackening my mood.
I'm leaning on my sheep producing friends for my dose of attitude changing medicine. I have puppies to train for crying out loud. When I get the call for sheep work.....I answer! Most of the work right now it tight pens and big pushes....helping to sort for shearing or running sheep through the foot bath to get their feet healthy after a wet winter. I'm not sure what this work will mean on the trial field...but man how I love what is does to the young dog's understanding of sheep and confidence for moving them. I love how they learn about tight places, nice flanks, and finding power. From my Sis/Rob litter, I have the privilege of training three of the pups...it is fun to see their methods develop.
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| Bess |
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| Jon Snow |
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| Josie |
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| Josephine Florence AKA Josie |
Like the weather, perhaps it's an age thing, or a wrestling of mood thing....but I am working on finding my joy in what is right here, right now. "I keep my eyes open for the tiniest of miracles and celebrating as I find them" has become my mission statement. This is taking discipline...it is so easy to go about seeing all that needs improvement....but the reward frees me.
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| the orchard |
Another day is calling my name...the birds beg to be fed and are singing for me while I write. The list of things-to-do whispers..."get this done", so I will take advantage of the cool today....all the while.....looking for miracles.
Seize the Day!!!
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