Megan

Those chrysanthemum flowers are gorgeous.

My Rebel's Splatter Kake decided to become a double blossom instead of a semi double. I don't know if it will continue or even if the babies will be double.

Those are beautiful. I have done both of those styles of lace before. What type of bobbins does she use? Are they spangled with beads or round fat bobbin or some other design. Are they wood, glass, metal, bone? I have a few spangled bobbins made from paper. The bobbins I use most have spangles on them. I have seen (I think it was Dutch) that was unspangled or square that was gorgeous.

I wish I could have seen your moms bobbin lace when I was in England. Several of the items in the first post stayed in England as they were made as thank you gifts. Yes I still do bobbin lace when I get some time. I have 2 boards with unfinished lace, I need to work on. I have lots of bobbins made of plastic, wood, bone, metal even glass with oil and glitter inside. I love looking at the bobbins. Yes I have made a lot of items of lace that went on exhibit in a couple of local shows. They now live in folders to keep them clean. I gave a lot away as gifts. My mom also loves doing patchwork

Hi Janet, I hope you get the board figured out soon. We would love to talk to you and hear how you rebuilt Barholm. I understand you are renting it out right now? What are your other interests other than castles?

Let me introduce you to our newest member of our holding. Ramie wondering where we are going. And yes they both fit in my jeep. This is in the Holding pen. They are 1 1/2 years old and have never been sheared. Both are 1/2 Shetland and 1/2 Jacobs. These are the after photos Ewie Ramie It was a wee bit cold the first night and we placed shirts on the lot. To give you some ideal of how big the fleece size was. Each square on the grid is 1 inch. First on the Left is the raw fiber -- fluff from Combing -- Combed Fiber -- Lock of wool spun and folded on itself, makes a nice striped yarn. Now for the big question what am I going to do with the wool? It weighs 6 pounds. I was thinking about a knit sweater / woven blanket. I am try to make samples now to see how it will feel next to the skin. Ewie belongs to my daughter It has been a very different experience for us as we have never used electric shears before, and by hand it takes forever. I think my daughter did a wonderful job of shearing the first time and both sheep even survived.

Yes, I need much work on making my violets happy, they are sad now. I need to put up more pictures before I loose where I put them.

That is so sweet of you to say Andrew... He,He,He with an evil grin on my face. No really I would not harm you, you are one of our best posters and providers of info. Thanks for all the hard work everyone does to keep this place running. :group hug:

That very cute, so who is coming over to my house to eat wild picked stuffed mushrooms.... yum if you survive!!!!!

Ok it's settled were going. Yes we will help him plant his garden. Warm soil, green grass NO ICE. Make room for a couple more people... We Want Spring!!!!!!!

I look on Amazon for "The Bread Builders" from what Amazon will let you read on the first few pages, it looks very interesting. I have added it to my want to get list one day. Thanks for the great book Review.

Laureen maybe we should go visit Thecleaver. Always warm and always able to have fresh veggies.

UPDATE

It seems as if we have the owner of Castle Otttis that has invited us to visit his dream in Florida. As you can see he built it as creative structure and it works for his dream. You can see pictures of his dream at http://www.castleotttis.com/otttisphotos.htm Duncan / Gordon be nice...... We all have our dreams.

You do know that I would not know where to begin with a year long garden. The closet I have here is my greenhouse. I did enjoy fresh oranges and tomatoes all year long. All of the citrus and avocado trees are blooming. I need to go outside and remove some of the straw covering my delicate plants, before the momma rabbit makes her nest.