I bought this little coat at Mass. Sheep and Wool Festival this weekend. Doesn't Charlotte look sweet in it? It's really for a newborn lamb or sheep, but because she's a dwarf it fits her fine. It's really too warm for it, but the kids had fun for a few minutes. They are planning to use it as pattern to make her a whole wardrobe.
The Festival was really fun. Lots of great vendors--I bought a beaded orifice hook (if you have to ask what that means--don't
google it, I think that would be scary), more fleece and wool (but it was controlled spending), a felted pumpkin, a handmade fireplace broom, and some sari yarn for Sophie's weaving.
If you want to see links for where we went, Paula did all the work on her blog:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=364769806&blogID=398261531
Then Sunday Paula and I went up to Vermont open studios--potters, knitters, and needle
felters, oh my. We also put our feet in a river, hiked to some old growth, ate some local cheese, and saw a skinny dipper in downtown
Brattleboro. As always, after a visit, I am left wondering why I don't live in Vermont!
Charlotte has a snack with a little help from her mom.
This is Sophie in her favorite sweater. I had to pry it off her periodically this winter to wash it. Here she is having a riding lesson Periwinkle. Look closely, Peri exactly matches the pony on her sweater!
At the sheep dog demo at the Gore Place Sheep Festival the dogs herd sheep, they heard goats, and then they herd ducks! I want some of these ducks. They are called Indian Runners and they are adoreable.
We visited Parker River National Wildlife Refuge on Plum Island.
We got up at 5 am to milk and drove an hour, but it was worth it to see the song birds up close.
As you can see, the beaches are closed because the threatened piping plovers are nesting there.
