My mother died last night.
I was going to go to the hospital but I stupidly waited until my brother & aunt rang me to say I was needed.
The call never came
Hurrah - a first skein of naturally coloured wool from the newly begun seasonal spice winter dye project - this gloriously glowing rich warm yellow was yielded from botanically home dyeing with dried cloves & is a rather perfect shade for brightening these short dim light days...
Not ideal Sashmis, we have girls approaching 360 days gestation and you decide to fire yours out at 312 days!! Well I suppose it’s one day longer than last year. Looks like there’s some intensive care required here. Wish us luck.
Tough time for Bea (one of our alpacas) - she needed to have her eye removed 12 days ago, followed by a small ulcer then developing on the remaining eye. The vets have been brilliant. Unfortunately she aborted her cria at 9 months yesterday. Smallholding life is really hard 😢