Alpaca Gold

I love this color of gold/yellow. It adds such punch to the batts I love to card. I got it the other day in the dyepot/crockpot by just pouring "apricot" and "maize" Pro-Chem dyes into the pot indiscriminately. Of course, this means there is no assurance I will ever get it again, but this bit of alpaca roving will be hoarded for the carder.

On another note, this bad boy, the big black electric roaster, got added to the dye stable of work horses. I can do an 8-ounce batt in it ever so gracefully. I will have pictures this week.

It's late for me after a super busy, but good weekend. Nitey night, John Boy. Mimi is hitting the hay.

Sunset on the Ice of Briar Creek

Sunday night means supper at Mimi's (that's me). I was laid up a bit with some silly something in my back so I asked SIL, Chuck, if he could get some shots of the ice on our little lake. We are having record cold here in Dallas and I wanted to document what was happening to our little lake. Here's what he brought back. I think there's an artist in there somewhere. What do you think?