Well, I guess I kind of win too, because we got our hay delivered yesterday. But here’s how it all went down.
In anticipation of the hay arriving, I was doing my usual shed clean-out and reorg. This year, part of that re-org involved the refurbishment and re-installation of our old mobile chicken coop so we could move them out of their dog crate sleeping quarters.
The Man did a nice job of reimagining the unit, and we were just moving it into it’s new location in the shed when I realized I’d left the interior door open, and Dottie was traipsing out the gate on the other side. I managed to lure Daphne and Fiona into her enclosure with some apple branches, and so was able to keep them separated last night, but today I’ve had no success maneuvering Dottie. She’s just too wiley.
So just now I admitted defeat and opened the whole place up. Everyone is mingling in the pasture. Fingers crossed that everyone keeps their cool (looking at you, Daphne!!)
And Fiona seems to have finally discovered the patch of shade that I rigged up the other day. You’re welcome!
I didn’t manage to get a plan together for Tour de Fleece, but am continuing to spin Dottie wool for my next sweater project. I had one skein turn out a little light, so used it today to sample some kool aid blends on natural gray-
from left to right we’ve got strawberry+grape, lime+cherry, orange+pink lemonade, lime+orange, and our undyed control group. Was a quick, fun little dyeing project.
That’s all I’ve got for now- hope you all had a lovely holiday weekend. Will sign off with a photo of my garden taken over by poppies, calendula and borage (and a big volunteer sunflower). There are potatoes under there somewhere!
