roving dyeing this week...

some of our newest, these are all 100% softest wool.. what fun, i get inspiration from the farm, the flowers,the gardens, the barns, the fields, even the birds and the bugs...

and then there is these, mohair/suri alpaca rovings

what fun!

our newest girl

her official name is "Our Accoyo Atticus's Champagne", but she's called bubbles, grin.. here she is- a nice light fawn

 and she's breeding now to our amazing snowmass cassanova son, marius

she's from black and white, he's from silver and darkest brown, who knows what color the cria will be, lol... i have no idea...

10 day old angora babies.. yummy yarns to come

notice how the mom plucks her own soft warm fur to line the birthing box with.. what a good mommie she is each year and what amazing yarns her babies give us each year.(not at this age of course, grin..

todays new yarns

made using sequins and mohairs, angora, alpaca..and the purple is some hand made roving... it's been a busy week, getting all the alpacas bred and de-stashing yarns besides making new ones

it's all about the fiber! nuff said for tonight...

what's for dinner?

Grilled Caribbean Chicken

Ingredients

1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice 1 teaspoons grated orange zest 1 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon grated ginger root 1 clove garlic, minced 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed 1/2 teaspoon coarse kosher salt 1/4 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper 4 chicken breasts halves (3-ounce each), boneless and skinless

Directions

In a large shallow bowl or a resealable plastic bag, combine orange juice, orange zest, lime juice, olive oil, ginger, garlic, hot pepper sauce, and oregano; add chicken. Cover and marinate in the refrigerator 3 hours
When ready to cook, remove chicken from marinade. Sprinkle chicken with coarse salt and pepper. Place chicken on prepared grill and grill until internal temp is 170 degrees(or about 12-13 minutes)
Number of Servings: 4(or 2 with leftovers for lunch)
now add a fresh salad from our garden with a quick toss of oil/vinegar and some italian herbs and we're all set!

the irises are blooming today! and thomas the sheepie

the irises are in full bloom today, i just planted 3 new bulbs too, for next year,( in some surprise new shades), but here are the ones blooming now, so gorgeous i must dye yarns their colors  asap!

 

and here is thomas, one of our sheepies.. with his  "buddy" matilda(black)

aogr accoyo bigwig bolero's daniel has arrived!

a magnificent, healthy, happy, boy daniel was born yesterday around 4 pm,a beige!, a son of our own aogr accoyo bolero's minuet and our own accoyo big wig of maplebrook!

wildflowers in the woods

these are red columbine's growing in front of the wild raspberries

Prairie Onion  growing by the maple tree

 

we have hoards of lilac bushes here also, i use them in my lil popurrie bags that come in all our yarns orders..

 gotta go feed/water, back later, it's a hot humid day and no one wants to go outside, sighs, barn potatoes the bunch of them!

ahhh this afternoons new yarn

patterned after my herb gardens here is today's yarn a 200 yard ball using silk alpaca angora and mohair in rich deep shades of teal toast blue and khaki with hints of burgundy, truly unisex this one is so "pettable" i have some here on my desk just for comfort, smile..

beautiful windy day today

it's a beautiful windy day here today, all critters are fed watered and cleaned up after, new hay ordered and appt set up to go get it and get it put away this weekend. so now off to do yarns for customers and make a few new ones also.. in the meantime here's an adorable picture to make you smile..

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