Happy  Father's  Day


Two hens have been sitting. Six chicks hatched out a few days ago. The mothers seem quite content to share the babies. One problem. There are two roosters, and we don't know if they 'shared' responsibility, too. I guess we will just wish them both a Happy Father's Day.


My hope for all fathers around the world is that they are gentle with their children, and that they listen to their children. My children were blessed with such a father.


It reminds me of the story of the little boy who helped his grandpa wash the car. The little boy's father walked by and said, "I hope grandpa is paying you well to help wash the car."


To which the little guy promptly replied, "Grandpa pays me attention!"




One is truly rich, who possesses what money cannot buy. 

Need to rant

Yesterday I had a bad experience with Camilla Valley Farm in Canada. I had ordered a $46 weaving temple from them, but they didn't give shipping charges on their online ordering form - just the promise that they would email the shipping amount for approval before shipping.

Yesterday a package arrived with the temple in it, and an invoice saying they had charged $70 to my credit card! I was in a state of shock. No way would I have approved that much for shipping when I could have ordered the same temple from another company for less money.

I definitely won't be doing business with Camilla in the future. Nina Manners, of Camilla Valley Farm actually had the gall to say it was pretty much my fault for not asking. Excuse me?

OK, enough whining. Had a good day today working in the garden, baking bread, and even got a little weaving done. It's hot, though, and that kinda sucks the energy right out of you.

Today is Sunday. Another great day of working in the garden, and staying out of automobiles. Of coarse, since my 2001 Prius is in the shop having it's main batteries replaced, I have a wonderful excuse to avoid going anywhere. On top of that, it did not get blisteringly hot today, and that won't last long so I want to get as much done outside as possible before we hit the triple digits that Redding, CA is so famous for. By the way, I have almost 200,000 miles on my Prius, so it deserves some new batteries. I have been driving it since October of 2000 - eleven and a half years. That car has saved me so much money, and the environment so much yuck. I love it.


Have a good week,        Pat

Life is so beautiful

The temperature was perfect today. 

The light outside was muted, just enough cloud cover to lend an ephemeral aura to the whole world. Well, as much of it as I could see. It took my breath away, it was so stunning. How can such a beautiful world have meanness in it?

Aaah, if I had the answer to that. Then what? Would I be able to change it? Probably not. So, I am back where I started; ignorance, maybe, is bliss.

The simple things in life gave me pleasure today: shelling pecans, hanging clean clothes out on the clothesline, showing a friend how to weave, bringing broccoli in from the garden and making soup, preparing a new garden bed, and planting basil. The days are so sweet when you do not have to get into an automobile.

Peace to All

Starting to blog

For this very first blog of mine I will just introduce myself. I'm a mother of four wonderful people - grandmother of two. Will soon celebrate 43 years of marriage.


I like humor - a lot. If we don't laugh, life is boring.


Like to keep moving - big muscles, and small. At 64, I NEED to keep moving LOL!


My passion right now is weaving. I love to weave rugs. Sometimes with music playing, but mostly I love it to be quiet. Love to just think. Think about the kids, the grandkids, life. I've been weaving for about three years now, and the house is literally filling up with looms. I've got to stop bringing them home.


I love couchsurfing.org - I truly believe it will help the human race to achieve world peace. And world peace is what I wish for our future generations.


Enuf for now,     Thanks for checking out my new blog,       Pat


Well, well, well, this was in drafts - who wudda thunk it. So, I will just post it, and let you deal with the redundancy. 

First Post

I just finished a post, and ... then I somehow made it disappear. Dang it.


To introduce myself; I am a mother of four wonderful people, grandmother of two, and will celebrate 43 years of marriage next month.


I love:


Humor


Quiet


Weaving


couchsurfing.org  (maybe Homo sapiens can achieve world peace!)


Nature


Recycling


Gardening


Eating things I shouldn't




I dislike:


People who are judgemental


War


Thanks for checking out my new blog.


You may view my website at:  http://www.hand-woven-rugs.com/