Have a Good laugh

Judy Coates Perez has posted a funny little clip on her blog. In this political age we live in it's good to have a chuckle sometimes . Check it out here.


See ya next time "In the Hayloft",

Colour Play

For the last few weeks I've been promising myself a treat...to dedicate a day to dyeing some fabs (finally). Let me tell you I am soooooooooo exhausted because Wed is also the day we had a high of 100 degrees. BOY was it hot.

First good decision: do not set up in the back garden which was my original intention. so off to the garage I go and pull down the table and set my area up, my trusty dog Logan right there to keep me company.

It was also better this way cause the large sink was right there to use instead of the garden hose out back.

Today was just experimentation to get back into the groove of things. I went at it with no set agenda, no specific colours to dye or any expectations on the outcome. The only thing I had I my mind was "What if...?".

Safety first, I donned my respirator and made my dye concentrates and went at it. Only had a few dye pots left so I knew this was not going to be a big batch of fabrics I was coming away with.

But experimenting was so very cool. Look what I did...I played with the leftover dye that wasn't enough to dye fabrics with (teaspoons left) and made a small dye study chart for myself. Just kept mixing and mixing and recorded each one.

Now this is nothing compared to the colour study you make when you take Carol Sonderland's workshop. Oooh how I would love to do that one. I keep checking her schedule and one of these days......ooowee!

Anyway, for now I have these to work from. Am about to order more fabs and dyes for my Annual Dyeing Party in July. I am so looking forward to that.

See ya next time "In the Hayloft",

Picture of the Day

So I'm driving along the road and and I stop at a traffic light just turning red. I know this light will probably take a while to change to green so I thought it a good time to take out my camera to check some recent photos I'd taken (make good use of time my mother always said). I turn the camera on and look to my left. This is what I see.


Hurriedly I take a picture before the car racing up to break beside me cuts off my view. Maybe the people who hung the sign can be excused for being dyslexic or...

.......maybe they forgot that we don't live in Japan where things are read from right to left or...

.......maybe the credit union thought it was a good advertising idea and asked for the sign to remain thus hung or...

........maybe they were pissed at their boss for making them work...yet again darn it!

No matter the reason, me thinks someone is gonna get in BIG, BIG trouble for this one.
We'll file this one under picture of the day.

See ya next time "In the Hayloft",