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Status Quo Days

Sunday, December 17, 2023 10:21

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December, January, and February pretty much make up the winter season on our northern hemisphere agrarian calendar. In our part of the world, that means more indoor time with quite a few lovely afternoons to work outside. Having switched my creative pursuits from writing to weaving, I feel productive in a different sort of way, and it’s nice not to spend so much time at the computer.

So while there’s not much new news, I do have tidbits to share, such as, I got our Christmas tree up!

I get a live potted tree every year and then plant it afterward. Except that for the past several years I’ve gotten rosemary bushes that never seem to make it. So I decided to try something else. This is an arborvitae.

With gift giving days coming up, I’ve been busy weaving Christmas presents.

twill table runner

crackle table runner

woven red plaid scarf

woven gray plaid scarf

The links go to technical details.

Dan spends his morning and evening indoor time woodburning.

The panel is from the bottom of one of the doors he bought off craigslist for the greenhouse. The top was glass panels, which he cut off to use for the upper center of the greenhouse roof.

In the department of needful things, Dan built something we’ve been talking about for years; a headgate for the task of trimming the buck’s hooves.

Our bucks are all pretty friendly, but no goat likes having their hooves trimmed and tends to be uncooperative. This time of year they are still in rut, which means they are rambunctious and harder to handle. The bait, of course, is feed, but we have to have only one at a time in the pen. When we’re working on one buck, the others want to take advantage of his restrained situation by butting him (and us, if we’re not careful.) It’s all goofy play, but they are rough and their play is not something the humans want to be caught in.

With feeder. They’re always more cooperative if there’s something to eat!

The headgate works very well. I just wish I’d remembered my camera the last time we tackled the job.

The chickens are moulting and so not laying at the moment. But the ducks are obliging us with eggs.

These are lovely for Christmas baking.

As you can see, not much exciting going on. We’re just enjoying our season of rest. Hopefully, you’ll enjoy these parting shots of Riley.

He loves to play in the water dish, which gets water everywhere.

I hope you all are staying warm and dry.

Status Quo Days © December 2023

by Leigh at http://www.5acresandadream.com

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