Construction Has Begun

Well the footings have been dug, cement poured, and the foundation laid! Now we are waiting for the plumbing to be
re-routed and tied into the lagoon so that we can cave in the top on the Septic Tank and get it filled in Properly!! A
surprise that we didn't even know exsisted!! Don't you just love those! They found it while digging the footings! I'm glad
they did!! Would have been horrible to not know it was there and one day have the house start stinking!! So as soon as we
get the plumbing taken care of we will be back on track with the construction! Matthew loves the dirt piles, rock piles and
mudd puddles (We got over 4 1/2 inches of rain the other day)! What little boy wouldn't!! Mommy "Not So Much"!!
Lots of dirt in the tub and on the floors!! That's just what country living is all about though!
I wouldn't trade it for anything!

Flower Garden

I am so loving my flower Bed this year! The first year to plant one of the beds since we moved in! I am really looking forward to getting the top bed done next year!! Mike even purchased a small fountain and put it in for me! I love to sit in my swing on the porch and listen to the water! At least I can hear the gentle trickle when the boys aren't making a lot of noise! The Marigold's have just gone quite wild and overtaken some of the other plants!! Lesson learned for next year :)

Freezing Corn

I am amazed that I got to the corn before the deer and racoons! It is absolutely delicious!! So today is being spent freezing the beautiful golden ears!! We only managed to get two rows planted and I am just so pleased at how well it did!! We will be enjoying this all winter long! And plenty to share with Grandma and Grandpa too! Has me hoping that theirs does as well!! Last year the critters got into theirs and we only had a teasing taste!

I will be picking some green beans later today too hopefully! So more freezing to come I HOPE!!

Hard to find time for my Wonderful wool when it's time to harvest the bounty of the Garden!! GOD is Good for sure!!

2010 Flag Pole Festival

Wish I was a better photographer! But I managed to remember that I had an Etsy Bumper sticker from one of my Sneak Attack Buddies!! I'm so glad that I did! We may add a few more touches tomorrow once it arrives in Mound Valley. I sure hope the balloons hold up. Mike will have to take the gravel roads so that he can drive REALLY Slow!

I've got the van loaded with tables and chairs for my booth! All my tubs of Hats and Yarns! And of course the spinning wheel is going along! If I'm gonna be sitting there I might as well be productive. Yarn and knitting needles also going just in case I happen to get tired of Spinning. "Yeah Right!!"

I'm sure I'll take a lot more pictures tomorrow of all the fun stuff and my Booth so that I can share them with everyone!

Mini Farm

Baby chicks and ducks!! I think we are done with the little ones for now!
Although one of the hens is brooding a clutch of eggs! We'll
just have to see what happens!

The rooster Above bottom left is a Black Jersey Giant! He is absolutely Beautiful
with Shiny black tinted with deep green! I got lucky and have a new hen and rooster
pair too! So the Rooster above better calm down with his Attacks or he'll be sorry!!!
He will sneak up behind you and Flogg you!! Boy does it hurt!! Even through Denim jeans
he can hurt me!! He has some issues!! He's just so pretty that I try and overlook them.

We have ruined our Ducks! They hang out with the chickens and have no interest in the pond!
They have a couple of water pans that we have in the yard and change daily that they love
to take a dip in! It is sooo much fun to watch them!

Matthew and I finished digging up the Potato's the other night! He is 4 and absolutely loved it!
Sure wish his big brother would be that excited about helping in the Garden!! We tried
something new this year and as the potatos grew we would mound the dirt higher around the
plants. So these were very easy to dig up and the potatos were much larger than last year
probably due to the looser soil. Delighted and will do the same thing next year!

As you can see we have two huge flower beds. This is the first year that we have actually
planted them. I don't think we did too bad. Maybe next year we will get the top one
planted. But until we get guttering put up I didn't want to waste my time only to see them
get drowned.

Fishing Tournament, Edna KS

The boys got to ride in this tank! All the kids and even a few of the adults
went for a ride!

The Med-Flight Helicopter showed up and Matthew and Mark got to sit inside!
My husband works at a hospital and knows so many people!!
It seems like everywhere we go he knows someone!

Matthew caught a bass, poor Michael didn't catch a think I felt sooo bad for him.
Shortly after this photo Mark started running his fever and spent most of the rest of the tournament in the suburban with the AC on and either me or daddy with him.

New Shop

Above Photos Courtesy of
Amy Childers Photography

Some Amazing Photographs of My new Hats in Action! Life Doesn't get any better than seeing the sweet faces of these babies and it's even better seeing them wearing the little hats that I put so much time and Love into creating!!

Above Photo's Courtesy of
Exposures By J.linnea at www.josettehayes.blogspot.com

Above Photo's Courtesy of
Caralee Case Photography. You can see more of Caralee's work at http://caraleephotography.blogspot.com

Check out my new shop Pumpkin Creek Hats here http://www.etsy.com/shop/pumpkincreekhats. Most of my hats are made with yarn that I have hand-dyed and hand-spun but there are also some wonderful Acrylic's in there too that are Made in the U.S.A.

Unique and Fun! I have to say that the new shop gives me soooo much Joy!!

Hopefully this will explain where I've been lately LOL! Busy, Busy, Busy!!! And the boys are definately a handful also. We'll have to see if I can manage a few posts about what is happening here on the Farm!! A wonderful fiber friend of mine told me the other day "Your life sounds like so much fun! You should Blog about it!) ROFL I told her I had a Blog just could never find the time to get over here and Post!! So I promise to try and do better!

Hugs Dee

Cinnamon has now taken to the bottle like a real champ!! He is quite the funny little guy! So Adorable! So now I have one kid that I feed every 3 hours and one kid that I feed every 4 hours! The other two boys can feed themselves thank goodness! There is always something to keep us busy here! Cinnamon is no exception! When he gets excited he waggs that tail just like a dog would! I was laughing so hard at him this afternoon! And that Bleat is just about as cute as it can be! Well not at 4 or 5 a.m. He is becoming very playful now that his tummy is full on a regular basis! Hopefully some more pic's to shar soon!

No looking at the chips in my cupboard! What do you expect with hotwheels and lincoln logs!

Ok guess that's all for now!

New Baby Goat given to us by a neighbor! He was a triplet and the momma wouldn't claim him! Bottle feeding Fun Lays Ahead :)

Merlin Handspun Art Yarn

Merlin Handspun Art Yarn

I purchased some novelty yarn bundles from a fellow etsian and they arrived Saturday, I got to peek at them and then head out the door for a basketball game! When we got home I couldn't get the groceries put away fast enough! I wanted to play with those treats that were just sitting there waiting so patiently! Off to the drum carder I went and carded some delightful batts, and sat down with my wheel and began to play! This was the end result!

Thick n thin Single Ply, 45 YARDS, 3 OZ, 6 WPI

Cloudburst 2ply Art Yarn Spiral with coils

Cloudburst 2ply Art Yarn Spiral with coils

Super soft and Super Bulky! So much fun to spin these yarns!
20 yards, 2 ply, SuperBulky, 2 oz

Tree Frogs Supercoil with Halo's

Beautiful mixed fiber batt spun into a thick n thin single with with cacoons and then plyed into a supercoil with halo's. Short but magnificent!!
Tree Frogs2 ply art yarn2 oz , 5 yardsSuper Bulky

I can't wait to get a country spinner and make Huge skeins of this wonderfully fun yarn!! SOMEDAY!!

Christmas Parade

What a fun time we had! Cousins big and small from both sides of the family were there!!
In the first Picture we have Michael my oldest, Cousin Callista!




Mark and Matthew are Below with Daddy! A little too cold for Mark to ride outside
he got to ride with Daddy up front.

Here is Cousin Amanda and Olivia, and bottom left is Matthew, and then Darienne.
They were snuggled up under a warm Etsy Made Quilt!



My Aunt and Me Dee!!
Ready to Walk and Hand out Candy!
So much fun!!

All 3 boys

These are my 3 boys who believe it or not will soon be 13, 4, and 2!! It's amazing how fast time goes by! Just wanted to share some recent pic's with our family and Friends. I am so bless to have 3 beautiful boys! The Boy with Mark I can't claim as my own He's my oldest sons friend and a delight to have around! Mark LOVES him to death!

Mark 21 Months

What a little HAM we have on our hands! He's doing sooo well!! And GROWING like a weed now! We were beginning to wonder if it would ever happen! His little body must be finally healed because our last visit he weighed 19 lbs. WOW were we thrilled because in 6 weeks time he went from 16 lbs 10 oz to 19 lbs. Go Mark!!!

Can you believe this!!! He says as well as Signs No No!!! ROFL Go figure!! Won't say Momma but he'll sure tell you No No!! Sometime's he will also sign "More" we are working on it to hopefully become more consistent!

Is he crawling yet?? NO but he's the FASTEST little Scooter Bug I've ever seen! If I could just figure out how to attach a Swiffer Pad to his bumm I wouldn't have to sweep the floor! Dark pants are a MUST!

Simply White Beautiful Mill Ends

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Some of the white mill ends. Some come in Nice little lengths of roving, some in sheets, and there is always just big bunches that take a lot of sorting. It's all worth it in the end. Mill ends are definately not something to be afraid of. There are some Amazing fibers that can be spun alone, some need a little help, and some are just not suitable for anything and get tossed to the Dogs (Literally !!) My dogs always get a wonderful treat with the Mill ends that I deem unfit for spinning as I use them to re-stuff their doggie mattress's!! Happy Warm Pooches and we have 4 of them outside! It's cold here right now and I'm sure they would love for my sorting process to pick up speed!

Mill Ends in Color

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Yes!!!! That IS a Mill End Roving!! Wool and Mohair and yummy and soooft and sooooo much fun to spin!! You will see the yarn that I created with this fibery treat later down below!

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Here is another sampling of some of the Mill ends that I have! Beautiful red and green/mohair blend. Carded through 2 times to create the batt above. I didn't blend in any glitz or Angelina with that one but I wanted to show you how quickly and wonderfully the blobby sheet can become a beautiful spinning delight. This batch of mill ends had a really special treat! The first time I've seen those blue's. And I have to admit that sorting is going slowly so there is no telling what other treasures I might come across.

I'm terrible I have to confess! I could be sorting along and all of the sudden a Fiber or blend just begs to be spun. I'm a softy and I give in readily!!! The black and White was one of those that got me extremely side tracked but what fun it was! Yes it is the one right at the top!!

Yarns Spun from Beautiful Mill end Blends

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Beautiful Red and Black, There is only a touch of black in this but the Wool and Mohair blend came out wonderfully. Skein Specs. 57 yards, Thick n Thin 5-7 wpi, 3.4 oz

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For this pretty pink yarn I kettle dyed a big sheet of white roving in a shade of Hot Fuscia Pink but then in the carding process I added some wonderfully silky bamboo. Skein specs. 29 yards, 6 wpi, bulky Thick n Thin, 1.9 oz

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More Beautiful Mill ends. Simply stunning Black and White with lots of Mohair. A treat to spin! Skein Specs. 80 yards, Bulky Thick n Thin, 4-6 wpi, 4 oz

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Beautiful sheets of red with green greated me at one point in the sorting process and I just had to stop and play with them. I combined them with some pretty red and green angelina and carded them several times to blend. Spun two sets of singles and then plied them to get this wonderful yarn. So you have wonderful wool/mohair blend with some shimmer! Yarn Specs. 4 oz., 9-10 wpi, 150 yards.

Hope you enjoyed My little Tour De Mill Ends!

Carding Batts/Goober Buns

Just having some fun on a dreary cloudy and cold day! What better way to keep warm than to card up some wonderful fun fibers into exciting batts just waiting to make an amazing and fun yarn!