December 9, 2006
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Good Morning Blog
le tree (procured in our forest despite the shriek-fest complete with nervous breakdown mode of small-ish ones yesterday)
le monkey with zee new hat
le bag for my trip (knitted up during shriek-fest)
zee playmobil donkey sniffs le heiny of zee reindeer and it is, how do you say, hilarious?
(O.K., enough French practice for today, I just annoyed myself doing that, I can only imagine how it makes you feel)
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Delights, Amusements, Bad Hair
yesterday, two massive boxes came for me from my MIL,
they were filled with wool yarn, 3 hand cards and a drop spindle.
(in the center, that darkish pile consists of 12 skeins from her Navajo Churro sheep, Midnight and on the right are another 8 from her Churro, Rags.)
Holy Canoli, that is one pile of wool!
Avert your eyes as I do the bizarre happy dance of gratitude.
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The key to frumpy morning hair?
put a sparkly clip in it and no-one will notice!!
Hope your day is joyful and shriek-free.
Comments (46)
I’m coming over to play with your yarn.
Amen to the shriek-free day!! I have a feeling it aint happening though
That yarn is begging to be squeezed!
The yarn looks so yummy. BTW, I love love your hair!
First of all, the tree is beautiful, and I couldn’t help but admire your floor. I remember how hard you worked on it, and it looks fabulous! Your French cheese has made me, how you say, crack up?
The bag is gorgeous, the yarn is beautiful, and YOU are gorgeous.
I will never have another shriek free day as long as I live.
YARN,YARN,YARN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lucky you!
I love the bag,.
Your hair always looks cute!
I like frumpy morning hair.
our shreikfest was all me…way too tired from watching lost the night before instead of sleeping…wah!
your tree is lovely. all of our ornaments ended up in the front of the tree and candy canes all hung from the bottom…
Zach tries to tell me this is because our kids are 4 and 5…and I try to tell them they have to learn design theory sooner or later!
baha. you have mad knitting skillz julie.. whoa!
Love the tree… natural and perfect.
That picture of you… first thought that came to my mind was “cherub.” Angelic, you.
love the felted bag. its a yarn bonanza you are going to be busy busy busy… i think i am jealous now
i am not sure how long you have had this song on your blog but i just *Absolutely Love* it! your woolies are just gorgeous!!!
my mil makes us wooly stuff LOL
I love it all! Enjoy your yarn. Can’t wait to see what you do with it.
i adore the bird on top of the tree.
such heavenly yarn- if only i remembered my way with a needle.
Beautiful children, tree, and wool. Your tree looks like the same variety and style as ours. We have a tin star on the the top.
What a wonderful gift from your MIL! Love your creations and your tree is great!
Holy Mackeral!! I RARELY covet anything, but I am totally enthralled with your boxes of yarn. WOW!
I really really love that bird on top of your tree, too. I do believe you’ve inspired me to make or buy one for ours!
I think you look la marvelous! OOH LA LA!
I love all those pictures. Your talent astounds me!
and I love that clip, you’re right, you can’t tell it’s frizzy
I, how you say…. love zee mokey..
you look like a teenager in that picture…I’m a bit jealous of your curly hair, it’s lovely. by the way, my name is Erin, your site makes me smile.
Pretty tree! Oh, and enjoy all your yarn!!! Sparkly clips are always a good thing.
The tree is grand, the floor is fab, and you are radiant! Blessings abound
C’est tout beau !
I need a sparkley clip!
OK, was baby Jesus not in the shot, or do you not bring him out until Christmas day like my mother-in-law does? Love the yarn. I’m intrigued by the felting, but haven’t found a pattern of something I’d like to do yet. Love your picture this time…sparkly clip included! You look soooo young in this picture!
Hey, we have that same monkey! Mmmmm yarn!
It’s all gr8… love the tree…and especially your wood floors…. love le monkey… the purse is yum…. it’s all good
look at all of that fluffy goodness!
and you are so cute julie! i love the clip
It’s all so beautiful! I love the little black bird atop your tree. And the wool…don’t even get me started on the wool! Enjoy it all!
Yikes — that is an amazing pile of wool! Is the stuff from her sheep already spun or are you going to do it? I couldn’t make out in the picture. My sister used to have a spinning wheel and one summer she got bags of wool from a local farmer to spin — we had to wash them in the back yard because they were… like… NOT CLEAN if you know what I mean (full of POO). That was unlovely. But she did get other wool that she successfully carded and spun and dyed and knitted. An adventure.
ANYWAY… I also love your charming stripey bag! So completely cute! This is why people give you mountains of wool — because you make it into fabulous things!
this post made me feel all christmas-y! i love the tree, it looks gorgeous.
oh stop it – your hair ALWAYS looks adorable!
If only a sparkly clip could fix my hair so easily!
I’m still drooling over the yarn!
I wish my mil would send me a box like that!!!
Your sparkly clip brings out the shine in your beautiful blue eyes.
No luck on the shriek-free thing. Of course, joyful shrieks are welcome anytime.
You just crack me up!!You look daaaahling in the clippie photo!
I love everything about this post!!!! I love the tree, the monkey, the bag, the butt-sniffing, the wool (with 3 hand hards and drop spindle!) and the pretty face and sexy, bed head hair (with sparkly clip!)
((((hugs))))
Wow that is a lot of beautiful yarn! Happy knitting/felting! PS. I don’t often comment but I found your blog through my mother’s, becmom’s, and I love it. You remind me of the goodness I grew up with, simple living and doing what you can with what you have to make the world a better place. I hope that as my husband and I start our own family and have our own children that we can be as true to who we are and as self aware and self actualized as you seem to be. I love your beautiful photos of your children and how you strive to give them freedom to learn and grow naturally and healthy. I also love this bloging comunity. We each work at living responsibly in our own ways and it is inspiring and suportive. Thanks for being so present here, even in such an open and public place.
-L
your paint behind the tree..I used to have a bedroom with that /those colors…very nice…
What a SCORE!! Where can I find a man with a sheep farmer/spinner mom? LOL
You are too cute!
I love your tree!
And I am happy that you have so much wool!
That is beautiful yarn.
I wish I had your morning hair. My fingers itch to touch your wool.
Wonderful tree!!!!!
Shriek free? I wish!…lol
I liked the french talk, it was le cool = )
What a great gift from you mil. I wish my mil knew me that well.
I always love your trees because of the birds. I think it may be what first drew me to your blog.
Love the tree topper! A girl after my own heart!
Why couldn’t I have had an auntie like you to visit on summer and winter breaks?!?! You must have the most wonderful, love-filled, wonder-filled home. Lisa