Thistle Cove Farm

Lovely Rainy Day Sabbath

We've had lovely, lovely rain since last night and the thirsty Earth has been drinking it up. The sheep are weary of dragging around wet fleeces but at least the heat isn't causing them to stroke out on me. The horses are tired of dealing with the rain but I'm loving it!

We've been in a deficit situation due to lack of rain and this rain is a blessing.

Dave's birthday is today and he wanted to go see Mission Impossible 3 or MI3 as I learned it's called. Tom Cruise is the lead and he's very good; his acting skills aren't very challenged but considering his actions of late, perhaps that's a good thing. Friends who like to keep up with "Hollywood" keep me informed of these things. Anyway, it's a good popcorn muncher and we enjoyed it and each other's company.

I've been knitting a scarf of my own design and enjoying that process. I'm keeping a record of what I knit and that's a first. I've been knitting and giving away and haven't a clue what I've knitted nor what I've given away over the years.

I'm also writing down my patterns and will sell those at the few festivals I'll attend this year. I'm a tad slow sometimes...it took me a while to realize I can knit someone once and sell it or I can write down the pattern and sell that quite a few times.

The Knitting Pattern a Day Calendar 2006 and 2007 both have some of my patterns. Paulette Lane has been very gracious to me and I've enjoyed both her as an Editor and the process; she's taught me much.

Leslie, over at Greenberry House, has a new venture called Gossamer Strands. She and her co-editor of Blue Ridge Gazette have started GS as a blog on fine fibers. Lots of good and useful information and photographs and well worth a visit for that alone if you're not a fiber person.

Down the road a bit is the "Lassie House". It's where the 50th Anniversary movie "Lassie Come Home" was filmed and this is the lovely old lane. During the wet times of the year, there's a creek that flows  through the bridge in the lane and every time I see this sight, I wonder at who built it and when.

Our valley is full of such sights; the first Anglo settlers came here in the mid-1700's and found it a beautiful place to settle and put down roots. It's said this valley reminds folks of Scotland, Wales and probably Ireland and England as well. I love living here, in this valley and there's not a day that goes by that I don't Thank God for His gift of this beautiful place to live.