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Has it been that long?

Holy Cow! It seems like yesterday that I posted...maybe I should quit smokin crack. lol

OK, LOTS of changes around here, good changes anyway.

Bought a studio space!. Cleaned it out...working there. Still cleaning it out, most likely will be cleaning it out for some time to come, but it is useable now. Had a fiber tribe meeting there, it was fun to see everyone and not have to clean the house first...or ever. hooray.

My pottery is totally up and running at Kick the Moon Studio. It is so great to have so much space for everything. I have different areas for each task in the pottery. It is beyond great.

I also have a really great dying kitchen in addition to a real food kitchen. Unfortunately the dying kitchen is formerly the pre school kitchen (I bought an old school house) and the sink is at my knees. It is back breaking to use it for felting and dying but eventually when the $$ are available I will be able to lift it up to adult, usable height. : )

I have some workshops that are up and coming. Those can be seen at www.kickthemoonfarm.com. No one is signed up yet but I hope as the word gets out that I will have some students ready and willing to learn some new fiber tricks. Even so I am having such a great time working in solitude. I know that sounds flaky but if the shoe fits...lol

Spring has finally arrived and it is spectacular and still a bit cool. I don't mind as long as the snow stays away for a while. The pool will be open soon and that means SUMMER! Yay.

School is going well, I am sporting a 4.0 grade average so far. Granite State College transferred 80 of my hours and I have 96 hours total. YAY. I am officially working toward a degree in Art. Intro to Photography is scheduled for this summer, but doesn't start until July. Oh well, I have plenty to do until then.

The lambing is almost done, we have two live lambs so far. Braunwon had two beautiful ewe lambs but didn't take care of them, I wasn't paying close enough attention and they passed, that was very sad. Pixie had a bad birthing, Passi has a really nice white ram lamb, his name is Maynard. Geesla's big old boy's name is Dise, Daisy hasn't gone yet but she is HUGE so should go at any time. I plan to get them out on the fields this week, they will love that. I am hoping Daisy has her lamb first though.

Anyhoo, this has gone on long enough. Hope anyone reading this is well and that this evening brings happiness and joy.
Take care and hopefully I will get back here SOONER than before. : )
Peace and creativity,
julie

Holiday

Well, we are almost ready for our BIG holiday celebration. Molly and Jim are coming out to spend the night and start the day early tomorrow. I still have a bike to put together and am afraid I have left it too long and will not get it done today...: ( Roy is b-b-qing a turkey leg and I have rum and Absolute Vodka so whatever we have I will enjoy it, probably go to sleep after the first cocktail. lol

We closed on our new building, I am still scared about it but now know there is no turning back. I think it is going to be fine, even if I only use it as a studio it will improve our lives a LOT. Getting all this stuff out of the house is going to open up a lot of space around here and help me to keep this place clean, maybe, I hope. I am also looking forward to having teaching space and room to have really big workshops, this is something that is needed in this area, since the closest place for that is Halcyon. Artist in residence programs will be wonderful too. Gallery space, retail...the possibilities are mind boggling but I plan to start really small and slow...make it all work eventually and have some peace and fulfillment in my work. Tall orders but totally do able, I think.

So I'm off to the dump, to the store, to the barn, to put together a bike... no rest for the wicked.
Next; clean out a building, move my crap in and get back to work...see above statement.lol

Nose to the grindstone, hands upon the wheel...

Well, I spent the day being responsible, studying for my final in computer tools. It shouldn't be too bad, no worse than the mid term, or so I keep telling myself. But, there seem to be a LOT more terms to look up, 60 and we have several diagrams to draw...I may be getting myself all worked up for nothing.
The power point presentation went well. I was impressed with how many good ones there were. There were a couple of real stinkers too. But the good out weighed the bad by FAR. That was nice. The BEST part? I made an A for AWEsome! I will post it on here when I am somewhere I can use a real internet connection and not the play baby one I have at home.
I am posting a picture of Dahoy, she has been asking me to get her face out there so she will be noticed. She is very quiet and I am kind of surprised that she even spoke up. Just between you and me; Dahoy isn't the brightest one around but she is VERY sweet and since she asked so nicely I thought the last photo I took of her when we were out and about would do nicely.
Dahoy is the first in a series of felted dolls. She is wet felted and has needle felted detailing. She has substantial weighting in her legs so she feels "real" when held. I was inspired by a puppet I saw on Etsy and just had to try my hand at a character doll, Dahoy was born.
There will be baby dolls and some more beauties like Dahoy in this series. It should be a lot of fun. : )

Friday, finally

So here we are at the end of another week...finally. Is it just me or does everything seem to be rolling downhill...right onto my head?
The fence is almost complete and we should be closing on the building really soon. It will be nice to start moving all this business stuff out of my house and into the new studio space. SO MUCH ROOM! and light and well, an emoticon is in order : )
Stay tuned for updates on that situation and for new workshops etc. It will ALL be possible once I have the space, again : )

Great walking weather

So Mr Zig and I went for a LONG walk this morning on Kenebunk Beach. I LOVE that beach as does the Zig man. It was high tide so we only actually walked on the beach for a few hundred feet. But the sea wall was really empty and we had fun. We did meet a couple of new dogs, one was a HUGE, I mean really huge Great Dane. He was all white with black spots. When he approached us he crouched down like a cat going to spring. His owner said he was trying to be inconspicuous...not gonna happen I'm afraid. But it was so cute. Ziggy didn't know what to thing of him, he towered over Zig but was really friendly.
Then we met a tiny Sheltie, so sweet and mild, Now that is the size dog Zig likes to play with, smaller than he is so he can have the upper hand. He is funny.
Zig decided to race the waves today, he ran out toward to water and when the waves came at him he acted as though they were really after him and he tore all over the beach like a crazy person. It was quite funny, I wished I could have taken his leash off so he could really RUN, but with the road right there I didn't dare...just couldn't have him run out onto a busy street, nope.
Anyway, it was a nice morning and the cool breeze felt so good and smelled good too. I enjoyed watching the waves roll up along the sea wall and spit straight up into the air as it hit.
At one point Ziggy jumped down over the sea wall onto the tiny bit of beach that wasn't under water yet. Then when he tried to et back UP, he remembered he can't jump, I mean the can't jump AT ALL, so we had to get to a place where the beach was higher and the wall lower, then I hauled him up over the wall...he didn't do it again, I think he was scared when he realized he couldn't get back up to where I was. Poor Zig.
But alls well that ends well and we had a great walk and he is napping in the car waiting for the long ride home after we get Cari.

NEW Widget!

Hey! How do you like my new widget? I think it is pretty cool! Tran showed me how to paste it in and I am lovin it.
Thought while I was at it I would show everyone one of my Santa ornaments. This time we find Santa running around with too much to do. After all it is just 5 weeks before Christmas! He hasn't even had time to get dressed, just threw on his vest and hit the ground running.
Santa is made of a wool/mohair blend needle felted over a wire armature. He can be posed differently if you so choose. He comes ready to hang with a mono-filament strand already attached. This ornament may be hung on just about any tiny or light weight branch as it weighs but a scant portion of an ounce. He will be posted on Etsy this afternoon so you may see him in my widget too : )