Tail Spin Farm ~ Living Life in a lake house in the middle of the Michigan Mitt
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The fiber bug has bit! I have been dying and spinning like crazy the past couple of weeks. I spun 6 different skeins just this week. I am really having some fun playing with dye and color combinations.
We started on this journey 17 years ago, pretty much with no clue what we were doing. Hubby and I were both public school graduates, who leaped, both feet first, into the world of homeschooling with our five children. The three oldest had a year or two under their belt, the youngest two never stepped inside a school building. It was hard, wonderful, scary and fulfilling all at the same time. I know that is one my greatest achievements here on this earth. The first day of school picture looks very different this year. Just him and I. My baby (not so much). Things change as they get older, learning to read and write is taken over by career goals and job searches. Making sure they can balance a checkbook, do laundry, and boil water for food (the struggle is real 😊😊) I find myself missing the days of reading out loud as all six of us pile on the couch in the afternoon. But as I see our four oldest ones, and the adults they have become, some married, one a mom, all working and livi
In my last post I had mentioned there was a lot of things happening with our family. One of those big things going on is another wedding in August! Our oldest will be getting married to a sweet girl we love and adore. I am trying to help out with as much as they need me to. I am always considered the "crafty one" in the bunch so I am working on cupcake trays for the reception. I have been scouring thrift store for candlesticks and plates and trays that I can glue together and use for trays. Thrift Store Trays The other thing I am working on right now is a backdrop that will hang from the screens at the front of the church. I have almost finished one and will hopefully get the second one done before the wedding! It is an easy project, just time consuming. But it gives me something to keep my hands busy at night. I am using cotton crochet thread and waxed paper. You can make it any size in width and length that you need. I am just cutting circles in the paper and then
Having now spent all four seasons at the lake house we have learned that there is definitely a rhythm that happens. We are fortunate to be in a place that is mostly "weekenders" and there are less than 20 houses on the entire lake. Winter's here are peaceful and quiet. Docks come out in September and we don't see most people back until April or May. We also live on a chain of six lakes so summer traffic might include visitors from one of the other lakes but usually by 7-8 pm things quiet down. With last week being July 4th we saw the busiest week of the year here. Most people spent the week at their cabins and what seems like never-ending fireworks went on for days. Now here Monday morning most people have left and we are back to our quiet days on the lake, which we love. Our home Fall across the lake Spring sunrise We love where we are at, even among the huge changes we have gone through to get here. This week brings a 16th birthday for our younge
Ah...Beautiful!
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