Exhausted!

Good morning from a dreary, rainy spring morning in Telkwa.
I have a doctor's appointment this morning so I have a few minutes to put together an update before heading out the door.

Work has completely exhausted Tom and I!  The spring is bringing wet weather but has not killed off all of the snow in the bush yet... we are without snowshoes, but still tumbling and tripping everywhere.  This past week I could have fallen asleep in the car on the way home every night....not good when I'm driving!!!  My legs are absolutely covered in bruises, welts and cuts.  I think I'll start telling people I'm a professional wrestler or something haha

A wet balsam and spruce patch in the block I'm currently laying out

So, going into this week, I've found some exercises/stretches to do to keep my back, hips and knees happier.  Tom (thank goodness) has prepped a bunch of food for dinners and lunches so that we don't have to worry about what to pack every day.  And I told Jill about my sore back, so she's told me to go to physio asap to get things sorted.  I feel like an old woman.

Tom is experimenting with fermentation!  Unfortunately this round of pickles turned mushy... but he sauerkraut is good!

In other news, the Farmer's Market has started! Hooray!  Not much produce to speak of yet, but there is fresh bread, preserves ad arty stuff to look at every weekend.  This past Saturday Tom and I hit the market and then went out for coffees with some of the crew he works with.  It was nice to get out and relax with some fresh faces.  Everyone seems so tired this time of year though... thank goodness for strong coffee : )

I've got my spinning mojo back!  I haven't spun yarn in a LOOONGGGG time.  Not really sure why, since I have lots of beautiful fibre to get into.  I spun up some SweetGeorgia fibre (from Vancouver) in the Spring Garden colour-way.  Pretty fitting for this time of year, I would say!

Spring Garden

I've finished the biggest and longest socks I have ever knit in my life, for Tom.  One ball of yarn per foot!  Hopefully they last as I noticed the last pair is starting to get tiny holes in the toes.... uh oh.

Stripes for days! 

Note: Tom's maple syrup always seems to be close at hand

Still working away on my sweater.  The yarn is heavy so it hurts my wrists if I work on it for too long.  I'm so happy with the way the cables are coming out and how thick and warm it will be (by the time I get to wear it next time winter rolls around haha).

Tom and I have become dreamers; we would both love to start our own businesses one day and can't stop coming up with daydreams.  I'd love to be dyeing yarn and fibre and Tom wants to build furniture and turn bowls.  In our daydream we go to markets and events and sell our goodies to loving clients haha We work from home workshops and love what we do.  In our heads, it wouldn't feel like work.

I've been reading up on all things hand dyeing and would love to start practicing in my spare time and on weekends.  Tom had been borrowing Jill's woodworking equipment and has a coffee table in the works!

The cats are absolutely psycho.  They are terrorizing one another as I type this.  Oden has discovered his voice and SCREAMS at all hours of the day.  Bruce inevitably gets fed up and will hiss and then the games begin - running laps through the house, knocking things over for extra points in their game, and always ending with a long wrestle before falling asleep cuddling one another. Nuts.  Absolutely nuts.  There are tufts of fur all over the living room floor...

Finally time for some rest

We haven't had many adventures out hiking lately on account of the wet weather and us being completely drained by the end of the week - but it's coming!  With the warm sun in the future I'm sure we will be getting out more often and I'll be able to share our adventures and pictures soon enough.

In the meantime, I'm thankful for an office day inside today, and Tom being at home in the evenings (he's working from town for the month!).

Hope all is well where you are and that spring is bringing the promise of May flowers to your garden : )

Take care and I'll talk to you later - xoxox