The Inconsequential Blogger

I got a HUGE bag of raw sheep's fleece for Christmas!: I'm so excited! I've already begun washing it a little at a time. Can...

May you find joy today and everyday throughout the coming new year.

I don't usually post lots of video clips, but this one also (see previous post) brought a smile to my face, and it's in keeping with...

My daughter and her boyfriend made this gingerbread Christmas tree: The house smelled sooo good when the gingerbread was baking.

Cat: Cake (made by my daughter): Crappy cotton yarn, spun by me: That's my first attempt at spinning cotton. I know you can't tell...

I just found out that the Kindleboards forums over at Amazon.com have created profile pages for all of the kindleboards authors' books. ...

I tried my hand at dyeing with natural dyes the other day. I had a few skeins of handspun on which to try it. What I had on hand were two ...

Many years ago a friend recommended I read Stalking the Wild Asparagus , by Euell Gibbons. I actually never got around to it, but ever since...

On our bog walk, we also saw some interesting ferns:

My husband and I went for a walk today at a nearby bog. I found a spider in its web: There are probably lots of creepy crawly things for it...

Great! I've been able to spin everyday (except today) since I got my Kromski Fantasia wheel two weeks ago. During the first week I made ...

Along with some other gifts, my son presented me with this wonderful-smelling bouquet for my birthday. The roses are from two of the three r...

Off to celebrate!

Such as it is. I mean, my gardens weren't huge successes this year, but even saying that, we've been enjoyng several things from the...

... are scenting my kitchen. I've been gathering culinary herbs from the garden and hanging them to dry: sweet basil, sage, and sweet ma...

... of getting a spinning wheel. If this calming video doesn't sway me, I don't know what will. If you want to know what the beautif...

I haven't even finished this book yet, but I'm definitely recommending it. Maybe it's because my forbears lived lives like this...

...was taken during our vacation out west. It's of stormy, late-July, evening skies over Petrified Forest National Park, AZ.