Fleecy Happenings

After having bought a couple of mesh laundry bags to wash my sheep's fleece in, I decided that I didn't like how the mesh bag was compacting the fleece and not allowing it to get as clean as it was when I was washing without any bag. So, I came up with a plan. I wanted a mesh container that would hold it's shape, allow the fleece plenty of room to float around for better cleaning, and that I could take in and out to drain the dirty water.  I had on hand an old mesh laundry hamper that I could re purpose into my magic fleece washing basket. I took out the wire, cut the mesh, sewed the pieces together. And now I have a fleece soaking in it. We'll see how the outcome of this experiment is in a few days.

Suprise outside my back door

My dear hubby and son have been working diligently to rebuild the well house so that come winter our water (hopefully) will not freeze this year. While outside, a little bird has been very loudly telling us what for. We could not figure out why the little bugger was so persistant at telling us we needed to work somewhere else. Well low and behold, dear hubby looks up and notices a birds nest just overhead. While working on the well house I noticed that the bird telling us what for was the male and the female would come by every so often and feed three little babies in the nest.  I get out my camera and take a few shots of the nest and the parents, look it up in my bird book. The birds are Scarlet Tanagers. It's nice knowing that they are willing to create a home for their babies just a few feet from our back door. Now, every time I go out that door, I'll be looking up to see how they are doing. Howdy, neighbor!