Lady of Lake Kemah: August 2010

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Fall is almost here....

Yippee..I feel Fall in my bones! I'm busy gathering hydrangeas, and lavender for dried bouquets. Mostly though... I've been photographing Hummingbirds.

My Sinfully Sherbert soap is curing well and has scented my entire workspace with the highly naughty fragrance of orange sherbert. I have almost 8 pounds of special order batches on rack curing.

I have gathered all my papermaking goodies, revving up for some great stationary and bookmarks embedded with dried flowers from last years gardens. Cosmos, ferns, black-eyed susans, woodland lichens, lavender buds. I'm excited. I love the process of making pulp into paper. My cornsilks from all my corn plants, are going to make a beautiful paper this season... Counting down the days to Fibre retreat!

Late Season Ruby-Throat

Saturday, August 21, 2010

I really love this time of year!

I was noticing that the mighty oak trees are dropping their acorns allot sooner this year than last. The Chipmunks and squirrels are hoarding sooner also.The Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds that were in Canada,are stopping by in droves to my back yard habitat. Allot sooner as well. I enjoy this time of year, my lavender is in full bloom,I'm making soaps; old fashioned lavender balls, sinfully sherbert soap. I have really been enjoying photograghing the Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds.

This is a busy time of year for me, I have several Fiber festivals coming up starting with the PA Endless Mountain Fiber Festival on the 11th and 12th of September. As well as the Dutchess County NY Sheep and Wool in October. As well as my own fiber spinning guild: North Country Spinners, hosting our bi-annual Fibre Fallout Retreat.

http://www.northcountryspinners.org/mentors2010.htm#costello

That is the weekend of the 25th to the 27th of September. I so love the fellowship with other Weavers, Spinners, Knitter's,Felter's, Basketweavers...on and on the creativity goes. I'm gathering all the tools required for the classes I've taken. I am getting bedding ready, as it is a large old campground with cabins....with individual little kitchens and showers I might add. Our Guild committee does a fabulous job of making it a perfect weekend. The camp serves us three fab meals a day, daily devotional prayers. There is a Fashion Show this year of Inge Dam's woven fashions. It will be a great time. I am of course going to miss my sister's presence. But, I will try to be more outgoing than last year ;>)

Male hummingbird sitting atop my spent Lillies

Box of fresh old-fashioned lavender Soap Balls

3 Notes Madder Soap

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Well I Did It

I have struggled for weeks now over an old school friend emulating my photography.Should I unfriend him, block him from my social networking site. Then I had surgery on Monday morning. Anesthesia makes me irritable. Days before, I had done a study on the Amber-winged Dragonfly. I'm an avid Dragonfly watcher ( who'd a thunk that right ;>) Anyway, I get this comment of awesome, wow....from said photo stalker. Really, if you can't give a real photo comment other than adjectives...just save it! Anyway, I had long ago hid him from my live feed. So I decided to hop on over to his page see what photo marvels he's shooting lately. Then there it was, and amberwing sitting on a dry piece of flora. Well, you guessed it....over the edge I went. He had to have waited a long time for that shot. Please. God presents me with my photos 99% of the time. I don't want to ever be contrived or un-original. So you know what happens right....I did it...without forethought, or remorse...unfriended and blocked to boot. Good riddance you were a creep to me back in my hometown, you were a plagerist and copier online. So long Buddy! While I was at it, I got rid of his brother, and a woman who out and out lied to me and blew the proverbial smoke up my nether regions... she's finished too, history. I guess that's what it took.... being put under with Versed and Propofol. I have had a bad week. Painful, stomach sick, facial ticks, not being able to eat. So my husband took me to the NJ Balloonfest and we sat in the crew tent and here is just a couple of the balloons I photographed. Someday to soar over the Kittatinny Mountains...awwww... someday.