and so it goes ...

hello readers ...

i'm back ...

somewhat altered, but i'm back ...

here in ms. heart's fiber world, like in most people's worlds, we have our good days and our bad days ... days we wished would never end and days that never end ...

the fiber hit the proverbial fan a few weeks back and i'm just now feeling creative and in need of some fiber therapy ... so thank you for not giving up on me ... but the hands can't write what the heart can't feel ...

but life goes on ... and i'm adjusting to my new "norm" ...

so this is not a blog about self-pity ...

it's a place to be creative and share that with you ...

so ...

fiber ...

right ...

we were talking fiber ...

and spinning ... the spinning related to fiber not as in "out of control" ...

in an earlier blog, i shared with you the fact that my fiber family had grown by one with the welcome addition of a spinning wheel ...

i finally had an opportunity to take a class at the fabulous weaving works in seattle and today i took it for a spin, so to speak ...

here's what the fiber looked like before ...

rather like dolly parton stopped by to visit and left one of her infamous wigs behind ...

and here's my very first wool, still on the bobbin ...

but spun nonetheless ...

bit closer ...

i know it's all twisty and not at all what you would purchase in a shop but under the watchful eye of one of my helpers ...

i'll get better ...

and it really is great therapy ... well mostly ...

and i can hardly wait to take a project from beginning to end ...

now if i could only convince my family that we would make great farmers ... there's an alpaca farm for sale nearby calling my name ...

after the reunion ...

i've been traveling with my family ...

to the east coast of canada where we have our roots ...

both of my parents were born in nova scotia and we trace our family back to the ship hector which left scotland and arrived on the shores of nova scotia in pictou county after months at sea ... in 1773 ... 

here we are strolling on the boardwalk in halifax, nova scotia ...

i love these canada post mail boxes ...

here's a typical street in halifax ...

and a typical scene at the hotel pool ...

we were on the east coast of canada to gather for our very first family reunion ... no weddings or funerals ... just because ...

all but one hard-working nephew were able to make it ... we missed you nick ...

we met up with mom at the macleod cottages where the weather was perfect, the ocean was warm and the beach was sandy ... we shared dinners and bonfires on the beach, stories and laughs ...

here's mom with 9 of her grandchildren ...

i know dad was looking down on us all and smiling ...

so hope you are spending some time with your family this summer ...

and happy knitting ...