Too busy Monday

[altivo]

This was as bad as a Wednesday, except that it ended at five. Short handed this morning, and trying to convince tech staff that I couldn't spend an hour on the phone with a software provider trying to debug something when there were only two of us to answer phones, cover the desks, and deal with the Monday rush of kids coming to claim their summer reading loot. At least tomorrow is the last day to register, after which we can't take any more sign ups.

Went out for dinner with Gary to celebrate our 27th year together. And now I get to hurry the spinners' newsletter together if I can so it goes out early this month.

Photos of the Petersen Farm event yesterday are here. My elbow is in one of them (#46) and I'm a blur in the background of another (#17.) ;p

More photos here (big bandwidth!)

Comments

[farhoug.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's quite a handsome elbow there. (Curiously, first time I've been to Facebook's pages, that had some useful content too.)

And congrats for the 27th!

[altivo.livejournal.com]

I have a facebook page with nothing on it, because a friend insists on posting photos to facebook in a way that you have to be signed on in order to see them.

I dunno about the elbow, but I do like the shirt. Not only because I made it, but because it's really pleasant to wear.

[damnbear.livejournal.com]

Happy 27th Anniversary!

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Thanks and hugs.

[marzolan.livejournal.com]

Oooh! Happy 27th! And that's sure a nice elbow you have there.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. ;p It's a nice shirt. I wish I could dress that way every day.

[flamekist.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on your 27th anniversary! And thanks for that sweet elbow shot!

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. We're never quite sure what date to use. He says our first meeting in person was on June 29. My most vivid memory, though, is from July 5, when we climbed onto the roof to watch a lunar eclipse together...

[hellmutt.livejournal.com]

^^^ Adorable.

[schnee.livejournal.com]

Happy anniversary!

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. We had a nice dinner.

[cabcat.livejournal.com]

Filth!! Showing an exposed elbow like that, you brazen hussy horsey!! ;)

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Hey, it's a decently clad elbow. In fact, the shirt is handwoven from cotton and linen, and tailored in a style appropriate to the period even. I don't know when that photo was snapped. The newspaper lady interviewed us and took down my name but I didn't get into the article.

[cabcat.livejournal.com]

That's because you showed your elbows ;)

[hellmutt.livejournal.com]

LOL @ totally convincing horses.

Why does the pony have a muzzle?! D:

Blacksmith! \o/

Cool spinning wheels or whatever they ares

Cute turkey and I want to cuddle the cowses and maybe a goat.

This haz been V. Sensible Comment signing off. (Also, it's too hot here and I am loopy.)

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Some Shetland ponies are nippy. That actually looks like a grazing muzzle, though. They are used with horses who are on special diets or need to lose weight. There's a tiny hole through which they can get some grass, but only very small amounts. I didn't see that pony in person or I surely would have asked.

Yep, those are modern spinning wheels. The two on the right are made in Canada, the one on the left is made in Colorado, USA. Mine was at my feet there, but out of the picture, and it was made in New Zealand. I was spinning with a wooden hand spindle when that picture was taken. You get a longer spin if you stand up.

[hellmutt.livejournal.com]

I read about some folks traditionally spinning from horseback.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Hmm, interesting title. I'm tempted to conclude right away that it has a political bias but I've requested a copy from another library so I can see just what it says.

At least in historic times, the making of clothing has not been restricted to women alone in most cultures. Men were involved as far back as Ancient Egypt, for instance. Men did great quantities of knitting even in Medieval and Renaissance England, and weaving has often been a trade more controlled by men than women in much of Europe.

We tend to have bad social assumptions about these things, often as projections of what we see in our own era and geographic location, like that guy who acted so shocked to see me "knitting" on Sunday. Now I'm curious about the assumptions made by this author.

As far as spinning on horseback, I'd not heard of that. Knitting on horseback, however, yes.

[avon-deer.livejournal.com]

That Turkey is HUGE.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

I think he's five or six years old, well beyond being edible except maybe as dog food. Unimaginably tough, but very tame and friendly for, well, a birdbrain. ;p

[cabcat.livejournal.com]

Awww isn't he nice :) Although I'd probably prefer a tame pheasant.