Hay! And, it looks like snow

[altivo]

Well, not officially, but the cloud patterns today, combined with a gusty-blustery north wind were enough to leave me thinking about winter snows.

Aptly enough, the handwoven rug I just pulled off the loom and finished up is titled "Winter Sunset." For those interested in technical details (and photos) argos has them over here.

Weaving entries are due tomorrow afternoon, looks like I'm going to have mine ready in time. Two of three are now ready to go, and the third just needs a little reworking.

The Kishwaukee Ramblers, one of the groups Gary is in, performed this morning at the Woodstock Farmers Market. I found it rather amusing that someone left an acorn squash in their tip basket. The group showed plenty of persistence, performing on acoustic instruments in a cold north wind that was gusting up to 30 mph or so, with a temperature no higher than 51°F.

After they were done, we had lunch on the square and dashed home to meet a hay delivery. A tidy 130 bales of really sweet smelling grass, unloaded and stacked. Another wagonload is to arrive tomorrow morning. We'd like at least one, and possibly two more after that, but this much will get us through to late spring at least. Usually we aim for enough supply to get to July.

Our favorite local orchard already has the "Closed for the season" sign out. I guess their harvest was very poor this year due to the frosts and heavy rains last May. Most of the local orchards have been affected to some degree, but Michigan apples are coming in to fill the gap, thank goodness. Autumn without apples is, well, unthinkable.

There's a possibility of patchy frost as early as tomorrow night. Summer sure ended abruptly here.

Comments

[cabcat.livejournal.com]

Hehehe an acorn squash tip :) well they could include it in a hearty soup for the weather. *bounds over the bales and awks as he falls off them* It does sound like a terrible season harvest wise, I have a big Bowen mango tree in the yard which I have many memories of as a child. Sometimes when we've had a season like yours we get a very poor amount of fruit surviving.