Already Fall !!

Time has such a way of getting away from me. I was determined to keep up with this blog. Oh well, what can I say. Actually a lot has happened since I last took time to do this. On the 12th of October Al and I took Patrick our son down to Boise to fly out for Basic Training for the Army. He was suppose to fly to Ft. Jackson, S. Carolina but instead they sent him to Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. Which is quite a coincidence because that is where Al was stationed in the Army. But maybe there aren't that many boot camps, I dunno. So he is in for quite an adventure. It was what he wanted to do and so we are going to support that. Patrick just turned 29 in Sept. so will probably be the "old man". He got most everything tied up before he left, we just need to sell his car and mobile home. All his worldly goods are sitting in the cargo trailer he got before he left. Prayers gladly excepted.
To regress a few weeks before that, Molly and I and some friends set out for Oregon Flock and Fiber(OFF) in Canby, Ore. Its an annual thing we do, we have a blast. This is our 2nd year that we have had a booth, so we are officially vendors, hocking our wares! Raw fiber, yarn, finished products and everything in~between. Molly sells the angora rabbit, and sheep part and I do the angora goat thing. We also have friends that bring there wares as well, mostly rabbit wares. Carrie made the most luscious hats, out of bunny, some were felted and she had one that was a baby hat. It was baby bunny hair, OHHH talk about soft. NO, you don't have to terminate the bunny to get the hair. You just shear them. Mim brought her yarn she had spun and dyed it was wonderful. We had such a good time. Lots of laughs and fun, just the girls.
There is so much to see and I mean so much I didn't even get to go around to all the booths. Eye candy galore. To top it all off Molly and I took some animals to show. I took 3 goats and Molly took her one ewe. We made out like bandits~ We basically pulled the animals off the pasture and took them over. Molly's Icelandic ewe got 1st place in her class and also Judges Choice fiber, WOW what a Coup! Sue took a doe kid and got 1st place(out of 14), and a yearling who got 4th place(out of 14 & she only had 4 month hair growth), last was my 4 yr old doe who took 1st place and Res. Ch. We were very happy and excited. It was fun to see how our little country bumpkins did. Maybe the last time I do that, it was lot of work. But quite rewarding altogether.
Next year I hope to have more finished product to sell. You never know what people are looking for. This year must have been the year for "chunky yarn" we sold out of that and wished we had more. Who knows what next year will bring~
All the does are with the bucks now, so hopefully we will have a plethora or colored babies next spring. That is a fun but intense time of year. Always glad when the does have safely kidded and all is well. If most of the does twin I will have Oodles of kids running around. Well Oodles for me.
Well I am going to go to Milton~Freewater this week and get boxes of apples for eating and canning. You can buy a 40 lb box of apples for $7.00 and all you want. So I just drive over the hill and do that little thing. We always get Fuji's as they are the "best". I will get apples for others too. So I need to go and call them and then make other arrangements.
Till next time then, Blessings to all.
Sue