And now for some proof of what I've been up to lately...

Aside from job hunting and doing freelance work, I've finally after a very, very long time had a chance to start working on another craft--yarn dyeing!

Some sample skeins...

Inspiration for a colorway...

On Monday we'll see how this one (actually, there are two) turns out. Stay tuned...

Eye Candy Friday

One of the irises I planted last fall in front of the house in Vermont. I can't wait for these to naturalize!

What I've been up to...

I'm still spending time up in Vermont, although I will be heading back to Long Island early next week. I'm still job hunting (frighteningly few positions--either in publishing or for an entry level paralegal). I did pick up some freelance copyediting. But the most enjoyable thing I've been doing--next to some spindle spinning--is...

Those are some stock solutions for the newest hobby--yarn dyeing! Tomorrow I'll be dyeing some little sample skeins for my color wheels. (While they're being steamed, I'll be copyediting. Am I the multitasker or what?) After that, maybe some test colorways before I go home.

Pictures of the color wheels to come...

Eye Candy Friday

My lilac bush at my house in Vermont

What I've been up to lately...

For someone who's unemployed, I've been mighty busy these past few weeks! Given the late hour I don't want to go on and on, but here's a little info for ya...

• For the past two weeks I've been serving as a juror on this trial for this defendant. Today we reached a verdict. And after an evening of Googling, I came up with this and this and this. What an experience! Sentencing is scheduled for next month, and if I'm not busy I'd like to attend.
• My classes have been winding down, but due to my jury service I did not have all that free time to study that I was planning on. Still think I did OK, though (and considering all that's happened this year I'm OK with it).
• Not much knitting or spinning, but I've been working on flags for an event on Saturday.

And this past weekend we did a living history event in Kingston, New York.

The kids really loved the gun--they were doing their own little artillery drills around it. And the adults had an even better time with them.



So cute...

Eye Candy Friday

Early spring in Readsboro, Vermont

Eye Candy Friday -- Cute Baby Animals

Warning: supreme cuteness ahead!

It's finally spring in Vermont. I visited Adam's Farm yesterday with my sister's family (visiting us for the first time at Moose Manor).

A newborn angora goat (literally--born last night)

Baby bunnies

Kids at play

Hungry bottle fed baby

Some jailbird angora kids

And click here for some really cute kids bottle feeding.

Eye Candy Friday -- Vermont Spring

Crocus in the middle of Wilmington, Vermont

Eye Candy Friday -- Spring stream

Behind the Matterhorn Inn, West Dover, Vermont

Well, at least I posted an ECF picture on Friday, instead of what I did earlier this week.

Eye Candy Friday -- Snow in April?

E.T.A. OK, I must admit that I thought today was Friday. I guess the layoff this has affected my sense of time. So go ahead and tease me. Time for me to get a new schedule--and stick to it!

You know, though, this "snow in April" thing is good for a WTF Wednesday...

Driving along Route 344, through Bash Bish Falls State Park.
Snow. At 1,600 feet (yikes!).

On my way to meet JessaLu for dinner... :-)