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All the November Clubs have been dyed, the tops are braided, the yarn is almost dry and ready to be skeined up and the fibre for the Art Journey Batts are ready to be carded over the weekend. It was a huge push to dye this batch because I used a lot of natural plant pigments which take a lot longer to cure and hold. The one thing to remember with any kind of dyeing is that it all takes time. Not only time to get all the pigments and colours planned out and mixed, not even all the painting...

it certainly was a Halloween to remember! It seems like so long ago already with all that has been happening here in the valley: storms, power outages, no internet and now no phone coverage (telstra is still not on top of their sh8tstorm apparently) and rain, rain and more rain.l So much rain that the Yarra River had broken its banks, the little Yarra River close to us had as well and there was even so much deluge that the storm drains could not cope. No where to go the water thought "why not park here?" and started to inundate...

Whaddoyaknow: it’s almost Halloween!  I have to say, it’s always a bit like Halloween here, but the last few days have been really a bit scary…lol It has been raining and raining and raining , so much that last night apparently there was a car floating (as in not driving but FLOATING) in the Yarra Junction car park. The little Yarra River has broken its banks…again, the back paddock is water logged or under water, everything is extremely soggy and muddy BUT the good news is, only our verandah roof is leaking and the house is not flooded , which...

October is flying by faster than a witch on a turbo broom. I have totally failed at inktober, the daily prompt inking and drawing exercise : I only managed to do 4 ! I was hoping to do way more and finish with lots of drawing and a story to go with it. Unfortunately work, dyeing and getting all the clubs prepped to go out kinda messed up my caqlendar. Australia Post announced that the last shipping date for over seas orders so they can receive their parcels before Christmas is last week of November, which meant that I had...

It’s the Spooky Season! Time to spin a vampire! It has been bucketing down with rain so much lately that large parts of Victoria are totally inundated: it is dark, rainy and for some whose properties are under threat or under water, totally horrific. My heart goes out to all ! Please stay safe ! We are doing fine here in the Yarra Valley. Although the name tells you we are in a valley, we are quite high up, so we are safe. The Little Yarra River has reached a high level again, just like not too long ago when...