This coffee is 'da best. And I'm mighty particular about my coffee!!! My personal recommendation is the Jamaican Me Crazy. It's perfect IMHO. Good coffee with subtle flavorings added. So many flavored coffee start with crummy beans and then try to mask the crummyness by totally smothering it in overbearing artificial flavors. Joffrey's doesn't. Do I sound like a commercial or what??? I'm not working on commission, I promise!! It's just really good coffee!
In a few days I'll be sipping the Chocolate Turtle flavor, I'll give a review of that when it arrives.
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Monday, September 19, 2005
Llama, Llama, DUCK
We had a nice little time at the nice, little sheep show yesterday.
It was just the right size for a less than enthusiastic husband & son.
They survived, I promise.
We saw some adorable, sheep, llamas, alpacas and a pair of baby yaks!
They were too cute.
Of course I managed to pick up some fiber, even with hubby in attendance. Got a great price on some Ashland Bay Merino/Silk top in Concord color so I couldn't pass that up. Also got some nice dark brown & white Jacob/Mohair roving. It’s white with big sections of dark chocolate brown splotched along the way. That should be fun to see what it spins into.
Got to watch a little herding demo. Now, I’ve seen some demos where the dogs seemed to be laser guided. Not the case here. Nothing wrong with that, they were still much better behaved than my lazy beasts. There were two dogs and four sheep. The sheep were rather placid, which doesn’t make for much excitement. After some moving the sheep this way and that, they ambled complacently into the pen. One dog was taken aside and tied to a fence. The younger, less experienced dog remained on the job.
Then the ducks were let out. Ducks are much more fun tochase herd.
Ducks quack. Ducks scurry around quacking with annoyance. Yes, definitely more interesting. Well…more interesting than sheep, but not more engaging than sheep poop. Our furry friend stopped to have a snack. The ducks, not being dumb ducks, took advantage of the momentary distraction and high-tailed it back to where the trailer was parked. Young dog turns around. Ducks are gone. Young dog looks left, looks right, no ducks. Looks at mom and clearly says “I knew it!!!! Alien abductions do exist!!” Really, what other explanation could there be???
Thankfully, older, wiser - and presumably better trained – dog who was still tied to the fence knew exactly where the ducks were. Younger dog was benched, older dog was unleashed and then stealthily slunk around to the front of the truck to scare the bejeazus out of the ducks. Ducks complained loudly and while muttering under their breath, they were escorted back to their crate.
It was just the right size for a less than enthusiastic husband & son.
They survived, I promise.
We saw some adorable, sheep, llamas, alpacas and a pair of baby yaks!
They were too cute.
Of course I managed to pick up some fiber, even with hubby in attendance. Got a great price on some Ashland Bay Merino/Silk top in Concord color so I couldn't pass that up. Also got some nice dark brown & white Jacob/Mohair roving. It’s white with big sections of dark chocolate brown splotched along the way. That should be fun to see what it spins into.
Got to watch a little herding demo. Now, I’ve seen some demos where the dogs seemed to be laser guided. Not the case here. Nothing wrong with that, they were still much better behaved than my lazy beasts. There were two dogs and four sheep. The sheep were rather placid, which doesn’t make for much excitement. After some moving the sheep this way and that, they ambled complacently into the pen. One dog was taken aside and tied to a fence. The younger, less experienced dog remained on the job.
Then the ducks were let out. Ducks are much more fun to
Ducks quack. Ducks scurry around quacking with annoyance. Yes, definitely more interesting. Well…more interesting than sheep, but not more engaging than sheep poop. Our furry friend stopped to have a snack. The ducks, not being dumb ducks, took advantage of the momentary distraction and high-tailed it back to where the trailer was parked. Young dog turns around. Ducks are gone. Young dog looks left, looks right, no ducks. Looks at mom and clearly says “I knew it!!!! Alien abductions do exist!!” Really, what other explanation could there be???
Thankfully, older, wiser - and presumably better trained – dog who was still tied to the fence knew exactly where the ducks were. Younger dog was benched, older dog was unleashed and then stealthily slunk around to the front of the truck to scare the bejeazus out of the ducks. Ducks complained loudly and while muttering under their breath, they were escorted back to their crate.
Friday, September 16, 2005
September already???
I know, I'm going to be tsk'd tsk'd for blog neglect.
I'm back from my little trip, lol! Part of what kept me away from blogging was I was helping Amy test a pattern she had designed. It's a clever wrap that uses some stratigically placed buttons to convert from a shawl to a shrug.
If you would like a copy of the pattern for yourself, Amy has published it at LuLu
I have been spinning, and trying to finish up some UFO's. Pictures soon, I promise!
If it doesn't rain tomorrow, I'm dragging DH & the boy to the Garden State Sheep Breeders Festival I think that will be a small enough show to keep them from being bored out of their skulls, plus it will let me grab a little more stash.
The boy has started middle school. Yikes!!! So far so good. He is enjoying his classes and his teachers, and he's making the adjustment to changing classes, dealing with having a locker & such quite well.
I'm back from my little trip, lol! Part of what kept me away from blogging was I was helping Amy test a pattern she had designed. It's a clever wrap that uses some stratigically placed buttons to convert from a shawl to a shrug.
If you would like a copy of the pattern for yourself, Amy has published it at LuLu
I have been spinning, and trying to finish up some UFO's. Pictures soon, I promise!
If it doesn't rain tomorrow, I'm dragging DH & the boy to the Garden State Sheep Breeders Festival I think that will be a small enough show to keep them from being bored out of their skulls, plus it will let me grab a little more stash.
The boy has started middle school. Yikes!!! So far so good. He is enjoying his classes and his teachers, and he's making the adjustment to changing classes, dealing with having a locker & such quite well.
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