Spring on our Island
Spring flowers from a friend

Lots of new Llama fiber from a new friend, thank you Jan!
The last patch of snow at our house!

Missing piece of camera found and so here are some pictures, a few from Florida...precious times spent with daughter and grandchildren

No Pictures. Bummer!!!

I was really hoping to have some pictures to post today, but I can't find the wire to connect my camera to the computer...I hope I haven't lost it, that would not be a good thing...so I will make this a brief posting, just to let anyone that is actually reading this know that I am still alive...I did go to Florida with my daughter and two grandchildren and I do have wonderful pictures from the trip, but they will have to wait...we had a great time but I was certainly tired and happy to get home, specially since I caught a cold while there and was not feeling well. I learned why they say never to fly with a cold, the landing was very hard on my poor, blocked ears and I thought I would never recover my hearing...but I am well now and have been busy since getting home. Hubby and I spent a wonderful evening in Bath, Maine at a great B&B, and then a fantastic concert of Celtic music by Battlefield Band. We did the same thing last year and I hope we make it an annual outing.
It is Spring here in Maine, the first Spring I remember since moving here 23 years ago...I have been out walking my, now confirmed, over weight dog, as much as possible...but also leaving time for some spinning and knitting. A new friend of mine from the mid-west sent me about five Llama fleeces ...if I expect to finish them before I die, I have to get to work on them...of course, I have some great pictures of those also, but they will have to wait...I did finish spinning up some beautiful red wool that I don't have a clue as to what to do with yet (pictures to follow) and I am still working on my grandson's quilt and knitted blanket...I have three blocks finished for the wool blanket...
My one small change for this month of making sure lights are out when not in use is coming along fine and I already know the change for next month...but that will wait...so until I can get some pictures posted, I will close for today...

No pictures today but I did want to make a post, just in case someone is actually reading these. I follow along with a few other blogs (I hope to make a list one of these days) and a few of those women have a thing going on for a few months about making one small change for the for the good of the earth. My change for February was to make sure that we always bring our clothe bags with us for shopping...not just to the market but to regular stores as well...I even made a clothe bag for produce in the market (I have to make a few more)...it is amazing how many plastic, as well as, paper bags, I am not bringing home anymore...even have Barry doing it (most times). My small change for March is to remember to shut off lights in rooms that we are not actually in...I have been very bad with this lately and so I think this will be a good change for us.
So, on another note, I am off to Florida with my daughter and two grand babies...to see my Dad. I will be back in a week, hopefully with some wonderful pictures. Till then my friends...

My fiber life continues...two weeks ago I went to a Spin-In with a few of my friends, my daughter and about a 100 other spinners...it happens every year and was so much fun...as hard as I try not to buy any more fiber, I did buy some wool to process with my angora bunny fiber...I also bought some dog combs to process the two fibers together...wish me luck!
Yesterday, our spinning group had their bi-monthly spinning get together at my house, again a lot of fun, more spinning and nothing to buy, which is a good thing.
Today, I worked on my grandson's quilt which I had to rip apart since the points weren't meeting...I am not such a good quilter-too impatient!!!!
Took a nice walk this afternoon with Barry and Gemma on a carriage road to see a waterfall...still plenty of snow on the ground but the water was certainly running

I think that I should explain the title of my blog which makes it look like I have a split personality, which I sometimes feel like I do...for 6 months of the year, I am an innkeeper and my whole world really revolves around taking care of 18 different people every day and making sure everyone at our B&B is having a great time...the other 6 months of the year, we move out of the B&B, into our own, much smaller log home in the woods and I get to do whatever I want and just take care of my own needs...this is where fiber mama comes into play...I love Fiber crafts, such as knitting, spinning, quilting etc. and in the winter I get to play with fiber for those 6 months, along with playing with my two wonderful grandchildren...so I really do lead a split life...I also spend a lot of time out of doors in the winter with my very active 5 year old Aussie dog...of course, not everyday goes as I plan, and although, today I had planned to work on the simple quilt that I am making for my number 2 grandson, I ended up going for a much longer walk than planned and joined some friends in a birthday lunch...like I said, taking care of myself in the winter...