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- First layer is on.
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- Wait a minute, that skylight’s got legs!
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- Kyle’s lovin’ that baby duck.
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- I love this little guy…or gal
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- Awww, just look at that face!
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- Eeek! Get off my car.
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- Large male turkey…the animal variety.
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- Kristen spins her magic wheel…
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- Lovely Colors
Somehow I had the urge to finish that with “late September back in ’64.” But that’s an old song and another story. Today’s story is the Yurt Raising (yes, I said ‘yurt raising”) where I had a booth and sold my wares with my good friend & fearless booth mate, Shannon. Held at Crown Point Alpaca Farm in Strafford, NH , it was a beautiful drive from Wolfeboro. Neither of us had ever seen a yurt being built so we said “Well, let’s try it; it could be fun” and it was.
Alpacas, and turkeys, and goats…oh my! Critters everywhere…and I never knew that Alpacas make the softest sort of cooing sound. It was actually kind of calming and quite a contrast with the turkey gobbling, chicken clucking & goat bleating (is that right…do goats bleat??) Anyway, it was a new and wonderful experience for us; loved watching the children that were there, chasing the turkeys (yikes!) and cuddling baby ducks.
Thank you to all our customers that found us there; we appreciate it, especially given the rural location. Of course, the food was outstanding too…pulled pork & all sorts of good eats. We enjoyed the wool spinning demonstrations; she spun some lovely oh-so-soft yarn from alpaca wool (or is it fur, surely it can’t be “hair”.) There were also skeins of handspun yarn for sale. Shannon had her wonderful felted scarves there; her “summer scarves” are light as air and look like watercolor paintings. I had just a few felted items – purses & don’t laugh…a felted rock. Well, I call it a paperweight but it has a rock inside and is rather impressive I think. Of course, it goes without saying (altho’ I am saying it) that we both had our jewelry & more fiber art on display & for sale.
I’m sure Paul from White Mountain Yurts appreciated all the willing workers that came to volunteer their help. Watching a yurt raising is magical; in the morning there was just a wooden platform and by afternoon it was almost done. Finishing touches will be added tomorrow, Sunday. Val & Gary who own Crown Point Alpaca Farm were gracious hosts and made everyone feel at home. All in all, it was a successful show and a beautiful day weatherwise as well.
