nearly a perfect day

Nearly a perfect day. Admittedly anxiety played a role in my leaving the house in a timely manner and aligning all the steps to being somewhere at 1 pm was also a struggle. But I know why I experience that way and am not annoyed with myself. That feels so good.

So the rest of the story is I found a long board on marketplace and met up with a guy in Independence Oregon to see if it would work for me. I’m learning to ride a long board. Don’t know the lingo but that’s not stopping me. Being 51 and not entirely the shape I like being lol isn’t stopping me either. And I know “certain someone’s” with most likely roll their eyes at my new found obsession and I don’t mind. My son is teaching me. He explained skateboarding in way that made it sound reasonably possible. So here I am. And yes I know I will fall down a lot but that’s definitely not new to me.

The drive back home led thru the little town of Independence. At the same moment I was wondering if there was a yarn shop near by… I saw a big bold sign YARN SHOP. Of course I had to stop in and explore and now I have a new favorite LYS(local yarn shop). “Rosemary Ridge Farm Yarn and Fiber Arts Studio”. Felt like I was visiting an old friend. The owners have sheep and they process their wool to sell as yarn and roving. The fun part is they include the name of each sheep or ram on the fiber or yarn its from. I had so much fun with that, looking for names more than colors cause it felt like a name added a chapter to the story of what I’d make with it. The lighter brown is from a ram named Toby which is coincidentally the name of my husband too(couldn’t pass that up). The more grey color is from a sheep named Independence. Beautiful tones. I might ply them together. There’s enough contrast I think that would be beautiful.

Now I’m all the more excited about my dream of having my own fiber animals and getting to process their wool. Oh, and dreams aren’t a figment of imagination either. Dreams are a drive in us that is directly connected to what God created in us. See. Full circle. Just trust the goodness of God.

Thanks for hanging out. I hope you find joy in your day and maybe even pause and play and get lost in something creative.