Mint Icecream

I found the perfect way to beat the heat - my special blended fibers called Mint Icecream - 50% silk, 25% alpaca, and 25% mohair. The best part of this creation is you do not have to worry that it will add extra pounds to your waist or will melt in the car while trying to get home from the store. This cold creation will melt thru your fingers with unbelievable ease. Beat the HEAT - get your hands on my newest blend.

BABY CAMEL DOWN

Folks always ask me what do you do with your nights? Well, I have been working on getting this Baby Camel Down ready for the world. A friend of mine by a strange turn of stories ended up 8 years ago with a breeding pair of Camels. I have worked with him over the years teaching him all that I knew about the care and training of them. For that he has given me each year the offsprings fiber. The problem is they shed it and made a big mess of what little they grow - so that means weeks of hand picking to get the coarse guard hairs out and then the vegetable matter. Once I have it spotless then I wash it in earth friend hand made soap, dry in the sunshine and the finished fiber is breath taking - MARVELOUS!!!

You can get you hands on the lovely fiber at my etsy shop www.larkspurfunnyfarm.etsy.com or contact me thru ggerberlff@aol.com.
You will drull all over it but please don't I worked to hard to make it perfect.

How's your garden?

Mishka just loves sitting under the Pinon when the heat climbs high in the sky. A nibble here and there is just what she loves. Some might ask her to leave but look at that face - I ask you - what is a couple of nibbles between good friends?

New Goodies on my Etsy Shop

Grab a cool glass of your favorite summer drink and meet me at my Etsy shop for some of my new yarns, one of a kind buttons and great fiber. I have also added some more of my popular silk rods and cocoons for your enjoyment and creative projects. I am not done my no means but I thought I would take a breather, kiss the goat babies and let you know that I found a way to save you on the high price of gas - let your fingers do the work - keep those hands busy and your feet at home.

What is going on with Mother Nature?

For the past two nights I have had Hail that made me spend that time in my basement away from every window, listening to the weather alert channel and praying for a safe evening. Tornados, hail, wind and just horrible weather is what I have been experiencing for the past month. The farm animals and I have been lucky but so for hundreds of thousands around the world. My heart breaks each time I turn on the TV to see the folks lossing everything to Mother Nature. I hope we all reach out and give a hand because in a blink of an eye or the turn of the clouds we could be right there with them. Be safe and take stock in the small things in life.

WHAT A WEEK

Clem and I have had the week that makes you want to curl into bed and cover up your head. There is nothing worse to me then when I am in a restfull sleep and in the deepest corner of my brain I hear those horrible sounds of my cat ready to throw up right next to me in bed. I jerk straight up and he runs for the hills or my center of the livingroom floor. This issue has been going on now for months but now he is doing this every night. I have changed foods, limited foods, given medications and still there is no stopping of this nightly rountine. My heart breaks for him but since my carpet cleaning machine is not working (thanks to my sons) I have been reduced to hands and knees with spots that at times do not dissapear. I must also add that this routine is also hitting my stomach. I have been letting Clem spend time on the deck in order to lessen my scrubing and swearing - doesn't he look peacefull. Since he has no claws I really must keep a close eye on him because he would be a tasty meal for the fox who feels he is part of the family. Maybe we have weathered the worst - today the sun is out and no spots on the carpet.

My Guardian

Like a good friend "Llama Boy" is always there watching over us all at the farm. While working on the carding machine I felt this soft wave wash over me and I looked up and there he sat down next to the french door in the tall grass. He watched so closely as I went back to work. A quite, calm and safe feeling washed over me - I am loved and cared for with this gentle boy.

This morning I found him as I do every morning sitting outside the shop door - on duty - making sure that all is safe. As I open the door to greet him as I do "Good Morning my sweet boy - thank you so much for watching over me now enjoy your breakfast". He then slowly arises and heads off to check the other animals and nibble his breakfast. Then back to the shop door to wait for me to start the morning chores. This calm routine that he and I share makes each day worth getting up. I am so blessed to have such wonderful beings in my world.