It is high color in Vermont this weekend.  There’s no better time to see the hills than when they are aflame with autumn’s color.  Combine that with the Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival and you’ve got a perfect reason to head for the hills this Saturday and Sunday.   The festival has changed location from the northwestern corner of the state to a much more centralized and far more scenic venue.  Tunbridge is near the junction of I-89 and I-91, making it an easy trip from the Boston area and points east on I-89 and all of you in southern New England coming up on I-91.  I drove there over the summer to get the lay of the land.  It is gorgeous!  Quintessential Vermont.  Red barns, white fences, winding back roads running along a creek and the steeply rolling hills. You couldn’t ask for a more scenic location.

I couldn’t find an autumn picture of the fairgrounds so I give you my own front yard to prove that there isn’t anything like autumn in Vermont.

It isn’t a lot, but the festival offers a coupon for $1.00 off the admission price each year. You can print it out here.

Not that it is necessary, but a dollar’s a dollar.  And, it is a wool festival.  I know I hardly need any other incentive.  I’ll be there, with Ball and Skein in the main building.  Please drop by and say ‘hi’.  If I’m busy, still say ‘hi’.  I really look forward to seeing you.  By then, all the yarn should have been dyed, dried, and re-skeined. Whew!

Up… down…. color everywhere!!

house to the barn.. barn to the house.. how is it my world is already getting smaller?

The studio has been a busy place lately.  With less to do in the garden (did I really say that), or more accurately, less that I AM doing in the garden, beans excepted, Chris and I are spending more time working in the shop.  I get a batch of yarn steaming and run to the house.  A bit later, I'm running back to the shop to get the next run started and the finished one washed.  I don't miss going further.  There is much to see on this little walk, even more so now.  The view changes everyday.  One of my favorite spots each year, is a maple in the front yard, surrounded by ferns.  They were green only a few days ago.