New Spindles and a Marsupial

Oh my...so, of course i have too much to say and i feel overwhelmed...let's see...this has been a great week so far. Last night i got to teach spinning at my knitting group again and, like last time, i had so much fun. I want to send out lots of thanks to Lisa, the organizer of our knitting group, for helping out so much with making the spinning nights happen. While i was there this wonderful woman, Joann brought in some great pyrenees hair and i was spinning that last night and it's nice to spin and so soft and white...i can't wait to ply it...


also, Timmy and i made more drop spindles and they turned out lovely...


I was so wooed by this one that i'm going to have to keep it...(it's hard to see, but there is a naked faerie on it AND glitter!)


here are some close-ups of the others...


so, i have to tell a story...a few days ago our dogs were VERY interested in the gutter on the side of the house that went into a pipe in the ground, and they kept going back to it over the course of a couple days...so, me and the neighbors were hanging out in the yard and Danica and Cullen are sniffing the gutter then suddenly, Willie stands up on his hind legs and starts pawing all crazy on the gutter then jumps down and starts biting it in this angry, aggressive way and in the process rips the gutter out of the pipe and off of the side of the house and now it's hanging there bent in two places AND THEN...a young possum falls out of the gutter and Willie carries it off, but we rescued it and eventually it got up and left (we hope), but what excitement!
Here are some pics of the gutter...notice the teeth marks and how it was ripped off the house...the neighbors were very impressed with Willie's show of exuberance...


my neighbor, Heather, has the pictures of the possum...i was too caught up in the moment and am apparently better at photographing the aftermath