Happy Canada Day!!!

Antrim and I would like to wish everyone a Very Happy Canada Day! We are so fortunate to live in such a wonderful country and should count our blessings every day....
cheers everyone
Kerry and Antrim

Gel Nails

I can now do Gel Nails along with regular manicures and pedicures. The long tips are placed and with a little work the finished nails are done for my latest client. She loved her new nails!

Back to Back

There is always fun things to do in the "fibre world". Last weekend we formed a team of spinners and knitters and entered the International Back to Back Wool Challenge. This is a challenge that started in 1811 in Berkshire ,UK. and has continued world wide each year. The challenge is you get a raw fleece (preferably sheer the sheep at the contest) and without carding or any other prep work, spin the fleece into yarn and knit a sweater as fast as you can. The sweater pattern is a standard pattern to be used by everyone in the contest. You are allowed to have 7 people working on your team and one spare who fetches you water, food etc. The world record is just under 5 hours. The Canadian record was set in 2001 with a time of 7 hrs, 25 minutes. The InSein Yarnspinners from Manitoba hold this honour. It was a very tiring day but we had a lot of fun and finished our sweater in 10 hours and 41 minutes. Grace kindly rewarded us with a lovely lasagne dinner at her house afterwards.

My Little Princess

Just thought I would post one of my favourite pics of my grandaughter Katerra.... she is just adorable isn't she???

Good news!!!!

Great news Folks. My foster girls found their "furever" home. They have gone to live with a fabulous family in Ajax. Thank you to all my friends who were scouting for a good home for them. We wish them a long life and know they will be well cared for. It was nice they were adopted together too! I was getting too attached to Misty.......LOL...
cheers
Kerry

We had a wedding!

On Friday my youngest daughter Abby Jean Smith got married to Anthony Justin Smith. What are the chances of having the same last name eh?? She doesn't have to change her name anywhere. It was a beautiful wedding and everything was perfect. You can see in these pictures how much in love they are. They wrote their own wedding vows and as you can imagine there wasn't a dry eye in the crowd. Congratulations to you Abby and my new son Anthony! Love you both..... Moms..xxoo
Photos were thanks to
http://www.jbsmithphotography.com/blog
http://www.johnedgar.net
Please go to their sites to see more photos.

"The Girls"

Well, my foster girls came tonight and are they ever a couple of Ladies. Misty is the Blue Merle and Roxy is the Tri -colour . They are 8 and 9 years old and are just sweeties. Please pass the word around for us if you know anyone who would like to adopt them. They are in perfect health and are kid, people and cat friendly. They would like to be adopted together as they have been together since puppies but will consider separating them to the right home. Just call or email me for more info.
cheers
Kerry

Misty and Roxy

Well sometimes you just can't say no. These are my new foster girls that I will be fostering for the Collie Rescue until they get adopted. Roxy and Misty are 2 beautiful female Rough Collies who need a home. As they have been together since puppies it would be great to see them adopted together . Please contact me if you are interested. Misty looks so much like my Antrim doesn't she.

Spring is here for sure!

Well you really know it is spring when the sheep get sheared for the season. On Friday I went to help my friend Cindy Osland with her shearing. The famous shearer Ruco Braat was doing the shearing and we were doing the skirting and decision whether the fleece went for sale to hand spinners or got shipped to the wool mill. I really enjoy this day and as payment we get to pick what fleece we would like to take home... tough decision of course as their are so many nice ones. I did settle for a dark brown fleece and can't wait to start working on it. 90 sheep were shorn on Friday and another 60 will be done next week. The little white lamb was so cute watching his mommy get shorn. The noice in the barn is incredible from crying moms and babies as they are temporarily separated. They are so cute. One little lamb is so small it had to have a sweater on. I cuddled him and he weighs nothing.....

Mexico again!

Well I had another fabulous time in Mexico. My daughter Emily Smith and Bencar are starting a tour business and they took us touring EVERYWHERE! It was fabulous. We started in Mexico City which is just beautiful and ended at their house in Chetumal. We saw lots of pyramids and ruins and got to swim in this fabulous lake as shown . The colours of the water were unreal. Check out her website... www.ohpana.wordpress.com

Sorry Folks to rub it in, but I will be in Mexico again for the next couple of weeks but will be home for The Gathering.....
I will be going with Jessica and Kate to visit my other daughter Emily who lives in Mexico. First we will spend 4 days in Mexico City visiting different sites and pyramids then fly to Chetumal to tour around and stay at Emily and Bencar's home there. They are starting up a custom tour business soon so check out their website!! www.ohpana.wordpress.com
We are honored to be their first guests!!!!
Poor Antrim will be left behind with the housesitter and cats.
Cheers
Kerry

The Gathering

Be sure to come to The Gathering in Port Hope on Saturday April 18.... I'll be there with my many coloured rovings for sale.