Too Busy Spinning!

I can't believe the time has flown! I have been so busy spinning I kept forgetting to share my progress of the Tour de Fleece with you! So here is the photo's for days 11 - 19 of spinning along with the Tour de Fleece this month!

Day 11

Day 12

Day 13

Day 14

Day 15

Day 16

Day 17

Day 18

Day 19

I have a couple more photo's, but they are still be on my camera! I shall return with more yummy Spinning and fibre photo's soon!
Thanks,
Liz :-)

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Creative Life Challenge - Day 27, 28 & 29

DAY 27, 28 & 29

After spending the day running around for day 27 , I turned to what seems to be my current creative trend - I polished off another book. It was "New Moon", the next logical choice after "Twilight". Day 28 was cold and raining again, and it should come as no surprise that "Eclipse" was soon devoured. Today, day 29, was finally a sunny one, and walking passed the early blossoms on the fruit trees soon had me inspired to spin. With "Breaking Dawn" on in the background, I soon drifted into "the zone" and was quite pleased with my spinning progress.

I am starting to wonder why I'm reading so many books at the moment, but I think it is starting to pay off. As I listen to the words, and I'm transported to another world living through adventures, thoughts and words are starting to stir. I managed to write several pages today inbetween spinning and plying.

I try to write everyday, but often I find a time at some point in the year a bit of a challenge to keep writing. Occasionally a day gets missed throughout a particular month (this was last month), then the next month (this month), turns into the occasional day of writing. I don't know why this happens, but throughout the many years that I have been writing, there always seems to be one or two months at some point during the year where it all seems to fall apart. If nothing else, the constant challenge to do something creative every day this month has found me turning to books more, which in turn has helped to inspire my writing again, an unexpected positive.

Tomorrow is the last day of my offical challenge, the end of the month and the end of Winter here in Australia. Is there anything special you like to do at the end of the month? Do you reflect back on the month? Do you prepare and plan for the next month? Or do you go with the flow and see where it takes you?

Until tomorrow,
Liz :-)

Creative Life Challenge - Day 26

DAY 26

Well today didn't start out the way I had hoped, and the rain was no help.

The first discovery, was the Blue crocheted blanket that I had started a week or so back, had started to unravel in the bag I had carted it around in. With a little annoyance, I went about crocheting the navy round again while listening to "Twilight" by Stephanie Meyer.

The second discovery, was the last 4 days of "Creative Life Challenge" posts that I had written had saved as drafts instead of publishing. Grrr! With the remote internet reseption, and the rain and storms the last few days, it hadn't been a strong enough connection to post properly. So forgive me for the bombarding of posts today :-(

So after these two setbacks, I decided to try and focus on something different, to try and find something more positive to finish up the day. As weird as it may seem, I had been perusing the net for tangling and drawing ideas, primarily Pinterest, when I was inspired to knit! How I managed to make that connection, I have no idea. So I worked on a nice simple shawl WIP as I finished listening to Twilight.

Can you recall a weird day where things seemed to just go wrong? Did you manage to find something positive in that day? What are some of the things you do when you try to search for something more positive on these days? Maybe you could make a list for the future...

Happy Knitting!
Liz :-)

Creative Life Challenge - Day 25

DAY 25

Today went rather slow to start with, but quickly picked up as things started to stack up on top of each other. Funny how time seems to fly when you have so many things to do.

Needless to say, I turned to my audio books to be a little bit creative. "Sanctuary" by Jenny Carroll was the first book I read today, closely followed by "Suzanne's Diary For Nicholas" by James Patterson, a rather powerfully written book.

The 5 balancing balls principle mentioned in this second book is quite a life lesson, one I realise I had been trying to figure out, yet hadn't had it put in such simple terms. The idea is that you have 5 balls you need to juggle in the air in order to keep your life balanced, each one an aspect of your life - Work, Health, Family, Friends and Integrity. As you work through life, you will discover that life is a rubber ball - when you drop it, it bounces back. The other 4 are however like glass and need to be treated with care. So simple, yet an effective example.


Having already read the "Hobbit" and "The Lord Of The Rings" series, that brings my book total to 9 so far in the last two week. I must be on a book roll or something...

Have you ever been on a roll with something? Books, craft, gardening or otherwise? It's nice when you are on a flow...

Liz :-)

Creative Life Challenge - Day 24

DAY 25

Today was not a great day time wise. An unexpected turn of events soon put everything into chaos. Once things resumed some sort of normalcy later in the afternoon, it was a mad scramble to try and get everything done. Unable to even think of something creative to do, I ended up listening to another book, "Safe House", the next book in the 1800 series I have been reading. At this rate, the small reading challenge I had set myself earlier in the month, (read 52 books before the end of the year), was likely to be completed well before the end of the year.

Have you set yourself a reading challenge this year? Or have you set yourself a reading challenge in the past? Was it successful or were there any challenges?

Happy Reading!
Liz :-)

Creative Life Challenge - Day 23

DAY 23

It looked like a promising day with the sun shinning, so I took the opportunity to plant out some strawberries that had managed to survive the bitter cold winter. I ended up planting them in front of the berry vines that I had planted out earlier in the month. But as I was putting the last handful of mulch around the strawberry plants, it started to rain. Typical! I ducked out of the rain, hoping it might stop so I could continue pottering in the veggie garden and take a photo, but it had settled in. So, while I worked on some indoor chores, I managed to listen to the next book in the 1800 series by Jenny Carroll, "Code Name Cassandra". Nothing like a book to be creative.

Do you have a favorite book author or is there a series that you like to read again and again?

Liz :-)

Creative Life Challenge - Day 22

DAY 22

It was a crazy day today, running around doing things, a hint of the week ahead. About the only creative thing that I managed to do was plant some trees... just before the rain, not exactly photo weather. I then listened to "When Lightning Strikes" by Jenny Carroll, a perfect rainy weather activity, reading books.

So, it's a short and sweet report for day 22. Do you have activities that you like to do when it rains?

Liz :-)