Time to Go

So sad to think about it but soon it is time to head to Home North. The house is displaying stacks of things that we'll be transporting north. The guest bedroom is one such mess.

I'm not happy about a messy house, but with my protracted "two week shut down schedule" this is bound to happen.

On the bright side, the wildflowers are stupendous this year. Wouldn't you agree?

                                                              Hopefully I have made up for showing you the mess by offering up these flowers. Glorious, isn't it?

Out the Kitchen Window

What do you see when you look out your kitchen window? Spring time means luscious fields of flowers around here. The fourth photo is off my front porch and the fifth photo is out the kitchen window. The other shots are steps away. And the peak of the flowers is yet to come in April!

Stevie and Sila

Here are my two Kromski spinning wheels. The wheel on the left is the Minstrel model. I bought it new in November 2011. I have been spinning on it every day since then. The beauty on the right is the Polonaise, acquired used, just this week. On top of continuing to spin on the Minstrel, I have two bobbins full on the Polonaise already as well. I adore both these wheels.

Instead of calling the wheels "this" and "that" I gave them names. The Minstrel I named "Stevie" for Stevie Ray Vaughn, my favourite blues musician and favourite guitarist. I'll be taking this wheel north to Canada, and so it will remind me of my southern home. Double Trouble with this double treadle , double drive.
The Polonaise wheel then required a northern name, as it will be left in the south. After some careful thought I selected the name Sila, an Inuit word. In common everyday language it refers to the air, the weather, the sky. It also means "breath of life" and "method of locomotion for any movement or change". I like that. So Sila it is.

Now I want to come up with a unique name for the 1750s antique wheel. It reminds me of my heritage as a Lithuanian; a nation with a long history of spinning and weaving.

Any suggestions?