7:30 am
My
class starts today. 4 kids for 3 ½ hours
a day, I am kind of nervous. We’ll see how it goes. I still have a few things I
need to get on the way in to the Bangs Center. And before that – I need to feed
buns, clean out some cages, see if the wasps are finally gone (had to power
water spray again last night, if that didn’t do it I may have to poison spray).
Then I will wind off the last of the blue skeins that I finished spinning last
night. I say last, but there is still an ounce of the blue/green, so I will
spin that and ply it with gray angora. I should hang out some laundry as it
looks like it might actually be sunny today. I had a load that I hung out and
took back in twice yesterday. I finally gave up and threw it in the drier.
K was
very busy cleaning and sorting in the garage yesterday, which is great and very
helpful (it would be nice to be able to reach the tools). At one point he asked
what was in the big metal pot…. Well that is the goose fat that I’ve been
saving to make soap. It was all fine in the winter when it was frozen out
there, but not so great now. Ok so I took it in, heated it up, will try to pour
the fat off, or ladle it off since there is water in there, too. Then I will
put it in the fridge to solidify, pour any water left off, and see, later this
week, if I can actually make soap. I think there is some other fat in there,
too, but it is mostly the goose fat, so I’ll go with the amount of lye called
for with goose fat. Then of course it will need to sit and age for a long time.
I have no idea where I’ll be able to do that. The basement is a disaster and I truly
must decide on which piles of fabric I can just say enough and get rid of. I have
a few boxes like that, but I’ll need to decide on the rest of the rugs and sort
what I need for them out.
I started
another batch of dried melon. It is a bit odd, but comes out interesting
enough. I am doing it in the oven, not as good as a solar dryer. I need to get
in touch with Gabor and see if I can come look at his solar dehydrator. I did
order the reflective foil and when I can (later this week?) I will make some
panels – plywood and the foil – to set around the dye bins to see if I can get
them to heat up more. I have a lovely bin full of goldenrod that I was trying
to extract dye from, and it got all moldy. I must somehow dump it out but it is
not easy at all to carry a bin full of foul liquid. I guess I’ll need to avert
my face and scoop some of it out. Speaking of averting my face, I really need
to look at what is in the tanning baths. See if anything can be taken out to
dry. Ugg. I really hate that stuff. Reminds me of when J worked at the tannery
in No. Adams. Nasty place. And it is such a pain to stretch the skins. And I have
yet to do anything useful with any of them. Many great ideas – a hat, gloves, a
bag – but haven’t spent the necessary time to do it.
Speaking
of time, it will very soon be August, meaning that very soon school will be
starting back up and I need to think about what I need to do to get myself
ready. I would like to find the text I got and start looking over the material
she will be covering.
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