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Divided We Fall

by LaVonne Stucky

Divided We Fall

What's the first thing you notice about someone when you are talking to them?  For me it's the eyes.  I've been called intimidating because I look ...
Posted in division, inclusive, united

Spring's Hope Eternal

by LaVonne Stucky
It should be a bumper sticker! "I survived the winter of 2019!" The newspaper said we just had the coldest February-March on record.  I am here to ...
Posted in blue montana sky, cold, coldest on record, golden willow, Hope, long winter, poem, red dogwood, Spring

Blood In The Snow

by LaVonne Stucky
I pause and sit on a downed, dead will that should have been taken care of 2 years ago.  I am observing the flock for imminent labor to avoid anoth...

Oh Valentine!

by LaVonne Stucky

Oh Valentine!

Where has the time gone?  We are half way through this month of February already.  Crazy.  Things have been busy here with a variety of things insi...

Graffiti in the Forest?

by LaVonne Stucky

Graffiti in the Forest?

There's actually a name for it.  Arborglyphs.  The definition being:  dendroglyphs, silvaglyphs, modified cultural trees, or aspen carvings are tre...

Taking a break.....

by LaVonne Stucky

Taking a break.....

Sometimes life gives us a day off from the normal activities and puts us in another mode.  Yesterday was one of those days.  Did I tell you I've be...
Posted in antique photographs, art, art work, care, Haberstroh, Harvat, Livingston, Livingston Health Care, local artist, museum of the rockies, sheep ranch, sheepherder

Monday, Monday.......

by LaVonne Stucky

Monday, Monday.......

Can´t trust that dayMonday, Monday, sometimes it just turns out that way Yes, it was Monday in every sense, but the day has come to a close and thi...
Posted in animal husbandry, farm, farmtoyarn, hard work, mill, natural fibers, openforbusiness, patience, processing, roving, serenitysheepfarmstay, shearing sheep, shepherd, skirting wool, smallbatchwool, smallbatchyarns, solar energy, spinning, thewoolmill, wool, wool mill, wool prep, wool processing, woollove, woolprocessing, woolyarn, yarn

The Picker!

by LaVonne Stucky

The Picker!

Yesterday I was thinking about all of the machines that go into this process of making roving, batts and yarn.  While none of it is needed to creat...
Posted in farm, farmtoyarn, mill, natural fibers, processing, roving, smallbatchwool, smallbatchyarns, spinning, thewoolmill, wool, wool mill, wool prep, wool processing, woollove, woolprocessing, woolyarn, yarn

Hard Work

by LaVonne Stucky

Hard Work

Much has been said about hard work.  There are many different kinds of work and the hardest work for me is waiting.  I've said it many times that I...
Posted in farmtoyarn, hard work, mill, natural fibers, patience, smallbatchwool, smallbatchyarns, solar energy, thewoolmill, wool, woolprocessing, woolyarn

Harnessing The Sun!

by LaVonne Stucky

Harnessing The Sun!

Once the wool has gone through the entire wash process, it goes to the greenhouse to dry.  My drying racks are next on the to do list.  I've been w...
Posted in baker light industries, farm, farmtoyarn, mill, natural fibers, Onsite Energy Bozeman, passive solar, processing, roving, smallbatchwool, smallbatchyarns, solar electric, solar energy, solar thermal, thewoolmill, wool, woolprocessing, woolyarn, yarn

Picky, Picky, Picky

by LaVonne Stucky

Picky, Picky, Picky

Picky.  Particular.  I used to be a lot more picky about skirting wool.  Skirting is the term that is used for removing VM and tags from the wool a...
Posted in farm, farmtoyarn, natural fibers, roving, shearing sheep, shepherd, skirting wool, smallbatchyarns, spinning, thewoolmill, wool prep, woolprocessing, yarn

This is the way we wash the wool, wash the wool, wash the wool

by LaVonne Stucky

This is the way we wash the wool, wash the wool, wash the wool

early in the morning!  Now that I've given you that ear worm....... Your sheep are sheared and the wool is in waiting.  Now what to do?   Back when...
Posted in thewoolmill, washing wool, wool, wool mill, wool processing, woollove