The Wool Food Mama

Advent in photos...

Happy holidays friends.  May your season be blessed and New Year fresh and full of goodnesss.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

And a quick peek at the beginnings of the next playscape...

Kindy gingerbread houses

Just home from kindy with her gingerbread house. Tastes good!

Built over her snack-time milk carton.

Advent 17, 18 & 19....again

I promised some better pictures. 

Here is the sheep.  There will actually be two of them, the other will be #20. 

 

Here is the whole set, with the rooster (#18) and brown baby cow (#17) as Gusty has it arranged...see the bed being used as a table?  ha.

Just four more days to go.  Which means there will be at least a Nisse coming.  Probably a donkey as most Nisse/Tomten travel with one.  I'm undecided if I'll make a pretend bowl of pudding or maybe have Gusty set out a real bowl of pudding on Christmas eve.  Two days undecided....hmmm.  She seems to be anticipating a mama cow...but now that there are a pair of babies, she seems ok with the 'scape.

More thinking. :)

Advent 17, 18, & 19

I promise better pictures tomorrow...well later today, I guess. :)

Pick me up

Pick me up? I can't put you down!

I got this book for Dane and it arrived today. What a fascinating, fact filled, delightfully over-stimulating book.

Perfect for my almost 10 year old and not at all "ew grooosssss!" like some Guiness pictures can be. Thumbs up.

Two more copies just went into my cart for my same-aged niece and nephew.

Advent 15 & 16 with a side of "wow, that never happens."

I don't really have a plan or a precise list of what I'll be making.  Honestly, I'm switching gears quite often on the advent calendar...which is the real fun of it, it's taking on a life of its own. 

For instance, I'd intended on, and even started, making another cow and more chickens. But I've been watching real life antics outside and it influenced a quick shift.  I set aside the cluckers and instead made this..

 

The weather took a rather marked change last week.  We, here in Minnesota, had a mild late fall/early winter then wham-o, we were hit with a pounding of snow and a marked dip in temps.  Consequently, those crafty crows, found themselves hungry and immediately turned their sights on the chicken feed outside.  

Last year, there was a battle of wits as well but I still had a roo.  He swiftly set every last crow on their heel and sent them packing.  This winter, without a rooster, my three hens are on their own.  Crazy Harriet seemed up to the battle but she's on the smaller side and the crows were ganging up on her...distracting from one side while others swooped in from behind.  Poor girl was out-numbered, exponentially. 

I set the dogs out for patrol, but the crows would roost and wait.  Dogs would lose interest and move along. ugh. Back to square one.  

Frustrated, I called upon oldest son to dig out that airsoft gun. The cackling soon shifted from the crows to first born son.  He stood outside the back door (scarecrow like?) and ripped off just a few shots.   That worked.  No animals were actually harmed in the making of this whole story, but he got plastic pellets to ping all over the place.  Close enough, at least, to make a point.  Fortunately they're smart birds and moved along.

whew.

So there ya go, that's how crows and a scarecrow made their way into my advent-scape.

 

You may have noticed that I only tied up one corner of the gunnie-sack head.  That was intentional.  I originally tied up both and it looked like a teddy bear scarecrow. lol. Now he just looks tattered and weathered.

Before I go, I captured a so-so photo of Gusty with our cats Kiki (tortoise female) and Morty (grey male).  Kiki would be feral if she didn't love sleeping in a warm bed.  She has about this > < much time for humans and even less time for poor lovey-dovey Mort.  Seeing her in the same room with Morty, then joining in on a little yarn play was just "wow, that never happens!!"

Christmas twinkle.

 

 

Advent 13 and 14

It would appear that I'm running behind.  Well, it's not easy sewing up a box corner wool mattress, with hand tufting even! 

Ok, so it's really only 4 inches square and I'm still on target, my posts are just a little behind. 

The Nisse's bed...#13.  Mattress with blanket...#14.  The blanket is hand-spun (by me) yarn and then crocheted into a little square.  That hand-spun was from my spinning class, the first and last time I've ever spun (with measured results), I might add.  Not that I don't love to spin, I, like everyone else, get hung up in other projects.  Some day.  One day...

 

 

Gusty likes to flip the bed upside down and use it as a table.  :)

 

Mama's tortellini

Sauté;

1T olive oil

1 minced garlic clove

1 small shallot chopped

1/4 C finely chopped summer sausage OR cooked crumbled bacon

Remove from heat

Add 1-2 T white wine vinegar

Toss;

Cooked tortellini

Sauté mix

1/2 C cream

1/2 C grated Parmesan

1/2 C chopped tomatoes

A little help here please

Just a little help while I wrap presents. :)