Greenway's Trail at Darby

We had company this weekend. Our friends, Randy and Becky from Kentucky, who raise Mountain Pleasure horses, were here. We decided we needed to go for a hike and Andrew suggested the Greenway Trail at Battelle Darby because it leads to a horse barn and he thought they might like to see it. The barn, formerly a part of the Darby Dan Farms (now owned by the parks) is round and has an enclosed training track with about 48 individual stalls. John Galbreath, founder of DD, in his hey day bred and owned two Kentucky Derby and an Epsom Derby (England) winners! It was six miles from the parking lot at Cedar Ridge out to the barn. We made a stop to check out the prairie seed's that Andrew harvested this fall for next years planting. Lot of work there. My feet are killing me.

Some sunshine on the trail.

Checking out the barn.

The round indoor track

The "courtyard" inside the barn complex.


Native grass seeds waiting for next year's planting.

Mom's New Scarf

I knitted mom a scarf for Christmas and she got it this morning so I can finally show it off. It's 100 % handspun BFL. The pattern is called "Wavy Lace". It's suppose to be done with lace weight yarn which I don't have the patience for so I used sport weigh and I like the way it turned out.

Dyed Mohair

This is some mohair that I dyed today. Both of the color schemes remind me of Lake Huron in the summer. The top one is 2 ply. The bottom one is 4 ply.

Merry Christmas

Novelty Yarn

These are BFL locks (blue) spun with BFL/Angora blend (gray) to make a novelty yarn. I'm in the process of spinning up all my roving from last year (08) so I can get my roving from this year spun.

Nutcracker

Andrew's mom and dad made this 4.5 foot nutcracker out of a log. The thing weighs a ton. LOL How cool is it though?

Turkey's Along the Creek

It's amazing how well the wildlife has adapted to living in close proximity to humans. These turkey's (about 30 in all) were photographed along Big Walnut Creek in Columbus.