Good morning, All!
Plans are underway for our Columbus Day weekend regional meeting. So far, here is the agenda:
Saturday a.m. Breakfast, for those arriving Friday night…hike, walk, tour around, relax
11 a.m. Gathering; intros, conversations about Jacob Sheep, ideas, thoughts, questions, tour our farm.
12 noon: lunch
1 p.m. From sheep to yarn…demos of taking a fleece, skirting it, (simple skirting table made from chicken wire and 1 x 4’s; washing it, picking it, carding it, spinning it. Opportunity for anyone to try any of above.
4 p.m. To be decided: any ideas?
6 p.m. dinner (I’ll provide this)
Evening: For those staying overnight, we can find some event in the area to do, or just sit around by the woodstove (which I assume we’ll need by then.) Bring beverage of your choice to share and snacks to share.
Sunday: breakfast, head out to Monadnock Wool Tour in southern N.H., about one hour from here. This is something devised many years ago by five women who opened their farms, invited friends to be vendors, do demos, etc. I will provide maps. People who are staying overnight on Sunday can carpool. Others can do as much of the wool tour as they wish and then, head out for home.
Those of you who wish to make a weekend of it, may stay here, until beds are filled! We have (aside from our bedroom) one room with bunk beds, two rooms with futons, and one room with queen sized bed. Currently, two rooms are booked. Anyone who wishes to tent in the meadow is welcome. There are two bathrooms in the house. In addition we have a shovel, a roll of toilet paper, and about 35 acres of very private woods, for those who like to rough it. And, there is a campground two miles down the road, called Crown Point Campground. In the next couple of days, I’ll post motels and inns in the area and phone numbers. If staying here you may arrive Friday after 3 or Saturday, and you may stay through Monday noonish, if you like. You may certainly choose to do other activities on Sunday, and still come back here to sleep. The official “meat” of the meeting, for commuters is Saturday, 11-4. I will need to know when you will arrive, and if you’ll stay for dinner on Saturday, and when you are leaving, so I have enough food in the house.
Hope to see many of you here.
