Apple Jack Creek

Living on a small holding in rural Alberta, raising kids and animals, growing stuff, creating things with fibre, and living with PTSD. See more at www.applejackcreek.com.

24 August 2012

Spinning from the Fold

I’m in a bit of a hurry today as I’m getting ready for a fibre retreat that I’m teaching at this weekend (yes, my first official “all on my ...

22 August 2012

Whappity Things for Paint Removal

I've been working on a lovely Norwegian wheel recently, removing some truly horrid deck stain that some well-meaning but clearly cluele...

15 August 2012

I split all this wood today, all by myself

Really. All by myself. That pile is about 4 feet high and probably 10 feet in diameter. It’s a lot of wood. . . . . Of course I ...

14 August 2012

Norwegian Wheel Restoration Project

I was asked by a local spinner to see what could be done with a lovely wheel she acquired awhile back … a job I’m always happy to take on! ...

11 August 2012

It might be invisible ...

... but PTSD still lives here. Oh, things are vastly improved over the early days of this adventure, to be sure. Most days, I do what eve...

09 August 2012

Busy on the farm

Been busy here at Apple Jack Creek. Sasha is learning to walk on a lead, and doing fairly well, though she still crowds me sometimes, she ...

07 August 2012

To life.

Today I went to a funeral. The mother of a friend of mine passed away last week - this man went to high school with me and is actually one o...

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