Looking forward

Well, it is absolutely belting down with rain outside this morning. One of my cats, Tico, is sitting with me on the desk, glaring out into the rain-sodden garden and, I suspect, holding me entirely responsible for the weather. I wish I was as omnipotent as she thinks I am - the rain is causing me some worry at the moment.

As you know, we have got Open Farm Sunday coming up - this very Sunday, in fact. I'm getting plenty of things ready for our stall, and am obviously quite concerned about getting everything done, because I don't have a great deal of brain bandwidth for anything else right now! Lorraine is absolutely confident that it won't rain on Open Farm Sunday, and I am choosing to believe her - maybe she has the power over the weather which I don't have!

But it's not all work. I'm shortly going to be attending - as a visitor, definitely not a stallholder! - an event called Woolfest (yay!!) which I have to say is a very cool event indeed (and if you can possibly get up to Cockermouth in Cumbria for it, you should!) It is a festival of all things woolly and sheepy, with animals, stalls, demonstrations and workshops, all held in the auction mart at Cockermouth. My stepmum, Maggie, and I are completely beside ourselves with excitement about this event, which is coming up on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th June. I've got lots of shopping to do; it's a great place to find all sorts of wonderful hand made things, and I absolutely cannot wait for it.

The thing is with Woolfest, because it's inside, it is a much more interesting event if the weather is cold. This is because if the weather is chilly, all sorts of amazing hand-knits are got out by their clever creators, and worn with pride. It's an education in itself, wandering around the place and seeing the most amazing garments being sported...