She really wanted Nana's famous French Toast. She ended up eating mostly fruit and mellons.

Back at the airport and headed home.

There are more new Abby pictures here

In June, Patricia went on a SAR day trip to the Mora Valley to explore the history of fiber arts in Northern New Mexico. The captions from this trip are all hers.
We visited the Mora Valley Spinning Mill and Tapetes De Lana weaving co-operative as well as a llama/ alpaca ranch. We would love to share all of this with you so come for a visit and we will take you.

Lovely churro sheep wool hanging to dry after being dyed with natural dyes.

More churro sheep wool left in the natural color.

Carding on a large scale. This is mohair. People from all over the country send their wool to be milled here.

Another view of the carding machine....I love the form and the colors.

Wish I knew the names of all the machinery...this transports the wool to the next machine where it is twisted into very loose units.

Like cotton candy. This was so beautiful..and so soft to touch.

What a treat for the eyes. My fingers were just itching and I had to touch. This gives you an idea of the assortment of wools that the mill works with.

And now the wool has been spun into whatever kind of thread was ordered and is ready to be put on the bobbins.

Cool, cool picture. A little tilted, but that is how I wanted it to be.

This is another bobbin-winding machine - don't know the technical name. The thread will be put on cones, most likely to be used for weaving.

Different sizes and kinds of spools or bobbins. Also notice the differnt weights of thread from very fine to much thicker. Again, it depends on what it will be used for and what the customer ordered.

The raw materials have to come from somewhere. After we visited the Spinning Mill and Weaving Studio we went to the alpaca ranch where shearing was in full swing so we were able to watch that process....notice the difference between the white one that was just sheared and the wooly black one that was waiting hi/her turn.

An old grain mill right outside Mora. This has been beautifully restored and over the Labor Day weekend is in full operation with a festival on the grounds. We hope to go this year. Come with us.

The smoke obscuring the sun and giving it a red glow came from the Wallow fire in Arizona, a couple of hundred miles away.

As the sun rose, the day did not get much brighter.

Even though we were conerned about the air quality, we headed out the the Museum of New Mexico annual Chiles and Sherds event. This year the event was held on the San Cristobal Ranch. We took a walk with a group of archeologists and other experts to look at Pueblo Largo.