Today was a good day.

A warmish day outside for February, with a bright sun.

But on my morning walk, as I trudged through knee-deep slushy snow,

 I decided that it would be a good day to spend inside

with this:

The alpaca fleece that M. (the woman who purchased our goats last December) gave me, 

with the trust that I would indeed track her down and return it cleaned, carded and spun.

Little does she know, that she has inspired me to finally buy the hand carders I've always needed, and to investigate (via You Tube tutorials of course) how to clean and card the 2 bags of raw alpaca fleece she put so faithfully into my hands.

"I find conversation and talk isn't real.

But in cooking, gardening, baking bread, there is something real. 

A visceral experience."

 Inspired by the quote above over my morning coffee,  and a newly formed vision for a life well lived, I sat down in my sunny kitchen and spent the day playing with fiber.

"Be present in your life - just do whatever your heart tells you. 

Don't be stuck in your mind"

I feel a pull in a new direction - new intentions coming to life - 

and as always, I am being led.

All of this insight from a bag of alpaca fleece and a day well spent 

behind a spinning wheel.

~j

All quotes from Tara Jensen.