Summers end and what have I to show for it?

LOTS!!!!
It has been a fruitful summer my friends, hence the lack of updates (sorry 'bout that!). This has been one of the best summers of my life. We have been spending long, lazy days down at the river with our animals and our daughter, tending our vast garden, spending time with good friends and family, and of course working into the wee hours of the night updating our glass and fabric shops.
A couple months ago we adopted a new family member: Berry the donkey.



He is the sweetest, most mellow donkey you have ever met. I never in a million years would have ever thought that I would enjoy the company of a donkey so much..... he is truly a blessing and a such a fun addition to our animal family! Only thing is that he gets a little possessive when the grain and orchard grass comes out. He doesn't mind sharing it with the sheep as much but he absolutely REFUSES to share it with the alpacas. Feeding time takes a little more coordination these days but that's ok. Everyone gets their fair share and that's all that matters!
Speaking of new family members, Todd also adopted about 10,000 new family members this summer! We got a hive of bees and they are just great!!



They work all day long out in the field and are incredibly easy to care for. The best part:




The golden, delectable honey, of course! Todd is somewhat of a "bee charmer".

He has a way of getting into the hive at just the right time of day and getting into the honey with as little affect on the bees as possible. He only got stung once but he was such a trooper about it. It was worth it for the sweet honey! We'll have a good amount of honey for the rest of the fall at least. We tend to use a lot in this household!

My parents also came to visit from the east coast so that was lots of fun too. We went to the beach, aquarium, the high desert, the woods and just hung out and worked on home projects together. For an 8 day visit, we parted on surprisingly civil terms!



Visiting the ocean inspired Todd to work on a new line of aquatic creatures such as this shark:


this fish:


and this Orca whale:


On the fabric front, I have been having a ball with this new bamboo woven fabric! It is so wonderfully soft and versatile. I've been dying it up in many different colors. I have listed lots of it in my fabric etsy shop and will be adding more soon! My new shipment of bamboo/organic cotton knit blend fabrics should be here in about a week and a half! I'm so excited! I will have velour, jersey, fleece and 2 different wovens. Yeah, you already know that though, as I have mentioned it a million times already! Can you tell i'm excited?

Anyways, now that the weather will be turning soon, I will make more of an effort to keep you all abreast on the Infinite Cosmos happenings! Love you all!