Word is we're in the "sweet spot" of the next approaching storm.  We lucked out several days ago with only 8 inches.

As you can see from the photo Lilly has plenty of beautiful angora to keep me happily spinning for quite a while...no need to venture outside.  She'll be 2 years old this March.  She's gotten so big I place her on a 16 inch pillow on my lap to prevent her from falling off.  Even with the pillow her legs still dangle from time to time.  She is such a joy!  I hesitated that day in May at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, but I am so happy we brought her home.  I've had angora rabbits before but none with the personality of Lilly.  An affectionate rabbit??  I believe she looks forward to the time we spend together and is quite content to be groomed.  I've also never had an angora that didn't end up with mats despite the best grooming. I'll talk about spinning her fiber in my next post.  Til then I'll check to see we have the shovels ready. 

I'd like to give thanks to my knitting friends for helping me knit helmet liners for our troops.  Thanks goes to Joannie and the girls in the great state of Maine that helped our library knitting group here in Pennsylvania.  To date the first batch has been sent to Citizen Sam with another batch going later in the month.  I'm so lucky to have such a good group of knitting friends.  We all agree the helmet liners were a quick and fun project to work on with the added bonus of supporting a good cause.