I'm home...

I am home. It wasn't a smooth ride home, but I'm home safe.

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I have been in Kalamazoo since last Wednesday attending the Michigan Fiber Festival. I am physically and mentally exhausted. I am suffering from extreme sensory overload as well. I think I am good, shopping-wise, at least. I didn't overspend. I will be able to confirm this after

Color, texture, ideas, knowledge, excitement and the smells of herbs, food, fiber and the animals that produce it.

I did not take a single photograph. I will be completely relying on my new gadget, Zemanta, for photos from the festival. Thankfully, there are lots of photos from this year's festival available through the creative commons!

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I will update my blog throughout the week in order to cover the entire experience. My plan is to break it down by day and try to include all I can remember of the vendors, classes and experiences! I learned soooo much! From angora and drumcarding to picking out fleeces and spinning alpaca...and that was just from the vendors! The classes are whole other story!

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This was the first of three fiber festivals in our "house crawl". I will have to see if I have mentioned this before in a previous post. If not, I will elaborate later this week. Right now, I have a couples threads to tie up and then I will return to a vegetative state. Like Sadie, here.