Weird–two weeks ago, I was here:
Yesterday, I was here:

That little tippy bit of mountain is Humphreys Peak, the highest point in Arizona. I would be less taken with that factoid if it wasn’t also part of an enormous ancient volcano.
Querido, good soul that he is, took me up north to the Flagstaff Fiber Festival. We got to see Churro sheep being sheared with old-fashioned (and wickedly sharp) shears,
And a sheepdog demonstration!
I came home with a skein of mineral-dyed Churro and a bag of locally-sorted cocoa brown alpaca roving. I’m really excited: in almost a year of Knit American, this will be the first I’ve actually worked with wool grown in the state I live in. Now, does anyone have any idea what to knit with Churro yarn?