Look!

Look at what I noticed today. I will keep an eye on it for sure, it's right beside my door. I wonder if I will disturb them? I suppose the nest has been built and eggs laid before I noticed so the birds must know I'm there!

Look What I Got Done!

Look! I still knit. These are the Rainforest colour way from Lime & Violet.The fabric they knit up is so smooth and soft... and really dense. These babies are gonna last. They are a pretty vanilla sock, I jumped off from Yarn Harlot's Knitting Rules basic sock and made them in a 3x1 rib. That's why they took so long. I thought they would be good travel knitting but nope, just kinda boring.

So I started the STR Inside Outside sock next. All the chatter on the blog about fitting problems and cable problems really have me intimidated, so I jumped in. So far they seem big, I will soldier on and if they are quite big the legs will become a rib and I have a great Christmas present ready to go.

And now for the announcements.... this is not a really exciting post but I'm learning something new... links! Let me know if anyone has any problems.

Edited: The links didn't add first time, lets see now.

Mystery Flowes

This is a mystery plant. It was living on the lawn, for I dunno, 10 years, probably more since there was a bed there. Every spring there would be a little orange flower and I would think, "I should move that." Well last year I remembered at the right time and look what I got!

What did I get? Any ideas?

Garden Season

Today I feel like I have really started gardening season. I cleaned out the compost, moved the compost bins to kill a new section of lawn and planted asparagus. This is noteworthy, I have wanted asparagus for a long, long time. In fact so much I have been responsible for two other beds being planted at friend's houses. I now have my own.

While cleaning out the compost I made some discoveries. The bags, labelled compsostable that came as shipping packaging I put in last year are, in fact not even a little bit biogradable. I mean, look at that picture, those are completely functional, usable, albeit dirty plastic bags. After a year of biodegrading! The only other things I had to dig out were the usual assortment of sticks, small logs and corn cobs and of course the wooden spoon that is 2 years in and still completely solid! Nothing like a good compost challenge to keep it interesting.

I'm a geek.

Fibre Content

Ummm... yeah, about that fibre stuff. I do still do it. This is the first stab at a Chicken Viking Hat I did mess up the decrease/texture near the top but decided to leave it because I really don't think I'm going to have two drumsticks, that match, facing in the same direction first time round. We'll see!

As Promised

The pic of me dancing.... I am the one blurrily laughing off to the left. You didn't really think I would publish a picture of me doing anything quite that ridiculous that wasn't blurry did you?

A complete success!

I am home, Grampa has been officially, loudly and racausly declared 90. There's no going back now! I sincerely wish for everyone that you live to 90 and have the both the balls and the means to throw yourself a party. Not just any party though, a party with at least 4 generations present, a live band (with fiddles) and caters (so none of the previously mentions 4 gens have to do the dishes!)

When I am home later I will post some pics that prove, beyond a shadow of a doubt that I cannot square dance - at all. I can however bust a serious groove later to a great band at the bar with my little bro!

Be happy.