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Mid-April KAL and Some Flower Pictures

Dawn — Sat, 02 May 2009 16:41:05 +0000

The mid-April KAL was called April Showers and designed by Deborah C. Tilley. It does look like falling rain. The yarn is Sugar””””n Cream Faded Denim and was knit on US 6 needles. My Moebius wrap is getting ever wider and getting closer to being done. The picture here was taken on 4-24-09, but I””””ve made significant progress since then. The kids had a blast dying eggs on Easter Sunday, before Sarah went back to school. The eggs were boiled on the Saturday before, but we ran out of time, then. I””””ve also enjoyed watching the flowers grow and bloom.

We are hoping that the flu passes us by. So far we””””ve been lucky, although Emily and I recently had colds. Mine is still here, but getting better everyday. So far, Gary has still been healthy. Emily is hoping they DON”T have a “flu-cation” from school. She thinks it””””s bad enough that we have to make up the wintry days on June 12th and June 15th.

Today, the sun is shining and the temperature is in the high 50””””s, which is a huge improvement over last week””””s rain. A few blocks from us, a sewer collapsed, so a major intersection is going to closed off for a month. Ugh. I hope the time goes fast.

Tinkering with the blog again

Dawn — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:58:38 +0000

Was trying to get my header image to link back to the front page of the blog and I kept messing everything up. I’ve spent way too much time tinkering with it. Maybe now I can get back to knitting my April dishcloth, and/or cleaning out the fridge, since it is garbage day tomorrow. I did already pick up after the dog, so that’s not staring me in the face, or the bottom of my shoes.

It’s so cold out today. We did reach the 40′s, but that chilly northeast wind took away any semblance of warmth, that that temp might have had. Brrr. DH had to shoot pictures at a soccer game and was just complaining how cold he was. Standing out at recess was no fun, either. I wonder when spring will actually come.

The tulips keep getting bigger and the grape hyacinths are getting more purple by the day. Just imagine the leaves and the green grass we could have, if it would only warm up. Emily and I have planted a whole slew of things to go outside, in May: Zinnias, Cosmos, Coleus, Fennel, Parsley, Oregano, Basil, Lettuce, Poppies, and some others. We also bought some dahlias (pinkish/purple and white) and some Centerfold Lilies, also to go outside, when it’s a bit warmer. I can’t wait!

Planting flowers

Dawn — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:25:18 +0000

Gary just did some photos on worm castings, for the newspaper recently.

Casting their lot in the worm-poop business

So, he went out later and bought me some.Â Today, I planted the geraniums, vincas and spikes, with the worm castings added to the soil!Â We’ll see if it makes a difference!Â I can’t wait.Â I do have starter pictures taken and will post later.Â I have to be somewhere right now.