Finished the M’gonigle hat for Jeremy. It blocked out beautifully. I hope he loves it because then he’ll want me to knit for him again.
I’m so excited! I swear this Bradford Pear in our front yard was green a couple of days ago. Yesterday when I drove home I noticed it was on fire with color. I can’t tell you what this did for my New England missin’ heart….
I’m happy to report that Blue is with his new family in Washington. He did very well on the flight from Dallas. They have a couple of acres on a lake and there’s a playful lab on the adjoining land that Blue loves to play with. I’ve learned that I am not cut out for fostering rescues. It nearly ripped my heart out to say goodbye to him. I talked to his new owner a couple of days ago and after only a little over a week they just love him and understand what I meant when I said he was really special. Sigh. I love happy endings.
I actually have been knitting a bit. I’m working slowly, but surely, on the M’gonigle hat for Jeremy. He’s headed to Colorado for a snowboarding trip in a couple of weeks so I need to get it finished and off in the mail to him.
I’ve also been doing some quilting. This is a table topper kit I bought from Fat Quarter Shop a while back. I still have to add the borders and finish it up.
I’ve been gardening. I still have herbs, broccoli, lettuce, radishes and carrots going if you can believe it. There’s also garlic and fennel that I hope to harvest in the Spring.
And then there’s the bird watching. I can’t believe how many different birds visit our backyard. I have a great book on birds in Texas that I thumb through and then I go to this great website to look up more info. It seems I’m constantly running to grab the camera. Partly to catch them on “film” and partly because I can see them better through the lens. lol. Now that I know about the Cardinals I see them about once a week. I caught this one on our frosty almost 20 degree Saturday morning:
Hello Mr. Carolina Wren. These are adorable:
Not so happy to see a juvenile Sharp-shinned Hawk about a week ago. A little creepy that he’s looking right at me from across the yard. It was so far that I couldn’t even tell til I looked at the pictures on the computer.
A few days later I saw this adult Sharp-shinned Hawk after the little birds that hide in the bushes near a feeder.
