Spring Love!

This time of year is so beautiful, I can hardly stand it!  Everything is new and fresh; the birds are busy gathering nesting materials, twittering away; the temperature is creeping into the double digits ~ bliss!

 

 

Promises of yumminess and prettiness to come ~~

 

Love Hate Relationship

I groaned when I read that my latest project required me to do a long tail cast on .  For 264 stitches!!  That is a lot of stitches if you don't pull off enough yarn and have to tear it all out and start again.  I have never had any luck with the instructions that tell you to allow so much per stitch so I usually just wing it.  I usually end up with a long piece of yarn leftover, which bothers me almost as much as coming up short.  Just because I'm anal that way.  

So this time I did not give it any thought whatsoever, pulled off a long strand of yarn and started my cast on.  It got pretty squeaky by the end but take a look at this ~

 
Yup, three inches.  Absolutely perfect!  This completely satisfies my obsessive nature and has made my day.  I think I'll go alphabetize my stash.



 

Humpty Dumpty

Check this out ~~

It must have cracked in utero (do hens have uteruses, uteri?) and healed over.  It is completely sealed, no leakage.  

Inside it looks a bit, er, old so down the drain it goes.

A Bit of a Stretch

This handsome fellow spent a very long time at the suet feeder today, always on the alert, but obviously enjoying his afternoon treat ~~

 

Hoarfrost

~~ It's -3C, sunny skies, and very, very hoary ~~

Cheerio!!

Winter

Just because you're pretty doesn't mean I have to like you ~~