Spring has sprung, and that means many things. The weather is warming, the sun is often shining, and there is so much more green. I've been doing a little yard work, and have added some lily of the valley plants to the flower box. With the return of leaves on trees and flowers blooming comes pollen, and with that, nobody's favorite guessing game, "Is it Allergies or is it COVID-19?" We're still staying home, for the most part. It's just what makes the most sense for us. The weather has been changing quickly; the chill of our winters jumped to the warmth of early summer, skipping over much of the milder spring weather. Of course, I start typing this post, and weeks go by, so we are now seasonably warm. I'm just saying, we jumped thirty degrees in a week last month and it has mostly stayed there. Anyway, before it becomes too hot all the time, we are spending some time outside with family.
Here at home, life continues much as it has, but now with a little more knitting. No, not the Hue Shift Afghan. I haven't much felt like working on it, but knitting little things has appealed to me. It started with things to put in some Easter eggs. At first, I thought about knitting a different pattern for each of the kiddos' eggs, but knew that was not a good idea. Instead, I chose Tina the Tiny T-Rex (still waiting patiently for Tori the Tiny Triceratops to make it over to Mochimochiland instead of just being available on Knitrino). For a bit, it looked like we would have rain for Easter and we would not be able to attend, and I thought about knitting a dinosaur for everyone in the family. I quickly recovered from the ill-conceived idea, and just knit at my own pace and let Bruce pick which ones he thought were best to put in eggs. We were so very fortunate to have nice enough weather to celebrate Easter and Mother's Day outside with the family.
Being out of practice checking up on knitblogs (yes, some are still active out there, and I think there should be more) I missed when a post on twitter by Anna Hrachovec showing a sunflower gif then yielded a pattern for us all. Anyway, I caught up, donated and got to knitting. These sunflowers are brightening things (we are in need of cheering, for sure) and the pattern is presented for free with a requested donation to groups helping Ukrainians--double yay!! Since I'm not yet satisfied with my petals, (I kept ripping out and re-working, and that's not the answer) I believe I will be knitting more sunflowers.
I hope that some good light is making its way to you and yours.
