New Blog

I have started a new blog, this one is not going away. However the new blog is going to have an exciting part in mine and my husband's new life.
So go on over to Ninja Baby and say hello.

Spring arrival

For those of us in SW Ontario the winter was long. In Kitchener/Waterloo we broke two snowfall records

• The most snowfall at one time 37 cm (old record 22.4 cm in 1971) March 8 storm
  
• The most snowfall in a season - I am not sure where we are so far but the old record was 245.3 cm set in 1923-24 (broken March 8)

April 1, this is what our back yard looked like (after 1 day of rain)



The first time I saw robins this spring it was March 25 - five were in the same tree eating some berries. I think they might have been shock to them that there was no grass to pick through for bugs and seeds.

Afternoon of April 2,



Sunday April 6
I should keep a record (hey isn't that what this blog is for) when these crocuses first flower. I planted them in September and the package said Feb - March flowering. I knew Feb was out but April?


There is only snow in the backyard in a very few patches along the wooden fence, where it drifted deep and doesn't get much sun.

My Burning Bush (Eunoymus alata, Dwarf Winged Eunoymus) fed the rabbits in the neighbourhood and may have been a sacrifice. I am not sure what the my "guard" dog was doing during these attacks. He lets us know when the rabbits are at the neighbours though.

The rabbits would not have had to stretch very far to get that back that is 60 cm off the ground, as the snow was quite deep. There are some branches that are not completely girdles and a few inner ones not touched. I am going to wait until it starts to leaf out to decide if it can be salvagable or if it needs to go back to the ground (which by the look at some of the pruning I think it has before).

Courtesy of the people over at XCD comics.

I have been a bad blogger

I have thought about blogging, taken some photos to post but that is as far as it has gotten.

Proof that I have thought of the blog - I have pictures of the total eclipse (Feb 20).


(This my E for the abc along)


and I have done some knitting.


So to sum up: I am still alive, I have done some knitting, life has been busy although not that exciting, we have had lots of snow, and short stay by another grey.

Something scary

Do you want to know something scary?






Sure you do.



It is not this massacre, that I actually came home to twice this past week. That is Bear, a big stuffed animal that Keeper liked to play with. On Monday I came home and there was small pieces of styrafoam that met me at the door. A quick search of the house led me to believe that Bear was attacked in the rec room and was carried around the house. Bear had a small hole in its arm that I thought could easily be fixed. I went about cleaning up the carnage. Cleaning this up I realized that it was not carried through the house just that those light as nothing pieces stick to everything and are blown everywhere. Friday I came home, and someone had gotten bear from the spare room upstairs (the door does not close firmly) and proceeded to rip the other arm off. More vaccumming. Even today, after yet another vacuuming there is still styrafoam bits everywhere.

The scary thing is that I actually have knitting content to report on. I have finished another front and the back to my cardigan.

The good news is they are the same size. Here they are spread out on the floor prior to blocking. Demonstrating their sameness. I added more seed stitch to the button flap since I really like how this yarn (Noro Silk Garden) looks in seed stitch.

As if that is not enough knitting for you, I have finished one of the Hedera socks. I think that should count as a FO since it is a Cookie A pattern and she only ever knits one. Alas but I can't bring myself to wear mismatched socks even if they are handknit so I guess I shouldn't count it just yet.

I think reporting on two knitting project is enough for one blog post.

(See I told you this was scary.)

Visitor

In my last post I showed you two pictures of greyhounds - only one was Keeper. The other is Monty who is staying with us while his owners are out of town.
They have been enjoying the snow in the backyard...



... and managed to "kill" Keeper's large stuffed bear. Those little white pellets are Styrofoam and manged to get everywhere in the house. I think we will be cleaning those pellets up for months.

C is for

I have been going through different ideas what C could be.
Some of my ideas were

Cardigan components ( I am 1/2 done the second front)

Corners (We added the extra trim and corner round to the floor)

The extra trim was to help hide some of the problems like this

Or could it be a Canine Circle

Canine Companion (notice anything different in this photo)

but today I had to settle on CCCold

For my American Friends -28 with the windchill is -18F.