Pretty Pictures

Mr. T took his camera along for his bike ride amongst the Cherry Blossoms the other morning. Of course, right now it's foggy and muggy, but it's nice to see these pictures to remember that Spring is out there, somewhere.




And, of course, the monuments:



My favorite is the next one, all dramatic and foreboding:


I also finished Ishbel, and blocked her this morning. Here are some blocking shots for you. First, the Full Monty:


Closer up, you can see the lace pattern better:


And, even closer:


And my little helper, who so desperately wants her picture posted:


Now that Ishbel is done, I'm concentrating on my sock knitting (for now). I'm still working on the Summer Fall Sliding socks. I'm right at the heel turn. But my main project right now is a pair of socks from Cookie A's new book, Sock Innovation. Cookie A is one of my favorite sock designers, and I was eagerly awaiting her book. It does NOT disappoint. I think I want to knit every pair of socks in the book. To start with, however, I chose Angee, one of the less difficult patterns. These socks are going to be vacation knitting, as well as KAL knitting, so they can't be too complicated. I'm using my Herzblut Wollmeise for these (forgive the horrible picture):


My brother is gone, but says he'll be back (oy). Today I meet with the landscape designer, help Sr. Jr. get his data ready for his science project, and get Jr. Jr. to baseball practice. Right now I'm staring out the study window at the empty space where my big beautiful tree used to be, wondering what to put in its place. Hopefully, the landscape designer will tell me that my idea for a raised vegetable garden in the back yard is doable...