Krista

It is a miracle! There are signs of life in my yard. The ground cover plant that i want to kill off is already taking over the front flowerbeds again, some kind of bulb plant that i don’t recognize is coming up next to the driveway… and TULIPS are coming up in our front big flowerbed around the maple tree. (something is making a home inside the maple tree and pushing piles of woodshavings out the front hole, but that is a subject for another post)

Tulips! I love tulips. I didn’t plant these – they were done by the previous owner, and some of the ones out there are particularly spectacular if i remember correctly from last year. I can’t wait to see them again! I think there are also some crocuses out there too – they are such cute little flowers. I really like this time of year because there is a fresh smell in the air, new life is all over the place, and it is a very hopeful time of year.

here is my not-so-random thought for the day…
according to this week’s issue of Time, Italy gives it’s athletes a bonus of $157,385 (USD) (equivalent to 130,000 Euros) when they win an individual gold medal. The U.S. gives a bonus of $25,000. Australia gives $7512. Canada… zip, zero, zilch, nada.

call me crazy, that just doesn’t seem quite fair.

i have been knitting again, working on a scarf of my own design. i am not quite sure how it will turn out – i think the yarns i am using are not alike enough. but it looks kind of cool with the contrasting dark colours anyway.

the other day i found this site]. it has a whole pile of dishcloth patterns. the majority are knitted but some are for crochet. i think knitted dishcloths are the best really – i have a lot that Grandma French made for me when we were first married, and some of them are so beautiful i almost don’t want to use them! so now that i’ve found this site i think i will try my hand at a few different looking ones. i think the round ones look really beautiful. IMO.

1. Pixie is very very small
2. she does not appreciate Josh’s hugs
3. she is the best cat in all the world
4. she does not meow much
5. she likes to play hockey with paper “pucks”
6. she will box Tango’s ears if he gets too annoying
7. she is the Princess
8. she licks peoples toes
9. she has very black fur, eyes, lips and pads
10. because of all the blackness, she blends into my computer chair and i sit on her frequently