It's Raining, It's Pouring

The rain continues and, as I doggedly fight off this cold I still almost have, it is (if nothing else) great knitting weather. So today, instead of going outside, I'm working on my binge watch of Star Trek (TNG) on Netflix as I work on these scarves.

I'm not going out in that!

Oops I Bought More Plants

The chickens have their roost, and also I stopped by the nursery and accidentally bought some more plants. But the sun was shining! What else was I supposed to do?

Winter Wonderland

It got awful wintry here over the last week - a massive storm left us with prolonged power outages and a garden buried in hail. Where I live is usually pretty temperate, even in winter, so the extreme weather was a bit of a shock to all of us. There were a few accidents locally (due to black ice - thankfully we don't get that too often) and an old church lost its roof but otherwise we pulled through pretty well. It was sure dramatic though!

The chickens were entirely disinterested by the entire thing.

These girls don't even care.

Oh, and the potatoes have started to come up!

Needle Updates: Startitis

Well, it's official. I have a bad case of startitis.

If you've never heard of it, startitis is the uncontrollable urge to cast on new projects - regardless of how many you already have on the needles. In the last two weeks I've cast on three new projects (in addition to the three I'm already working on) and I've been dreaming about a third, too.

Startitis! At least it will help me whittle down this stash?

Linen stitch in lace-weight yarn: beautiful and terrible.