Trying something new

Okay I just uploaded some photos and will try to upload them using iphoto.  

This was our snow storm last week. Quick and then gone.

Our four rhubarb plants after thinning out.  Obviously will have to pick again.

This is the book I got for Mother's Day, love, love, love it. Although it is Norwegian so is a little hard to decipher.  A friend and I went to the Good Shepherd Home (nursing home) and spoke with a little 90 year old lady who knows Norwegian.  She was able to read the big print but not the majority which was really small. The book contains mostly patterns for new hand coverings based on old samples they found which are also shown in the book.  

The last picture is the over eager garden Sam and I have going this year. There is one part that is not included in the picture which is planted in yellow and green beans, top part on the picture has onions, middle space will be for tomatoes and the end has sweet corn and squash. Now hopefully we get the necessary rain.

It worked -- yippee. Next will be knitting pictures.

Try again

Okay after pressure from Mom and Tina I am here again.

The weather has been absolutely beautiful, in the 70s but very windy. I hung laundry out today (only 1 load) and had to put extra clips on to keep it on the line.  The stuff was dry in about 10 minutes.  It was actually so windy that we lost power for about an hour. Through this whole terrible (snowy and cold) winter that we had, we never lost power. Quite a comparison to CT when we were losing power all the time and those lines were even buried.

The quilt show in Duluth is coming up in early June which should be a good time. Haven't signed up yet and need to by the 10th or you have to wait in line to register. Still not sure if I want to take any classes or just go, look at the marketplace, buy a few trinkets, and just relax. I feel like there is enough on my plate without trying to add quilting.  There is also a fantastic yarn shop in Duluth where I can get some hemp to make string bags for the farmer's market.

Will try to get some pictures up tomorrow of some knitting, see if I can remember how to do it since its been a while.  Dan bought a pot of bulbs that we have transplanted and they are starting to bloom. The flowers in the front are purple (don't know what they are but mom will) and the tulips in the back I don't know about yet but I'm sure it will be pretty.

There is a gentleman in town who is going to come and till up the garden space tomorrow. I can't wait. Sam said he is going to help so we'll see how long the enthusiasm lasts. We will be about doubling the size of the garden and doing some companion planting to take advantage of space. 

Sam has 11 days of school left and is so ready to be done. He counts down every morning.

Love to all,

Leslie