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| Bright Blooms |
We are now finished with the month of Blustery Winds/Awakening. Frankly, the weather has been pretty crumby, with below normal temperatures and nearly every day gloomy and drizzling. Two warm and sunny days in a row would be so nice.
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| Fog over the garden |
I have yet to even walk down to the garden. With my binoculars I can see that the garlic is up. This coming Thursday is supposed to be fairly nice, so I plan to get down there at that time.
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| A large flock of grackles |
One sign of spring is the return of the grackles and blackbirds. Our large trees are often filled with them. Sometimes they all come to the ground to find food. A large flock can cover the ground not only in our yard, but the neighbor's too.
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| Potting up seedlings |
My plant starts are all growing downstairs. This week I will begin to harden off all of the cool weather plants. I purchased my seed potatoes yesterday and am ready to sow my peas. This year will be my 32nd garden. That's almost half of my lifetime!
This is the first winter in 14 years that we haven't had a remodeling project to work on. We've been relaxing more and working on other things.
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| Harp wheels done |
Bob finished off my harp wheels kit. This is a small dolly that straps beneath the harp and makes moving it so much easier. This is my large harp. It stands 58" tall, is 28" at its widest point and weighs 24#. Since I'm only 63" tall, it can be quite a handful for me to move. I rarely move this harp, but it's nice to have the dolly for the times I do need to move it.
Bob's also been busy preparing for a presentation on home energy efficiency which he's going to give at an Earth Day event on the 26th.
The rest of his time has been spent in various committee and board meetings, and protest events.
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| Ithaca protest |
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| Ovid protest, National Day of Protest |
I have joined him on three of these protests. All but one have been in cold wind, rain and sometimes snow.
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| Warming up! |
After one event, we were so cold we came home and sat under covers in front of the woodstove all evening. Fortunately, I had thought ahead and had soup all warm in the crockpot. Soup is always a good "warmer upper".
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| Beeswax wraps in the making |
I've been busy, too. I decided I needed some smaller beeswax wraps, so I made eight of those.
I finished the sweater I was knitting and have begun work on a summer top.
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| Summer top begins |
I really like the pattern stitch on this one.
Harp practice and reading round out my time.
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| Watkins Glen walk |
The weather has been so unpleasant that we've only gotten out once. We walked the North Rim trail at Watkins Glen State Park. Even though it was cool and cloudy, we enjoyed getting out in nature.
We're hoping that warmth and sun will find us soon. This prolonged grey and cold is really beginning to bug me. So much to distress us these days. Some days are harder than others. It's too bad that I paid so much attention in Mr. Mathison's American Civics class.
Hope you're able to hang in there and that the sun and warmth find you soon, too.
Till next time,
Kathleen and Bob
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| New protest signs |
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| Flip side of new signs |
