finally.la bella stagione

2 momiji in sparling midori green, small satomi dogwood in the background. hellebores in the foreground.

been awol and during this time the earth took another turn around the sun  with a low key celebration because of movement restrictions.

first clems of the year. this year we had 2 warm weeks in mid february and everything anticipated .

lots of early buds, then the cold returned and buds went sort of dormant then finally bloomed earlier than usual.

lettuce and rucula have provided salads. cherry tomatoes are growing well.

longer days give so much enery!

neki desu

 

wagashi

the sensuous art of japanese seasonal sweets.

have a good weekend

neki desu

learning opportunities everywhere

if there is to be ( is this english?) something positive about covid times is the learning opportunities available. i have taken home study of various topics including japanese.

this one is translating this hand knitting book into machine knitting via susanna lewis book. 

if there's a k machine bible that's the one. 

 and ive finally realizes that if i want to progress in the craft i need to take the lewis book and knit all the samples she proposes.

i'll hopefully end with a sound knowledge of k knitting as well as ribber operations.

lordy,lordy i need lots of chamomile tea.

neki desu