Phoning It In

It was such a beautiful day on Saturday that I just had to get outside. I knew I shoud have taken my camera, but fortunately I did have my phone with me. All the bird and flower pictures were taken with my phone. The knitting pics I took with my regular camera. All in all it was a pretty busy weekend. I went to a BBQ on Sunday and got some sun, and had fun with great friends. Then yesterday, it was still nice, but very windy and somewhat cloudy. (Very windy as in 75mph winds.) This morning I wake up to...snow on the ground. Albeit, just a dusting but it was cold this morning - and started snowing again about 7am. There is also a possibility of snow next weekend. Ah, so much for spring! Apparently, there is a cold snap all over the States.

Anyway, on my walk I saw a grebe, next to some sort of duck with a white body and black wings and neck. You can see it below:

And you definitely can tell it's spring when you see little goslings and ducklings being shepherded by mommy and daddy:

The daddy was chasing away other ducks and geese as mommy brought the little ones closer to the shore:

Daddy climbed out first, followed by the 3 biggest goslings:

...as mommy tried to get the rest to climb out.

It looked like it was going to take a while, so I kept walking. It was very cute, and neat to see.

I noticed a lot of trees in bloom - a lot of pink ones:

Those of you who know me, you know that pink is my favorite color! :-)

I did get some knitting done this weekend. Actually I was surprised by how quickly this finished up. I started this tam Friday night and finished the last 3 or 4 rounds Sunday morning. This is my first true fair-isle project, and I really enjoyed it.

I used the pattern out of this book, using KnitPicks Palette, on US 2's and 3's.

And of course the gratuitous inside shot:

I am very happy with my tension throughtout - although the last few rounds on DPN's could have been a little better. I haven't quite wove in all the ends yet - that'll be for this upcoming weekend! :-) I also need to re-block it using a larger plate. All I have are small luncheon plates, and the hat looks like it has two tiers. Not true tam form!

Okay, now I need to go knit plain stockinette!