Florida Part III

More Florida photos - I just can't resist. It was beautiful down there.

These guys are surfing with kites or something like kites. I don't know what you call it but it looked fun. They can even go up in the air.

It was really windy!

Aha - Katie really does like lazy boys :-)

We saw lots of birds once we found this place.

A new place to go for a walk. Close to home too.

Emily always brings a toy for her visitors to play with.

Can you believe there are parts of Florida that still look like this? It's Blowing Rocks in Jupiter. It's beautiful but lots of man-of-war jellyfish on the beach.

More Florida Pics

See Mom with the blue and yellow quilted bag? It looks great with that yellow shirt.
I didn't take this picture but it's a great one - so smiley!

Florida

Katie and I went to visit the family in Florida. It's great to see so much green and so flowery. The cars are all really clean too!

Here's Dad in his office.
Mom doing the Stevie trick - taking pictures of a captive audience in the backseat of the car.

Haha - this was supposed to be a picture of thai iced tea but I snuck in Mom and Susie too.

Max seriously studying the menu - sushi!

Beautiful palm tree.

Baby Cactus

Here's a little crocheted cactus I made for my mother. It looks a little humble next to the gorgeous Chinese lamp. Well at least it's colorful and it never needs water. :-)

Bruno's Birthday

Yesterday was Bruno's 9th birthday. His original owner told me had had 2 brothers. One was named Mishka but I don't know the other one's name. Maybe it's Patrick since they were born on St. Patrick's day. (Bruno was the bully brother.)

Anyway Bruno had a good day - he got to eat a whole can of cat food, he got a shiny blue catnip mouse, and he found a really comfortable spot for a little nap. What a helper!

Signs of Spring II

Katie and I went on a marathon walk around Boston yesterday. We were wearing spring jackets! Boston is pretty far ahead of New Hampshire. We saw signs of spring everywhere.

Beautiful blue sky and beautiful blue Charles River - it might be dirty water but it's looking pretty good now. I think the ice just went off. It was white and frozen when I saw it a week ago.

Lots of people were playing in playgrounds. All the dogs we saw looked happy.

The maple trees are getting red buds.

Can you see how the willow trees are starting to look a little yellow? They do that before their leaves come out.Daffodils and tulips at the courthouse courtyard. We'll have flowers soon!

Quilt Update

Here's the second square of Susie's quilt. Still on schedule so far.

Aren't these fabrics awesome? I'm going to make a funky quilted bag from these. I'll let you know how the progress goes. I love black and white prints, but I couldn't imagine a black and white quilt. Then I thought of a black and white bag - perfect!
I've been working on Sarah and Nathan's wedding quilt too. I put it together - it now has a back and batting in the middle. I've been learning how to hand-quilt. It's actually going pretty well. Once that part gets done I'll just need to bind the edges, then done! I have plenty of unfinished projects around, but I am actually finishing lots of them this year. I'll post a finished picture soon I hope. :-)

Signs of Spring

I've been keeping a sharp lookout for signs of spring. I know it's on the way. Here's what I've found so far.

All the snow fell off the roof. It made a huge noise. I told Bruno I thought an elephant landed on the roof. I'm glad I wasn't outside.

I don't know if you can read this sign but it says "Frost Heaves." In case you haven't experienced those, they're with us every spring - the roads get really bumpy for awhile. It's something to do with moisture underneath the road bed freezing and thawing. Katie could explain it better. It smooths out after awhile, but it definitely means spring is coming.

OK - we really have been getting some nice days. Here we are sitting outside in the sun yesterday! Of course we got another 6 inches of snow today but it's bound to stop snowing sometime.

I'm ready for some sunshine!

Winter Cravings

OK I think I'm officially in hibernation. March is a tough month. Winter is pretty old at this point and even though March is supposed to go out like a lamb it's not going to start looking green and flowery for awhile still. Something about winter gives me cravings.

I always eat a lot more citrus fruit in winter.

Salads taste particularly good, although I still think summer salads are the best because everything's so fresh. These were good though...
Color, flowers - I'm ready for a trip to Florida!