Blog Neglect, the Miniseries

I have photos, at least.

Spring is still fairly beige, although the grass is greening up slowly.

This big fellow has come to call several times, sometimes with his mates but mostly alone. I only knew he was around because of that glurp, glurp slow-drain-in-the-kitchen-sink sound.  In fact, that's what I thought it was at first. I took this shot through the screened porch so it's not very clear. Kinda makes you want to crack out the cranberry sauce, doesn't it?

 Do you see what I mean about the beige? Spring is a figment of other people's imagination, I swear.

I have spotted more wildlife, a muskrat and notably, a vulture. You are spared the photo of that one, he was having a not so gentle repast at the side of the road. This means I am now ahead of the family in the Who's Spotted The Most Wildlife Game.

Mr and Mrs Goose have come back to the pond. I did not have the telephoto lens at the time so I had to chase them around the pond before they told me in no uncertain terms to ****** off, and then they flew away. No worries, I'm partial to wild turkey anyway, yum. (Kidding, goose is equally delicious)

And horse show season is upon us, well, upon me anyway. Which means throwing copious amounts of money away to sit and eat dirt for hours around crazed, yet nervous teenagers and large skittish beasts. It's part of this glamorous life I lead.

And knitting continues apace, pffttt.

Fourth time's the charm for gauge on this one. It has remained at this length for oh, never mind.

There has never been a sadder winter for knitting around here. You will notice that it is MOSS STITCH, ahem.

In case your wondering, it should look like this by now.

And that is all I've got for now, having scoured the contents of the camera for this meagre offering.

I will take requests, though, if you're desperate.

Gratuitous and very late Easter shot for some colour, for goodness sake.

Comments

[Lynne]

Come back, Elizabeth!

[Lisa]

Hello you,
I know you emailed me a while back but I cannot for the life of me find it. Hope all is well, you've obviously been busy or you would be regaling us with your country mouse adventures.

And I am sure your summer will be even busier. Drop me a line when you have a moment.

Lisa

[Bec]

But I *like* moss stitch, am I supposed not to?

Maybe because I am such a hopeless knitter it seems like an achievement to my humble needles!

Love the Easter eggs. And the horse shows bring back the memories (I was a crazed tween and then teen, until boys took over from neddies).

[alison]

Well now how do you expect to get ahead with the knitting if you're too busy playing the lead in spot the wildlife- really you can't do both, or you might end up knitting a goose and chasing yarn around the lake. Make like the tortoise, slow and steady wins the day. Spring will get to you soon

[Jane]

I hope spring comes soon for you,Its lovely to see the wildlife out and about again. At the moment the birdsong has begun in ernest and before sunrise! (4.30am) About three weeks ago I heard a Tawney Owl calling to his mate in the middle of the night. Jane x

[Carol]

We've been seeing plenty of wildlife ourselves in our neck of the woods. An otter, a pair of herons, a pair of ducks (species unknown) in a tree, and a beaver. Daughter's boyfriend toyed with the idea of capturing it but failed in his attempts (thank goodness!). All this means that spring is in the air! looking forward to seeing more of the sweater.

[Rebecca]

"Hurrah " I said, "a post from Elizabeth". I've been thinking about you, sorry to hear that Spring is slow to arrive but what fabulous dinner/wildlife you have.

It's good to get a glimpse of your glamorous life again.

[Cynthia]

I love the sweater. I don't mind Moss Stitch (I am a continental knitter and it seems so much easier) - it will be worth it! I love the pattern. We have had quite a few wild turkeys in and around our farm too; Ed has a dream of mating a domestic with a wild - I think it will remain a dream. I cannot wait for all this brown to bust out into green!

[Norma]

Nice to see your ass. I mean... Heh. Truly.

So. Do tell me the number of that Drops design. Love it, though may not love doing the moss stitch...

[Liz in IN]

Wow! A week +'s worth of blog entries in one swell foop (calculated using Jane B's new-ish model of tiny-vignettes-more-often, which works just fine, imo) . You know, since you asked. ;)

GREAT photos. Esp the Canada geese. Love those action shots.

Yep, Spring will come...and with it lots of other different things to annoy us, like bugs, mowing, weeds, humidity, etc. It only looks so-much-better cuz it's not here and 'different'!

Right-now-this-minute is all we have for certain, yes? Might as well rejoice and be glad in it. Yep. Might as well... :)

[Diane]

Welcome back. Never fear, I can testify that spring does eventually arrive. Pretty soon there will be plenty of color to feast your eyes on.