ECF - Lone Iris Edition

I'm back after 2 days of classes - exhausted in the best possible way. There is just so much to process.

Here's a picture from Morikami Gardens. I kind of love the lonely iris hidden in there.

Can You Imagine?

Ideally I'd be showing you a bunch of recently finished yarn today. Believe it or not I have 4 new skeins of handspun at home. Unfortunately a change in plans last Saturday put a cromp in my plans and when I left for class the last of those 4 skeins was still hanging out to dry.

It's ok though because the delay was for a good cause. Saturday DQ asked me to take her and a friend to the mall and I agreed. I envisioned dropping them off and going my merry way. Imagine my surprise when she told me that they wanted me to stay because - get this - they wanted my opinion! Srsly! How often does that happen? You gotta sieze those opportunities when they come along.

Anyway, here's a word cloud to pretty thing up a little.

How Does Your Garden Grow?

It's not all flowers and yarn around our house. There are other growing things like strawberries. This is one of about 8-10 that are in various stages of development on my deck. It's the only one that's turning red at this point but I'm encouraged. Let's hope it's yummy.

And look here. This looks like a mess but, in reaity, it's a whole lot of very neatly planted seedlings that are waiting for a good day for planting. A day without rain. Without an over stuffed schedule. Without frost warnings. Yup - frost warnings. I'm writing this on Tuesday night and they're talking about frost warnings again. Isn't the first day of May just 3 short days away?

Thank goodness my classes are indoors. First class is steeking. I can't wait.