Good Morning!
We are having a quiet, lazy rain in Eastern PA. Saturday it got up to 80 degrees!! Yesterday was a bit cooler, but still nice. How was your weekend? Mine was nice.
Friday afternoon I took the MDK workshop MedKNITation which I thoroughly enjoyed. Did I learn anything new? Not necessarily, but the class was very relaxing...so much so that I ended up taking a 2 hour nap after the class! Suzan Colón, who led the class and who wrote the book MedKNITation, is a lovely person. Her speech is so soothing and calming. Have I meditated since taking the class? No. But I do plan to try to get into a regular habit of meditating. We shall see.
Speaking of MDK, I received two copies of the latest Field Guide: Mosaic. I only need one, so if anyone would like the extra copy, please let me know.
Once I woke up from my long nap, it was time to pull it together and head over to Colin & Mailing's for dinner. Iris is growing by leaps and bounds! She is a very happy baby and sits at the table while we all have our meal. It won't be too long before she is eating food! While we were having dinner, Talbot was hanging out in the office room.
We skipped having a fire after dinner as it had started to rain, but it was still a lovely evening. Colin is now officially on paternity leave for two months. Mailing is going back to work tomorrow.
Saturday was a gorgeous day. So warm, but also very breezy. I walked around the garden and saw that the garlic is coming up nicely and spinach and cabbage are thriving in the cold frame. Our fig tree has buds! I'm excited for that. And, the French Thyme that I planted last year has come back! That was a nice surprise.
Fletcher scored a planter for the garden at a local Goodwill store. It should be interesting to see how things grow in it. I have a card imbedded with basil, parsley and chive seeds that I am going to bury in one of the "bins." Fletch has other things planned for the remaining bins.
Sunday was noticeably cooler. The sun did come out, but not till late afternoon. Zhongren (Mailing's Dad) came over in the morning to pick up some books we were getting rid of. He also wandered out to the back of our property where our bamboo is. He was looking for bamboo shoots to harvest, but it was too early...he said probably another few weeks.
Dinner was a new-to-us dish of ground beef with Brussels sprouts. I followed THIS RECIPE and it was delicious! We had garlic bread to go with it.
Plenty of leftovers for another meal or several lunches. YUM!!
All in all, a pretty full weekend filled with good things! I hope your weekend was equally nice.