We drove up to see our daughter and family in more of this.   I’m so ready for some bright rainless days.

These are the dolls that I ordered (on sale) for Christmas charity.   They will be packaged with a wardrobe for Christmas.    I think they are rather cute and we have a lot of Native Americans in this area.   Below is one standing next to my American Girl model.

Oh look!   We just started a new month – tomorrow I’ll have my monthly list to show you.

This morning was filled with lots of small things.    These are the little things that don’t seem too important, but somehow putting them off turns them into a big job.   By little things, I’m talking about the tax papers that needed to be put away, the magazines that needed to go downstairs, the credit card that was misplaced because I didn’t deal with it immediately and it got “lost” under other papers.   It seemed as if they were all ready to multiply if not done immediately.   It only takes a minute at the time it comes up, and maybe that’s why it doesn’t seem too important to do it just then.   However, these “little” things seem to reproduce and soon I have a big pile of things with which to deal.   So I’m trying to deal with these things immediately.    I hope someone whose reading this can relate.

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Last night I knit up to the toes on the socks

Then I knitted on the toes while we were going to  meet the dog food coop driver.   So when we got home, I stitched the ends together and they are ready to wear.   They are really happy socks!

On the way to pick up the dog food, we made a lunch detour at Paneras.   This is Bill’s favorite place to eat.   I had this lovely big salad and a whole wheat bun and Bill enjoyed their black bean soup with a veggie sandwich.       This gave us the go power we needed to start another project when we got home.

This is another “little”, but a very different one.    What looks like a shadow here is actually where we weeded.  This project we will do a bit on each non rainy day until we have the  weeds out.   It is a shady spot under the big cedar tree.    Weeds do okay there, but I have not yet found other plants that are happy in this situation.    I’d really like some perennials.   Do you have any ideas?

DH and I did our walk in a different park today.   The scenery is lovely and there are some small waterfalls along the way.  It used to belong to the railroad, but now is converted to a walking and bike trail.

After walking,  Starbucks called our name and we met two daughters and 2 grandsons there. This is the middle daughter, Jen, with her two sons, Spencer on the left and Bret.  Both boys were happy to get a chance to pose for this blog.

Then back home to work on the yard and in the greenhouse.    By the way spring really is here, the yellow jackets are back.  They are a sure indication.

The tomato seeds that I started two weeks ago are up now and needed transplanting.   I transplanted 5 different kind into small pots which will be shared.   I really appreciate being able to work inside a greenhouse where the wind and rain don’t reach.

Tomorrow, I will move the volunteer tomatoes.   I had thought there weren’t any, but this week they surprised me.

I don’t know what type they are as I had several types planted in this area, but they are NOT the tiny ones that volunteered and we transplanted last year.  And because of location I know they are not Romas.   So they will be a surprise when they have tomatoes.  They could possibly be purples, which would be wonderful.

We scored a new record for rain in the month of March.

photo courtesy of daughter Kati

Perhaps you’d like to see the steps to a sock, starting with the  heel flap, which I make about 2″, using half the stitches.

The first photo is the front, the second is how the back of the flap looks.

Then the heel is turned.

Next the stitches are picked up on one side of the heel.   I used an extra needle to pick these up as it is easier for me.  This is the most difficult part of knitting socks and is not difficult.

Then I knit across to the other side and pick up those stitches the same way with an extra needle.

When I knit across the front, I knit in the pattern.  The stockinette stitch feels better under the foot.     I have now knit the entire sock circle and am working on the ankle area.     Because I knit a 7″ leg, when I fold the sock at the heel, I am half done and can easily see how far to go to finish.