Spring spotting

"Spring drew on...and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which, freshening daily, suggested the thought that Hope traversed them at night, and left each morning brighter traces of her steps."

-Charlotte Brontë

More quilting...

I have said many times about how much I love making baby quilts and the same could be said for knitting baby clothes. I chose to do both for the newest baby in my life and I am so happy about how they turned out.
The sweater is SO teeny, it's made for just the first 6 weeks of a baby's life and this baby is a preemie so it will probably fit for longer!
I can't wait to deliver this little gifts to Baby Gus!

You win, Anonymous

Hello! I wasn't sure when/if I would get the pull to start blogging again but a well-timed comment from one of you turned out to be just what I needed. So you can thank that Anonymous person! I've thought about the comment for the past couple days and then suddenly found myself picking up my camera and actually taking pictures (yes, since I stopped blogging I also stopped taking pictures!) and then I thought about sharing them here. And so I thought I'd better just do it. So, here we go!

The above photo is a perfect still of what our apartment currently looks like. Zoe is almost finished exams and we are both working on quilts. Some days there is fabric, thread, patterns and pins (if I'm sewing!) everywhere. It's quite the scene. A rare few have seen the apartment in its natural 'quilting' state and it can be quite frightening. Zach has said to us before "HOW can you live like this??" We manage but we desperately need a quilting room!

I hope you are all doing well and I have a feeling that you'll be seeing a little more action around here now!

M.I.A again...

Hey guys, I am not back on schedule with my frequent posting...I got hit with another cold this weekend. I am on the mend (again) and hope to be back to my regular posts very soon!

Flat Quinn

Today I got the biggest treat in the mail ever...FLAT QUINN! Most of you probably are thinking I've gone bananas but alas, not yet. Flat Quinn is a squished version of my cousin Quinn from Florida. It's an activity some classrooms do, it's based of a book called Flat Stanley, where a boy gets squished by a bulletin board and his family mails him to California for a vacation. You can check out this link for more information if you want! So, each student makes a flat version of themselves and they get mailed to other people to have an adventure. I am honoured to be Flat Quinn's host for a month...it is going to be a lot of fun!! Thank you Quinn!!

Not a recipe, more of a ramble

I have been busy lately, all good things and all things that I love, but full days just the same. I don't have a recipe for you today, but you are all reasonable people and so, I think you'll understand. I do have two pictures to share though!
The first is a classic winter photo. I took it a few weeks ago, on a warm-ish day when we went walking by the river. Spring still felt years away.

Now, with March just around the corner I am starting to get a tingle in my toes and a spring in my step. And like it has for the past 3 years when spring is near, my mind turns to Italy. It will be 4 years this April that I had my adventure over there and I found myself going over pictures this evening. I thought I'd share this one with you...

...a asparagus tip making it's way out the ground.
We are still months from asparagus but this photo reminded me that the warm weather is coming, the fresh vegetables are not as far away now as they were in December and that no matter where we are in life there are always things to look forward to.
Now I am going to curl up with some hot chocolate and a quilt and try to enjoy these last few moments of winter!

My current project

My mom asked me to knit a bunch of slippers for her new house/office, I accepted and got right to it! Zach likes to joke that I'm like a Grandma with Alzheimer's, but we'll see who he comes running to when his feet get cold one day!

Everytime I go to visit my Mom I bring her another pair to add to the bowl...

Hopefully by Spring the bowl will be full!