2022 Happy To Be Here

The lilac buds seem a little larger today.   The plant that I am impatiently waiting to bud out is the forsythia bush.  On more than one YouTube video I have heard that the right time to prune roses is when the forsythia blooms.  I want to prune them in the fall, but they are supposed to be pruned until spring... it has been a long winter for me and the roses.  Other things I am happy for today: The local ice cream shop is now open for the season.  I had a nice large amount of my favorite, peppermint stick ice cream. Weaving Wednesday brought me to day 80 of the A&S challenge.  Only 20 days left!  I did the normal weaving, three repeats of the pattern.  It took me over 30 minutes to do that.  I'm still having tension problems.  I'm kind of determined to get this finished, unless a warp thread breaks, then it will be done early. ☮ Currently reading: Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spi...

 It was another good night at work.  Sometimes it is the smallest things that make an ordinary day seem better.  Today that was the casual sarcasm I tossed out to a coworker.  I'm walking behind them as they move some boxes, the boxes fall over, I dryly say, "Oops," as I go by.  A few minutes later he is again moving boxes that fall over, this time towards me but I am at a safe distance.  This time I cheerfully say, "Missed me!"  Yup, it was that kind of morning.  Some other happy things from today: Keziah was at the studio and found that there was a meeting of the weaver's guild.  They have a small library that is opened every month or two for members to browse and borrow from.  I was out of work early enough that I went by to see what they had.  It was kind of fun noting five or six of the books that I own were there to be loaned.   A porta-potty was delivered to the local seasonal ice cream shop today.  A quick se...