Lamb

Springtime is for babies. Baby flowers pushing up through dusty earth in tiny green bullets. Baby birds hatching from speckled eggs. Baby lambs.

A few weeks ago, Husby and I went to see the play at his school, The Secret Garden,
and this little sweetpea played Dickon's lamb. I got to pet him after the show.

I get carried away with baby love in the spring (don't worry - no baby for me yet) and I just want to see little cuties everywhere I look. Husband thinks animal motifs disrupt the true meaning of Easter, and he's right, but how can you not just love this little Easter bunny?

He's my lockscreen wallpaper on my phone

 

Fortunately, Husband did see to reason and agree to let me make a little Easter decoration for the living room. I wanted silhouettes of Easter animals, but it was much harder than you might think to find nice animal shadows. I finally found a lamb and a bunny I was happy with. Then I downloaded a springy seamless wallpaper from patterns.ava7.com and placed it behind the silhouettes. I printed them out, framed them, and set them on my half-table where I already had my little nest, a Ten Thousand Villages purchase from last spring.

Pete even admitted that he liked them when I got them finished.

I think it would look even better if I could have made the animal separate from the background. I didn't have a real Springy scrapbook paper, but if I did, I would have printed out just the silhouettes, cut them out, and then placed them on top of a Spring backdrop in the frame. It would add depth.

Maybe next time.

Hope Spring babies brighten your week! Watch for the baby eagles who will probably be hatching this week!

Cadbury

I caved.

Last year I remember walking around Walmart - on Easter day - in search of a Cadbury egg. They were sold out. This year, I had again been holding out on buying Easter candy. I thought giving in to jelly beans, malted milk eggs, and peeps in March might be a bit much. But when I saw Easter candy at ALDI, I couldn't resist. And I wasn't taking any chances on not getting a Cadbury egg again this year.

More on the true meaning Easter to come, but I have to admit on this beautiful Friday afternoon that I do love Easter candy. Sugar me up in the sunny springtime days!

Cha-Ching

Four ways I saved money in two hours this morning:

1. Got a $5 gift card at Target for buying printer ink.
2. Traded in used books at Books 4 Less, therefore earning credit at the store.
3. Saved 20 cents per gallon at Giant gas station by using my Bonus Card.
4. Shopped at ALDI and spent just $25 on food for the week.

Spring Things

Spring Encounters Today:

Crocuses smiling up at me from the flowerbeds.

My clients comparing canes outside in the sunshiney garden after lunch.

A squirrel skittering out of the dumpster when I approach to throw in some trash.

Propping bright white flowers in a blue vase.

Not wearing a coat.


Has Spring met you?

Onion Grass

Spring is onion grass. Mud you can hear gurgling under wet grass. The sun melting on your skin like butter. Open windows. Sneezing with the dust of spring cleaning. Crocuses. Ceramic bunnies and chicks. Spring is breakfast with a friend. A cemetery walk with Husband. A trip down memory lane while purging stacks of old papers. Crocheting while watching Lord of the Rings. And maybe a nighttime trip to the laundromat. Welcome to us, dear Spring.

Puffy vest equals chubby shadow.

Little Joys

Steel cut oats with frozen blueberries, pecans, and brown sugar.

Watching the Iowa eagles.

Mini brownies.

Getting my wedding rings cleaned. Finally.

Tortilla chips with melted cheddar cheese.

"He leads me beside quiet waters."

Chocolate & Bone

February 3rd, when I started this latest scarf project for Husband:

  

My first time crocheting with two colors at the same time! Quite an achievement. 

 

February 12th, working on the scarf:

Cozied up in an afghan from MomMom, working on Pete's favorite scarf.

February 24th, scarf is more than halfway done. Husband can't wait and says he'll wear it every day forever. I love him.

I love the pleasure of having a satisfying project in the works.

Scarf for Husband. Chocolate and Bone.