Pictured below is the yarn that Elijah picked out for his next sweater. He liked how well it went with the lilacs he picked for me right before the yarn arrived.

The yarn is peaches ‘n cream in “Winterberry”. It seems I’m all about the cheap yarns these days. I won’t be starting this project for a bit yet. I only ordered the yarn because I needed more yarn to finish the sweater that I’m currently working on for Galen. I’m about 3/4 of the way through now. The other knitting project that I’m concentrating on right now, the one yet to be named, that I’m still not quite ready to reveal yet, is around two-thirds of the way completed.

I finish the diaper bag that I mentioned in a previous post a little while ago. Well, technically I still need to sew on a button and stitch up the small opening in the lining. But I’ve used it “as is” for several outings now and it works ever so well. I should have another little outfit for Elijah to post shortly as well. Buttons and button-holes…why, oh why, do I find them so distasteful? Elijah is needing some clothes so I will have to suck it up!

There has been ever so much going on here. We are spending lots of time in the garden, coming in every night covered in bug bites from head to toe. The lilacs, irises and lily-of-the-valley are all in bloom and the air is full of sweet scents. I’ve brushed off my best (terribly pathetic!) Yorkshire accent for our annual reading of “The Secret Garden”. And I’ve been serving many a meal on a blanket set under a plum tree.

I’m so full of plans lately that I hardly know where to start. I have so many projects tumbling around the corners of my mind, bubbling to the surface every now and again, giving me a poke and saying “come on, get on it already!”. They are all beckoning and calling to me at once, old ideas and new ones alike. Nothing to do but see what life brings and what, if anything, materializes.

I’m going to see what I can do about getting some pictures of recently finished projects later this afternoon. We are expecting showers for the rest of the week, so don’t be surprised if I disappear for a bit!