I love the color in this tulip. It was the only one of the bunch to have this much color, so I had to get a photo of it. I wonder if I could dare to get this colorway on fiber or would it appear too strident? Something to work toward anyway.
I had to laugh when I read a recent forum on ravelry as to how many projects one has on the needles. How awful! Some had as many as 8 (!) projects going at once. It reminded me of an anecdote that Karen, of Black Sheep fame in Encinitas, CA, relates of a customer who decided to label her projects from A to Z, and was able to go through the alphabet 3 (if I remember correctly) times! At the time I was appropriately horrified, however I am beginning to wonder if I would be far off if I started to count. So, I am NOT counting, but I am going to make a real effort to FINISH things as I come across them. Hah!

A recent batch of hand dyed fibers using natural dyes. Top picture, here, Falkland fiber, below on left, merino seacell, right Falkland, and the resulting 2-ply skein, one ply each.

And at last, a skein that Martie dyed, I believe she calls this colorway Autumn. As I spun it I kept thinking of the throne room in the Alcazar de Segovia on a cloudy day. Great grey stones and red velvet everywhere. Hmm. Now what to make with it?

more beauties

A glimpse, a spot of color caught my attention, had to stop, had to try to get this on film. The beauty of spring continues to bloom along the Gulf Coast, and I am wondering if this isn't in part why I'm not knitting so much, I just want to be outside!

How many are thinking 'get that finger out of your mouth!'? Clever little one is learning her colors and numbers. She's going to be a rascal!

On a recent cloudy day the light was so striking I had to stop and admire for a while. The beaches seem to have recuperated four plus years after Katrina and the different municipalities are working to keep them clean. I saw them putting fresh white sand along the beach in Gulfport and they had mowers cutting the grass along the roadside. The drive along Highway 90 which follows the beach pretty much from Pass Christian to Biloxi is spectacular.

As for me, I am trying to do some spinning and planning some knitting projects, have even done a little dyeing. Time to finish up what I have begun, before beginning too much more.

More flora and a little fauna

Time has a way of getting away from us, doesn't it? At the same time, it leaves us with many memories, and thanks to the camera, the memories don't always have to fade away. I have been spending a lot of that precious time driving from BSL to Bogalusa and Picayune in between and was able to grab a few quick snaps of some beauties along the way. Spring was late in coming to this area this year, due to an unusually long cold spell, but now that it is here, wow! Even the azaleas have burst into bloom, long after they normally do. These camelias caught my eye; this is a very tall bush of them at Dilania's home. The color! The soft soft soft petals! If we could only dress like this!

This little miniature donkey was so cute, I couldn't resist trying to get his portrait. This was just before things started to warm up, so it was a cool day, but the sun was out. I saw him on a side road in Bogalusa, along with a few others. I would have liked to have rubbed his sweet little furry forehead, but he was so peaceful and there was the matter of the fence...

Back in Bay Saint Louis I turned the corner on a street I seldom (like never) travel and was struck (not literally) by this magnificent tree. Another couple of weeks and it will be providing the best shade possible. I love the big old oaks that you see in this area that have survived storm after storm after storm. There is an area in Picayune that has a tunnel over the road formed by these beautiful trees.

Sunset over the Rigolets, Tueday March 30th. The colors, the reeds, the water. So peaceful.