Spring in the country
Apr. 3rd, 2004 01:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
altivoStill no lambs though. Crocuses started two or three weeks ago, now the daffodils are opening. Maple trees blossoming, and the bees are flying. They are consuming two gallons of sugar water every two days. We are seeing and hearing robins, but the winter juncos are still with us. Down close to freezing at night, but into the 60s (F) in the day.
I finished teaching my knitting class this morning. Yay! I enjoy the interaction with the students, but preparing samples and printed lessons every week gets to be a drag on my time. This is especially so when I'd rather be out looking at birds and flowers or working on my weaving challenge projects that should be done by June.
A week of vacation coming right after Easter, and I'm not going anywhere. Maybe I'll get caught up. Hah.
Horses are shedding wads of winter fluff. Dawn, the yearling, needs to start her serious training now. Sheep won't be sheared until May, probably, but that's good. I still have wool left from last year that isn't processed. Time to think garden. Peas and lettuce in the ground now. Well, should be.
Silly daylight savings time begins tonight. Every year at this time I think of a political cartoon by Phil Frank back when Richard Nixon was president. It showed Tricky Dick with a blanket and a pair of scissors, saying "I will now demonstrate how to save energy by cutting a foot off the top of your blanket and sewing it onto the bottom." Right. Want more daylight? Get up earlier. It's that simple. Already being an early riser, I don't like having my daylight hours taken away to suit the sleepyheads.
P.S. to those who responded to my April 1 rant: Thanks for the tolerance. I just needed to yell about it. No one was terribly negative, some were a little supportive. The main point: think before you type. How will it affect those around you?
I finished teaching my knitting class this morning. Yay! I enjoy the interaction with the students, but preparing samples and printed lessons every week gets to be a drag on my time. This is especially so when I'd rather be out looking at birds and flowers or working on my weaving challenge projects that should be done by June.
A week of vacation coming right after Easter, and I'm not going anywhere. Maybe I'll get caught up. Hah.
Horses are shedding wads of winter fluff. Dawn, the yearling, needs to start her serious training now. Sheep won't be sheared until May, probably, but that's good. I still have wool left from last year that isn't processed. Time to think garden. Peas and lettuce in the ground now. Well, should be.
Silly daylight savings time begins tonight. Every year at this time I think of a political cartoon by Phil Frank back when Richard Nixon was president. It showed Tricky Dick with a blanket and a pair of scissors, saying "I will now demonstrate how to save energy by cutting a foot off the top of your blanket and sewing it onto the bottom." Right. Want more daylight? Get up earlier. It's that simple. Already being an early riser, I don't like having my daylight hours taken away to suit the sleepyheads.
P.S. to those who responded to my April 1 rant: Thanks for the tolerance. I just needed to yell about it. No one was terribly negative, some were a little supportive. The main point: think before you type. How will it affect those around you?
