Restful doesn’t necessarily mean sitting around. I spent the weekend trying to regroup. That included 7-8 hours of continuous sleep on two consecutive nights. Days were filled with things that needed to get done and things I wanted to do. I walked three miles each day. I hung out loads of laundry. I decided that I could not live in a community that didn’t allow a clothesline. (Side note: with fuel costs where they are, and energy savings almost a moral must, how can using a dryer be better?) Flats of veggie seeds were planted. My season starts later than most areas, it might still be a tad early to start them. I did fibery things. I’m way behind on my dyeing. Saturday was glorious, and warm. I set my skein winder up outside and spent most of the afternoon tying skeins, getting ready. I scrubbed my dye pot. I carded more "Bess’. In the morning I spun with my coffee. Sunday I cooked a dinner that C and I had talked about all week. As this is a blog that deals with sheepy things, we won’t talk too much about what the dinner was comprised of, but let me tell you, the mint and basil pesto was outrageous! So was the ricotta pie. Saturday the bumble bees returned, awoke, whatever. Sunday, the PJM rhodys bloomed. The Jasmine are in full flower, their scent nearly overpowering. The hibiscus is on the deck, at least for now. Night sounds include the peepers, I wake to bird song. The woodpeckers have been calling. Balance is returning.
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12 responses to “weekend”
Happy Spring! Sounds like you had a great recharging of your creative batteries!
Fab, all of it. You, sit? I can’t imagine it. I mope often about the fact I don’t have a clothesline. We don’t have a prohibition against one, but my lot is just a lot of hills and make it completely impractical — dare I say impossible? to have one. It makes me sad, and I hate using the dryer in the summer.
You sound renewed – just like spring!
I’m glad you’re feeling more balanced!
OK, we had rain, hail, thunder, lightning and wind. Not a good day for laundry on the line. I knit by the fire, with tea. Spring???? (we do have birds though. They come out and sing between storms. Poor things).
Beautiful photos! Ooh, mint basil pesto sounds wonderful, especially with an unmentionable traditionally Easter dish…
You have more blossoms that we do, I swear. Hopefully they will fair better than ours, too as it is snowing gangbusters here!
I so agree with you on the clothesline. Ours broke last fall and I have to wait until a tree is removed to install the new one (more a practicality than necessity). I can’t wait. Spring has finally come your way and it looks like it came full blast. BTW, my hummingbird feeder has seen little or no activity to date. I’m hoping I have just missed them.
Now that’s more like it. 🙂
wow – when spring hits, it does it with a bang! I look forward to plenty of Spring and Summer pics 🙂
Doing fibery things outside with all that beauty around…the simple pleasures of life, yes? Good that the balance is returning…oh, my dryer broke 7 years ago and I have not replaced it 🙂
I got around the HOA restriction against clotheslines by putting up lines in the basement, between 2 windows. I love it. Air circulation, windows can be shut without removing laundry with high winds (and dust, and sheep manure smell from the local feedlot)… but I miss having an outside clothesline. Better than nothing – and could be worse – might not have a basement 🙂