Bunny hop

The yard critters were out and about recently.  The bunnies came out from under the deck and nibbled on what little vegetation is growing.  A robin popped into the photo and even a squirrel came by, although he was not around for the photo.

Jim shows Jeff how to use flint and steel to start a fire.

Thumbs up!  Drinking lots of hot cocoa to keep warm.

I was Scoutmaster for the cooking campout last weekend.  Of course, we had snow!  The boys had a great time and it was fun to try out some of their goodies.  The older scouts made burgers at lunch and I had one.  Very tasty and cooked on a griddle over an open fire.  Jim stopped by during the day to help.  The whole camp was turned into Hogwarts for the Cub event with the theme of Harry Potter.  There were at least 500 Cub Scouts and their parents in camp for the event on Saturday.  I was asked to be Madam Hooch and run the Quidditch game, but I had signed up for the campout.  The Quidditch field was right beside our campsite and it was quite an event.  Three of our younger Scouts were asked to be Golden Snitches (one was not enough!).  

When I got home from camp, I was so tired and just slept as much as I could.  The warm bed felt good!  I developed a cough, which promptly turned into bronchitis.  Ugh!  It has be down for the count!  Ben and his buddy, Paul, came home for Easter on Thursday night.  I spent Friday in and out of the kitchen.  I baked a batch of brown sugar cut-out cookies.  MMMmmm...good!  

April?

Happy Easter!

I'm working on Quant.  I decided to do a shop sample.  I made one with some yarn Kathryn gave me.  The project is nice.  I just do not care for entrelac.  Making a second headband is painful.  Aranmor is going well.  The first sleeve is coming along fine.  (I would much rather work on it than the headband!).

Happy Easter

Happy Easter!

Happy Spring!

Easter Greetings

Frohe Ostern! Happy Easter!

We have more snow. Could be worse, the snow could be black and icky. It's actually very pretty. I did wear my outfit and my long, heavy coat, so I'm stylin' today.

We're fixing the Honeybaked goodies, and then after lunch we'll take the cake over to Mom's and have dessert. Speaking of the cake--It worked! I was able to fit the front half of the sheep into the pan. There was a bit of surgery involved with the nose and ears, but it's cute and I know it'll taste good. I used my favorite butter cake recipe and made buttercream icing. A touch of food coloring for the sky, and a bit in the coconut for the grass, a few M&Ms--looks yummy.

I'm working on the collar of the cardigan and checking my skein. Looks iffy, but I'll soldier on and hope that there's enough.

Enjoy the day!

Two sleeves are better than one!

I'm finishing the second sleeve (yeaaa!). This will be a warm sweater, and using the Lite Lopi will make it not so heavy in weight. There is just enough white (I have a small checkerboard to do after this brown bit), and I have plenty of brown. I hope the green hold out for the collar and bands. I'm on the last bits of Fair Isle. From that point it's all go with GREEN!
Good news on the college front. Ben received a $1,000 Eagle Scout scholarship from the council, AND received a four-year 75% scholarship from his college! We are so proud. The latter one started out with 800 applicants, narrowed to 400 finalists (that's when we drove over to the school last month), and then 17 received scholarships. We are very proud of him. He deserves to be recognized for his hard work.
Spring break is going nicely. Ben's getting lots of rest and I'm getting some spring cleaning done. My office is the victim for today! There's so much paper work with Mom's stuff. The shredder is going to get a workout today!

Happy Easter, happy spring!