Catching up

It's been a while since I was signed in. No excuses. I finally downloaded my camera with the finished pictures of the Alice Dress I was working on. As mentioned it worked up fast.

Once I completed the Alice Dress, I also finished a little girls sweater. It was one of the free patterns that I picked up when buying yarn, but I used pixie instead of baby yarn. I think it worked up well.


I finished two other children's sweaters and a baby blanket. I also tried a pattern for onesies. They were all very cute.



When I wasn't working on crochet, I have been working through tax season. This is our busiest time of year at work. Fortunately, it made the days go fast.

At the end of April, I went to the CreativFestival at the International Centre. There was plenty to see for sewing and scrapbooking. I was very disappointed at how very little crocheting there was. With no CreativFestival Spring show last year, I had hoped that this year would be packed. Sadly, it wasn't. I went by the A Needle Pulling Thread booth on Saturday afternoon, but I didn't recognize any of the artists at the booth. Well, I'm sure they are all very good at the craft they make. Perhaps the Fall show will be more exciting.

May is a busy month for our family as well. We have 5 birthdays and Mother's Day. So far, other than a lot of rain, it hasn't been too bad.

My brother and I went to the Photographic, Video and Digital Imaging show at the International Centre last weekend. It was super busy, but there was plenty to see and some great ideas to be found. The magazines that were there had plenty to offer and of course, if you want to know what the best photographic equipment is, this was the place to be. Henry's was there in full force with at least 5 booths. I visited Canon, Nikon and Panasonic. There was a variety of photographic equipment for everyone whether novice or professional.

With the spring weather here (in rain and shine), it's been a great time for photographing the wildlife. I had the fortunate pleasure of leaving work at just the right time last week. It was pouring rain, but just back of our building were two sets of Canadian geese with their goslings. I couldn't resist standing in the rain to get the picture.



With the gardening season almost upon us, we've been working out what to plant in the garden. We started our tomatoes back in April and I can happily say they are doing well. Last year we thought we were planting beefsteak tomatoes and once they were started, realized they were not. They still tasted delicious, but when you get your heart set on beefsteak, the rest just don't cut it!

Already, our garden has lilies of the valley, tulips, a trillium and our rose bushes are showing new growth. We only need to add a few plants to fill in the bare spots. Out front, we have lavender which I thought was killed off last year. It apparently was not and has come back with plenty of new growth. It's surprising what lives and what dies in the garden over winter. We were disappointed to find our blue rose didn't make it, but realized that it had been very difficult to grow it in the first place.

I think I've covered everything to date, but I'm sure there will be more to write before you know it.