Kelly and me .......

.......... back in the summer of '67 .........

Those were the days .........long hair ..... blue jeans ...... bare feet
....... Roy Orbison glasses ........ and a Basenji ........ it was a
wonderful summer!

...... Isn't Kelly adorable?!

Cooking all done ......

........ and though I didn't achieve the nice yellow shade that Cyndy did, I did manage a soft beige and had fun doing the experiment. Anyone know of another springtime natural dye for me to try? Btw, my son wanted to know why I didn't just drive in to town and pick up some yellow yarn, if that was what I wanted. Guess he doesn't understand the challenge, eh?! {g}

What's cooking?

Pretty yellow dandelions simmering in a blue enamel pot on my kitchen stove, and Cyndy ...... they don't smell weird to me. I think they smell quite nice. They'll steep overnight and tomorrow we'll see what I can do about dyeing a skein of wool with them. The experiment has begun. Dream went with me while I picked the danelions. Questioning looks followed my every move, and I've had to lift her up twice so she could smell the simmering dandelions. She seems to think they 'might' be tasty. We're having fun. :-)

From the past .....

Sunny springtime weather always stirs the desire to 'maybe' have horses again. I'll quench the urge today by sharing a picture with all of you. This was taken in the late 80s ........... my daughter Heather riding my horse Zip for her dressage test during a Pony Club C Rally in the Annapolis Valley at Applewood Farm. Pony Club testing is quite intense. They must first pass a written test, then an oral test, and then do a riding test which consists of a dressage test, cross country at speed over jumps, and then must come back and do a stadium jump course. We enjoyed those years of Pony Clubbing and eventing. Great fun!

New growth

I love to walk around our property in the springtime and see the new growth coming. Viewing the greenery as it emerges from the cold ground amidst the blandness of last year dead foliage gives one's heart a lift and a joy ........... knowing that new life is arriving once more. My snowdrops, though still showing this year's blooms, are also making seeds to expand their numbers.




The wild mayflower, which is our provincial flower, greets May.


Lupine leaves holding raindrops ...........