lifelong knitter

The closing

went as scheduled today.

When the bank checks clear tomorrow,

the investors will own Beechwood Farms

and BEE Happy farm will be a reality!

whew.

Now the real work begins.

Thank you for all of the love and prayers and good wishes!

xox

 

 

one step forward, TWO steps back...

Physical Therapy did not go well this morning.

My leg is numb and painful again so now I've got a referral

to a Spine specialist.

sigh.

I did however, manage to limp through a Tour of the local community college

Farm...

decided to make an early exit when the folks next to me walked through two very large

Fire ant hills...

Good weather for FROGS....

There are at least six frogs in this photo....they are LOVING all of the rain we had with this stormy weekend! (um, and each other, if you know what I mean...lots of happy frog noises!)

I did something today I haven't done in YEARS....I read an entire book in a weekend!

The new reading glasses are AWESOME. No headaches, and a delightful adventure...

*The Tulip and the Pope* by Deborah Larsen

which recounts her life as a Postulate in a convent.

What a wonderful book!

Given to me by a knitter, natch.

Tornado Warning!

At the moment it is slightly South and East of us...

but the sky is all kinds of dark and weird.

Time to shut the 'puter down

and go KNIT!

The new HONDA fuel cell vehicle....

Available now:

HONDA CLARITY

purty, innit?

Cautiously Optimistic...

There is now a closing date set for Bee Happy Farm.

Next Tuesday, March 31, which also happens to be my brothers birthday

and a very auspicious day.

Prayers are greatly appreciated if you have any to wave in my general direction.

We've had a tough couple of weeks here in my little neighborhood,

with a number of deaths.

Yesterday a dear neighbor passed away,

and I was shocked to learn that she was MUCH younger

than I imagined.

She always had a kind word for the puppies

and ALWAYS asked about the children.

She did it HER way, fiercely independent

to the end.

I'll miss you, Roseanne.

Knitting the Prayer Shawl takes on a whole new spin

under these circumstances.

Onward, Knitters!

An old homestead...

Down by the River

with old fashioned Jonquils blooming in the late afternoon sunshine....

Heavenly!

Spring has SPRUNG!

It's still a little chilly, but oh the gardens are GLORIOUS in the Village!

Love this Quince...

 

Seems as if every single tree and shrub has suddenly unfurled new leaves...

 

Now if we could just have some nice warm weather, I could get my seeds started.

According to the Farmer's Almanac, the best time for seed starting is the first new moon after the Spring Equinox...March 26!

 

Tomorrow is LIBRARY day with the Daughter bird....

 

xox

Happy, happy, HAPPY!

Happy: I visited with the daughter bird this morning and she is LOVING her Medical Coding work!

 

happy: I went out to Bee Happy Farm and got THESE:

 

HAPPY: the Boybird and I went to Golden Corral and Target

Now THAT's a HAPPY face!

Yeah, that's a *picture* of my cell phone screen.

sigh.

My new Treo is not so Mac friendly....

but hey, with all of the other happiness today,

I can deal with it!

(any PALM gurus out there?)

 

xox

My new best friend...

I seriously *heart* my new robotic shop vac.

It scoots around for almost an hour, filling up the dust bin while scooting dog toys out from under the bed and saving my back!

I started physical therapy yesterday.

The evaluation phase left me VERY sore, but today we worked on some Active Release techniques for my femoral nerve and I got some real relief!

Which means I got to spend all afternoon at Bee Happy Farm,

working on my office (which now has Doors that lock and WINDOWS....woot!)

and Knitting...

This is the Prayer Shawl I am knitting for Lent.

I am giving up all of my knitting time, and instead working on this for the group at the church.

(I am also giving up ebay for Lent, which has been rather more difficult.)

I keep being tempted by startitis and all manner of UFOs in my knitting bag,

but I am committed to this Intentional Knitting project for the 40 days.

Sorry about the blog silence over the last few days...my back had REALLY been acting up in the cold, rainy weather.

Onward!

Two more days until SPRING!

 

xox