Instant Summer- What Happened to Spring?

 
Crazy! It hit 80 degrees today. I'd rather have stayed home and hung laundry outside, but had to go do an appointment case and some others while I was going that direction.

Here's the Muskegon River again, looking a little more mysterious in this photo.



It's amazing how quickly the spring wildflowers appear if you give them some sun. Trout lily leaves sticking up all over the place.



And a personal favorite, a member of the Dicentra genus. It's impossible to tell whether it's squirrel corn or Dutchman's breeches from the leaves.



But some early buds give me another clue. Pretty sure it's squirrel corn, although I won't be back at that place to check.



Bedtime for me. Working Friday, Friday night and Saturday is rough on the brain.

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Perky and Awake

 
The temperature finally made it above 60 degrees here. The flowers noticed. Lovely little perky violets in yards.



And somebody woke up. Woodchuck, groundhog (not P. Phil- he's hiding his head in shame), just a cousin.

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Holding Out Hope

 
As long as the earth exists, seedtime and harvest, cold and hot, summer and autumn, day and night will not cease. Genesis 8:22


Still chilly, but beautiful skies and always that promise of spring. (Picture taken yesterday... today was gray and drizzly)

Sleep was elusive last night, so will try for early bed tonight.

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Waterways- Still Looking Cold

 
Out doing cases today and just collected some pictures of the water features I passed. They all seem stuck yet in that not-quite-spring mode.

This is Todd Lake in Osceola County.



My next stop took me to the Muskegon River. It empties into Lake Michigan at Muskegon, but it's 216 miles long and originates in the center of the state. Still looks pretty cold.



When you get down to the level of very small shallow stream with no name, there is finally a hint of green blush.



I sure don't want to jinx anything, but the weatherman says it will be nice the rest of the week!

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Afghans I Have Made- Knit- Falling Leaves

 
I started this afghan around 1994. Dug it out of a box to show you. Can I say I HAVE made it since it's obviously not finished?

Well, anyway. I really like this one. It will be mine if I ever finish it. And it's a completely scrap-craft project- no new yarn purchased.



By the time I dug out all the motifs that are finished but not sewn together, and laid them out, there's quite a bit done. More than I thought.



Each trapezoid is knitted separately and then fit together. Of course, I couldn't/didn't want to keep it simple, so every single motif is different. Since there are two strands of yarn in each one that's not too difficult. I just have to be sure I don't combine the same two more than once. There is one strand of 4-ply worsted weight and one of a sport-weight yarn in each "square."
My stash is huge and has increased since this was begun, so it won't be any problem A-TALL to continue the uniqueness goal.



The motifs are fun to do because you decrease as you go up creating the rib up the middle and coming to the point at the top.



It's knit on big needles so although the two yarns make it bulky, it's also soft. I'm liking the looks of this one as much as I did when I began it. I think it will have to be finished after the afghan for the contest is done.

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