IN Carmel

 Another beautiful morning and afternoon.  I expect the same for a beautiful evening.  The morning started with more knitting on the second ICE protest hat.  It added up to a slim inch.  That needs to continue for at least 4 more inches.  So slow, but that is what it takes.  I want 5 inches at least this time for the bottom of the hat.   At mid-morning I did a patio garden walk and I just stayed outside after that walk.  More to rake and it was time to move plants.  A perfect day with moist ground making digging easy and cooperative plants.  I chopped some ornamental grass that came as a gift from Rosie, years ago into smaller chunks and called Ginna over.  She took one and thought she would do a chopping job on it.  Later she came for some other plants.  It was a good morning for her as well.   Lunch came along a bit late with chair time to recuperate.  Then it was cleaning up the asparagus bed ti...

 Last night I went to bed with the prayer that I would have a good night of sleep to renew the body I live in.  And this morning I said, "thank you, God".  And then the promise I made was to respect the temple I live in.  My comment to Doug as some point was...it isn't like it once was!  Surprise, surprise!                                      A last crocus of the spring. It's time to pass beauty on to another plant. All the morning stuff happened and I decided it was a knitting morning.  I continued on with using four needles to reach to the top of the hat.  Four needle knitting is certainly not my favorite thing to do but there would be no hat unless I carried on.  So I did and the hat is finished.  It's not my best work but good enough for a first hat.                   ...

 Today could be called a nothing day.  It's either feast or famine when it comes to energy.   Up early but this time the directions were to skip breakfast and I did.  I was off the Y around 8 deliering the sword bag with the hope that Chris would get it when he arrived.  I was not going to arrive at the Y at the usual times.   At 9:10 I was off to IU North with the last of the painted rocks that would be added to the take one cancer table.  Then came the time for the Pet Scan.  It's a radiated test to determine if the cancer is active or inactive and where it is living if active.  That happens every six months.  There is material injected and allowed to circulate through the body that is a 45-minute process.  Then scan time comes with dye injected that will appear while the scan machine whirls away for about another 10 minutes as I pass through the tube. I think this might be at least the 5th time this has happened.  ...

 Days fly past faster and faster as the weeks go by. I think the world has been spinning faster.  Has anyone checked?  It's Mid-week again.  Did I write mid-week just two days ago or was it a week ago?  Maybe not. Maybe I should put my brain on speed dial.           These plants are members of the heliborne family.  They know how to bloom in the snow. This morning's goal was to create another bag with that beautiful fabric for the swords.  And I did.  About 20 years ago from somewhere and someone the fabric was a left over that made it's way to me.  In those days I accepted any fabric people wanted to get rid of.  I would eventually find a place it was needed.  A few pieces took a long time to meet a need and this morning that all came together.  The fabric is strong and will last a long time.  That's just what Chris needs.  So, another tough bag created and finished.  Chris wil...

          More fabric for another bag coming tomorrow.  Chris likes the first one for his many Joes.      Another day with crummy weather.  So the rest of the pictures are not  from today but yesteryear. As you know, the Y has become again a place I visit often for many good reasons.  I've met some very interesting people.  One is Chris, my Martial Arts Teacher.  He is a dear gentil soul for many reasons.  I learn more reasons every time I see him.  His wife Evelyn is also a similar gem.  He loads himself up with Jo sticks and wooden swords for us to use in class.                                                          I'm hoping for a lot of these in the garden this summer.   We've been trying better ways to tote a...

 I call this a crazy weather day.  The temperature so far is pretty moderate.  I think the real cold stuff is coming tonight.  At times it has been snowing so much it's difficult to see across the street.  Then the sun comes out.  It's one of those March lion and lamb day all within 10 minutes of time.                                                                        Kissed with a touch of snow.     Knitting was the big thing today.  I finished the four plus inches of ribbing and then onward and forward to straight knitting.  Easy.  I made two more Velcro straps for Y Chris and the M Arts sticks and delivered them to him at the Y.  I didn't stay for Living Strong today since it was all about balance and fal...