Spring Update

Thanks to all who were worried about Mr. Snakey coming to visit! It was such a shock to see such a giant snake in the backyard! We've had snakes and other critters before, but never a rattlesnake, and never one that big! Ella was curious, but she (I'd like to hope) knows better than to mess with it! He has such moved on, and I haven't seen him since! It is spring out here, the days are getting warm, and March is usually when you see the snakes and spiders come out of their winter hibernation.

On the knitting front, not much news. I haven't had time to pick up the skirt (rav link) in a week, so it's been slow going. I did start on the front, so I have to finish the stst portion of the back and then complete the front. The lace details and such keep it interesting. I have been knitting a baby blanket too! (And I swore I'd never knit another one!) But this one is fun, and when I saw these (rav link), I couldn't resist using up my stash of leftovers. (if you do a pattern search in ravelry for "fish" see what comes up) And they're portable! Both kiddos are into their softball/baseball seasons and I can take them with me! I also want to start, and have been itching for a week or two or three...the whisper cardi (rav lik). I have some yarn (I'm thinking the red) that I think would be perfect for it!

I hope all have a glorious weekend and my goal is to try and knit on that skirt!

Wildlife Up-Close and Personal!

We had a visitor in the back yard this afternoon...


...I think he (or she) had just finished lunch!



This is a western diamondback rattlesnake (the king of all rattlesnakes).




In my back yard!

Ewww...

Snakey Sunday...

He's sort of hard to see (the Munchkin's camera has a better picture, but I can't find the cord), but that dark shadow right above the bicycle handle was our Sunday visitor! Ella found him slithering across the patio in the backyard Sunday, and then my Hubby found him curled up underneath a table and behind the water guns on the side of the house. The Fire Department came, just a bull snake they said. But still...it was a snake!!! Ewww!!!!

The finished soccer banner -- they won 2-1 on a very, very hot Saturday afternoon!

The LittleOne "won" her game, too. (The won is in quotes, because they "don't" keep score at her age, but they know!) She scored two goals in her first ever game!!!!

And the Hubby's Eesti sock-- I did finish the toe yesterday -- I was having sock remorse, so I finished it. It's a really, really tall sock, I think he's going to wear them as house socks (when I get the other one started and finished)!

I added the darker band of yarn at the bottom of the leaf tee, and I think it will work. I want to do a few inches so that it's not too short on me. I'm going to add a boarder on the neckline of the darker yarn so that it will look like it was intended to have the dark at the bottom (does that make sense?).

And that wraps up my busy weekend in a nutshell. Happy knitting all!!