Nitz8catz wrote:
Good morning from Port Hope Ontario Canada. It is 6:52 am EDT and 4'C (39'F) going up to 7'C (45'F). The cloud is rolling in. We just had a beautiful pink sunrise before the sun disappears for the day and rain will start later.
This weekend was glorious. The temperature was warm with full sunshine.
Our Easter get-together went very well. There was none of the usual family drama. My brother's little dog decided I was his best friend and inundated me with kisses. I think he remembers that I gave him lots of scritches at Christmas. Mum took them all for a walk by the river while DD and I prepared the meal. Everyone left very full. After a full month of having lamb in the store, the grocery store didn't have any when I went shopping for Easter, so we had turkey instead. It was only a 14 pounder for 9 people so there was enough meat with not much leftover. We had squash, jacket baked potato, asparagus and mixed salad on the sides. We did run out of starch for the gravy so had to get creative and used rice starch. The gravy ended up being a gel when it cooled but was nice when hot.
Things are weird outside. The trees have not opened their leaves but I ran into a spiderweb walking in the back yard. We have all the summer birds now. The spring birds migrated through very quickly. We only saw the "stripy head" finches for one day. They went through two weeks worth of seed in one week so I had to buy some bird seed from Walmart until I can get back to the farm. Once the bugs are out, we cut them down to one feeding per day except for the finch feeders. The little birds take a week to empty them.
The federal government just announced this weekend that pregnancy prevention medication and diabetic medication is now free, depending on cooperation from the provincial governments. They also announced a lunch program for all school aged children. Unfortunately it will be started in the cities first and probably won't make it to this area for years.
Since I didn't have to work yesterday and all the chores for Easter were completed, I had a knitting day. I finished one sock and cast on its mate, and started a colourwork sock for the LYS April KAL. (Sorry I don't have a picture of the colourwork sock yet.)
Good morning from Port Hope Ontario Canada. It is ... (
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Great pattern. Look cozy.