Hints of Spring

There is something in the air.  Maybe it is because the temperature warmed up the same weekend that we started Daylight Savings, maybe it is because I let myself sleep in, but whatever it is I feel like I am on Spring Break.  And it is lovely.

Yesterday was so beautiful that after Chris left for work I walked up to the grocery store and bought a bag of veggies.  I'm pretty sure the guy at the counter thought I was a crazy hippy with my reusable bag, felt hat, and knitted shrug.  I brought home my loot, opened all the windows, and made a homemade pizza while jamming to Ivy.

Nothing says spring like fresh asparagus!

Today is just as fun.  The weather was lovely for a run and it was like nature ran out to say hello.  There were birds everywhere and a few trees were finally blooming.  The creek was singing happily and the air was just so crisp.  I tried to take pictures for you guys, but I just was not able to do it justice.

Now I think I'll spend the rest of  my day sitting by the open window.  Catching up on knitting podcasts and working some more on this.

Yes, there is finally warmth and I am already thinking of Christmas.

Storming Spring

Today is the first day of spring, which of course we are greeting with severe thunderstorms, hail, and "one lightening strike every second."  No, seriously, that's what the weather alert said.  Why it is currently bright and sunny outside I really don't know.  But the days are getting longer which means that I am getting more runs in after work

You think I'm going to show you a picture of me all red and tired from running?  Ha!  Here's another pretty tree photo.

I am noticing an increase in my endurance which I credit to the zumba classes I have started taking.  It is nice to have another workout that does not end with me hunched over crying in pain because I've reactivated my neck strain.  I am sleeping better too.  Actual sleep!  Is this what life is like outside of school?

I hope to have actual knitting updates soon.  I am currently stalled out on a lot of my WIPs because they are all deadline knits.  Remind me not to take on so many projects next time, eh?

Inevitable Spring

Today my brain finally got in gear and realized that it is indeed time for spring.  The sun is shining, the birds are waking me up far too early, and things are starting to bloom.

And I'm not the only one taking notice.  While I was out on my run today I noticed a lot more families playing in the yard, couples out for walks, and even high school basket ball players dribbling along the trail.  It is like the entire world is outside saying "ok, spring, come and get us" -- which I can only take to mean that we will soon be blasted with some more cold weather.

It is not just my sudden desire to wear shorts that indicates a change in my mentality (really, I want to wear shorts now, this can only be because I spent half my day outside at work),  I am also seeing a change in my knitting fantasies.  I'm suddenly all about the bright colored sock yarns and laceweight sweater patterns.  The new Knitty came out today and I found myself drooling over the creative ankle socks and short sleeved colorwork pullover.  I haven't even started on the new Cowl KAL pattern and the Rocky Coast Cardi has gone to sit in WIPurgatory while I work on more appealing projects like Lady Sybil's Wish.

This photo is a few days old -- the lighting here is rather dim, though that will change soon with daylight savings -- but it gives you a clear idea.  I'm knitting the My Wish shawl out of my very special skein of Roman Hills' Sybil yarn and another special skein of blindingly blue sock yarn that Chris gave me for Christmas (It is the only yarn he has bought for me without any direction.  By his account he walked into a yarn shop and told the woman that he was there to buy his fiancee a present and all he knew was that she loved sock yarn and bright colors.  Paws off ladies, he's mine!)  The color combination is just so perfect and really captures what I love about this time of year.

Hopefully I'll remember this in a few days when I am complaining about shaving my legs and the bugs and how I never get to wear my knitting.  Maybe.  I'm a whiner so probably not.