… there was fog in the morning.
… I wore my spring and fall coat.
… I wore a skirt that only came to my knees.
… I saw two puddles.
… the snow had that heavy, damp crunch to it.
… I walked through a pile of slush.
… the sun was still up when I left the gym at 7 pm.
… I saw pussy willows beginning to bud.
… there were drips of water falling off our roof.
… I saw squirrel tracks all over the path.

… Spring is finally here and I am excited as only a person who has been staring at snow since the beginning of November can be.

I did a little bit of cross stitch last night and this morning. Very little. So little I got out my macro lens to try and get a nice picture of it.  Here it is with my regular lens (and my lens cap for scale):

Cute yes? It's for an Easter card. I came across the bunny pattern when I was hunting around for something else in my sewing room and thought "Why not." I never measured the linen to see if it was 28 or 32 count; it was a scrap in the right colour and about the right size. I worked a single thread of floss (#1316 "Mulberry" by Weeks Dye Works for the curious) over single threads in the linen. It was so small that it was actually easier to work with my glasses off. I'm near sighted and can see things much closer-up when I'm looking all by myself. I love the way these threads make washes of colour across your work. I think it kind of wakes up flat areas.

Fun stuff in the mailbox today - my order of floss from The Workroom arrived. I now have everything I need to make the March and April designs in the Dessert of the Month Club. The little collection above is the colours I'll be using to make this cute St. Patrick's Day cake-pop. April's design is still a mystery but the colours for it are below. I'm thinking maybe something caramelly … with a mint leaf to explain the green.