Full Week Already

 I've had to say so long for now to my parents-

here they posed for pics with great grands, 

my youngest sons two children.

 Mom and I sat and knitted while it rained outside the car;

we even played some cards!

All while waiting to pick up the boys after a visit.

I've never seen a 'cruise' ship in the St Johns River ;

we decided that it was an older model now in private use.

Wouldn't it be fun to have our own knitting cruise!?

 The Fringe Tree is in full bloom-

it always goes like this in a few days after being bare all winter.

 A sure sign that it is nearing the time for my parents to leave.

Bittersweet goodbyes but

the flowers are so sweet and fragrant.

 Will had his cast removed!  He was a bit apprehensive but he did fine!

 And he is adjusting to his new brace which he will wear for the next month!

And we refreshed ourselves at the beach-still has a bit of a chill in the wind but the sunshine was beautiful.  The boys played in the bit of surge on the shoreline-the wind was still strong and the rip currents were at their worst.  We had a very sweet time at the beach and had a hard time leaving!

And a new child's sweater is cast on for Eli,

who is pictured above.

I started it on the ride to the beach and knit on the way home, too.

I love how a top down sweater really moves along,

like beginning a shawl!

(I knit the first sweater for his sister so I bought some more of the same 

yarn to knit him a matching sweater.)

The pattern is Felix's Cardigan

by Jacki Kelly.

Going on an Adventure

I worked on the little boy doll on the way to Kelly State Park today.

Bill and I used to take the kids there when they were young so it was nice to go today with their families!   

It was so much fun to go to the source of the spring and float all the way down to the swimming area!

The kids-all of them, had a wonderful time! 

My camera SD card was left home in my computer and so I could take only two photos!  It was so hard!  But this is just one of the down time ways the kids played-in the 'nest' of the raft!  We have decided to make this an annual trip!