Solace

I worked for hours, squaring up the panel, cutting it into four pieces and sewing the 'window frame' strips into place.  Next, I pieced all of the bottom blocks and then I got sidetracked by the siren call of the lathe!

While outside when I walked about the flowers-I saw how much this pineapple has grown since Marsel and family visited!  It is about 8' tall now!  Another 4 weeks and we might be biting  into its sweetness!

When I made it to the lathe finally, I made a little saucer out of the other side of the piece of Oak.

It is the other half of the hunk of wood so they are very good mates!  A very satisfying 2 hours.

I could see the moon for most of the day--it was nice when it was dark enough for it to look like it belonged up there at last!

Prickly Yarn and Prickly Plants

 I am down with a cold (and  miserable sinus pressure!) 

so I was down literally as much as possible yesterday!  

A little of this was accomplished--I worked on the pink dishcloth earlier in the day 

and when the UPS man came, he brought the newest Sugar 'n Cream cotton yarn. 

 It has a lengthy stretch of plain cotton and then an equally long length of  a 'scrubby'  section!

  It was interesting to knit with and I really like the results!  

I cast on 36 stitches with #6 needles and knit until the cloth was square.

I have three of these growing on three separate plants!

It takes six months for the fruit to mature enough to pick-that's a long time, isn't it?!

Did you know that pineapples are actually bromeliads?!

And you know it is almost May when the prickly pear cactus blooms!