When I begin the weekend, especially in the Spring, I have quite the “To-Do” list. I’m not sure if my husband dreads this list as he knows that there will be only guilty relaxing- as we have things to do Sir!

On my To-Do list this weekend included a few things we got done and a few we didn’t.

I got the buttons sewn on my tiny vest so that it’s ready to ship off for baby. This thing is just about the cutest thing ever!

The top buttons totally don’t match. Somehow I’m hoping that it just doesn’t matter to my friends. These are the friends, after all, who put up their bare Christmas Tree, named it Franken-Pine, and sat on the couch 5 feet away and threw the ornaments at the tree, hoping they’d stick. The tree was incredibly lop-sided and the first time the top star was adjusted, the tree fell on the unsuspecting victim. These are some of my favourite friends!

Another item on the to-do list was seedlings.

This is our potential tomato seedlings. Yup, pots of dirt. Trust me, it will get more exciting. Planting seeds is such an act of faith. It seems like the most unlikely thing to happen. Putting a grain into the dirt, pouring some water over it, and hoping. Somehow, the seeds wants to grow, it knows how to grow, and it grows. I love this small miracle.

After all our hard work, we decided a reward was in order. A picnic. And not just anywhere. Somewhere really special.

Hope your weekend was as productive as mine!

I’ve been sorting through my photos as of late, trying to find something special for a friend of mine, and I stumbled across all our Spring photos of things blooming, of fruit hanging off trees, of us eating out of our lovely garden. So my plan today was to walk with a friend, start our seedlings, and prepare bee equipment for the up and coming bees. And it has begun SNOWING!

I just want you to know that I am very displeased at Mother Nature for this. I understand the ebbs and flows of a woman’s cycle and how her moods can change in an instant. I liken this to the weather on Pender, but seriously! Our daffodils are shivering! Our crocuses and snow-drops are arguing in their beds about foot room, our chives need a serious hair-cut and they are head-banging with the best of the herbs. And the snow is dry enough to be puffs of styrofoam and it continues to fall! The nerve!

Yes, isn’t this flower pretty? This is what is blooming right now. Now imagine it encrusted in snow! No, I am not going out there to take a picture of it! It’s cold! Even the cats are huddled inside, near the wood stove.

Anyone else want to sign a petition of let Mother Nature know that she’s not allowed to ruin our precious weekends with her foul moods? Now she has my foul mood to contend with!

I have a friend expecting their very first baby. So I knitted a little vest. It is a new pattern to me that I got from Soule Mama’s blog. I just have to attach the buttons and then it will be shipped off in the mail. My friend is due any day so it’s all very exciting!

A reason that I love knitting is how portable it becomes. I can remember where I was when I was knitting this, and past projects. This little vest has been knit in my living room, in my comfortable bed, knitted to “A Serious Man” (movie) and “An Education.” It has been knitted while listening to Johnny Cash, Tragically Hip, Wailin’ Jennys, and a lot of Alabama 3, a hint of Tommy Emmanuel and Ashley McIsaac. It has already travelled to a Farmer’s institute meeting, to Victoria at a birthday dinner, to work and back to ease the boredom if the power cuts out.

The whole time I’ve been knitting this one, I want it to fit me. I want to climb into this soft wool, and parade around in a new little vest. I am small, but I am not this small.

Made anything fun lately?

Someone emailed me this recently. This is a photo taken in Burma, the bottles on the tables are filled with honey!

See the ducks hanging by the ankles? So strange but I love the differences in culture.

Think I could sell my honey in recycled salvaged glass bottles?

How do you buy your honey?

Happy Birthday Blog!

I’ve seen other blogs take the first line from the first post of the month and highlight it in an anniversary post. I just compiled a list like this but unfortunately I do not find it very interesting. I think I may have to improve my first lines… Or perhaps I should have tried the last line of each entry.

Here it is anyhow for your reading pleasure.

March 2009: Welcome, dear reader, to my simple life.

April: Ben Franklin said that the only things certain in life were death and taxes.

May: What makes us neighbours? A person who lives near another?

June: The Giant Pumpkin seeds from Laura-Jane have sprouted.

July: We are getting ready to go on holidays and what do I spend my time doing? Plucking my eyebrows.

August: I went for a girl’s weekend this weekend.

September: So, we bought a boat.

October: There is a flock of sheep on this farm we are caretaking.

November: My Grandpa is 86 and learning how to make soup from scratch.

December: On the First day of Advent, My true love gave to me, Double Pointed Knitting Needles!!!!

January: I know that after New Years I’m always trying to figure out how to properly use our Champagne splurge left-overs.

February: I am pleased to report that I checked on my last hive yesterday, the one that is far afield, and it is doing well.

March 2010: Just thought I’d share moments from my good day with you.

So, after blogging for a year, and skimming through some of my past articles, perhaps there is a little more material on the ever-expanding internet about beekeeping, about baking, about failed sewing attempts, and about attempting a more rural life. And maybe that’s enough. Maybe there doesn’t need to be more. What do you think readers? Is a  year enough? Is there more to be told?

Should I change my focus?

I’d love to have whatever feedback you would like to give.

Thanks ahead of time as I consider what direction I should take this blog or if I shall leave it at full-stop.