I know it's not the best view. Husband's work things scattered about, and at 6:00 in the morning, there was no sunlight to help brighten up the room. The blanket is made up of 72 squares, 4 rounds each, 19 different colors, and I joined them as I went. The 4 row border was finished with a 5th white sort of picot and fleur-de-lis ensemble.
I'm very pleased with how this little blanket turned out. I feel pretty confident that it will stay together! I was worried about this after the last blanket. I was careful when crocheting the squares, joining them, darning loose ends AND snipping those little buggers! Sounds like maybe it was a stressful make, paying that close attention to details, but it was enjoyable. One day while working on this at the window, I had a visitor.
A pretty little blue bird. It was a dreary day, and this colorful creature caught my attention. I watched him for a while as I worked, pleased to see his mate had made a home in the nesting box of a bottle tree in the garden.
Perhaps there will be some babies soon. Yesterday, I cleared out much of the area around this spot--tons of weed, winter grass, stinging nettles (some 4 feet tall!!!--I know--terrible--shouldn't let things get so jungly!) and I worried about "running" off this little family; however, as I type this up this morning, I am seeing the handsome pair flitting about. This little creature stuck around and watched my weed pulling yesterday. I even had time to go inside to grab the camera.
He was about the size of a nickle. So cute! I do love all of the seasons, what we have of them in South Texas, but I especially like when spring is looming. All of the activity: the bees, the birds, little grasshoppers. . . that resurgence of life.
Enjoy your week!
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