tuesday of joy (which totally gets confused with SPRING FEVER!)

I don’t embroider, but I do like the word, and I DO love the idea of sitting quietly with my hooped fabric and pushing and pulling a needle back and forth. My mother cross-stitched. I think it’s a strange little hobby with all those x’s of floss. I love love love the thread boxes though --- those little cards which with those slotted notches to hold onto the loose ends. (it's not my photo, it's skitzo leezra's)

I also really REALLY adore Angela’s wedding dress from one of my new favorite shows Bones. The hood? I mean c’mon! It’s GENIUS!


Finally, just to get you all salivating with spring fever, here’s my list thus far of this year’s magical garden: deep purple tulips, columbine, peonies (some mystery color that B freecycled for me last year, and a white one!), poppies of all persuasion, cosmos, lupine, hollyhock, hydrangea, Japanese irises, some super exciting dark red dahlias, feverfew, deep orange canna lilies, amazing ranunculus, bee balm, scarlet flax, echinacea, heliotrope, and some whimsical sweet pea.
Artichoke, Anaheim peppers, giant pepper for chile rellenos, corn, carrots, peas, pole beans, catnip, broccoli, acorn squash, pumpkins, cucumbers…

I think I’m going to get snapdragons too, that’s right! I like them a lot, okay? Jeeesh! A new begonia if my gorgeous one from last year is gone, and a tomato plant. Some herbs would be nice – just thyme, basil, mint, and rosemary.

I suppose that sounds like a lot, right? You’d think I had acres and acres, but really it’s just some patches in a very small front and back yard. Needless to say, I am way into this. Imagining all the gorgeous flowers, daydreaming about what will come up from last year… The hope of anew is infectious! Spring Fever babyyyy!