hand eye crafts

We'll start with Cute.   I told him to smile:   He went full pose. There's no reason for you to remember this, but some time ago there was a question about my big IKEA lion, Henrik.  I've decided to take him wherever I go.  I mean, look at his paws: Plus, he looks good in the Steelers hat. He seems displeased with either 1) wearing a hat, which covers his luxurious mane, or 2) it being a Steelers hat.  What can you do? Yesterday was Plant Day.  Several of the plants have new shoots, new leaves*, whatever the particular species does to reproduce.  That's all wonderful, and I'm proud, but now lots of bigger pots must be purchased.  Save a parking space for me, Lowe's. *  

 Taking Tap out this morning, he noticed, and tried to play with, a spider at the door.  Very Buddhist of me, I picked it up with a baby wipe and took it outside with us.  Back inside, I Googled and found it was probably a grass spider.  Also on the picture identification chart, though, was Come on --- how cute is that?  Even the little head tilt!  This is a jumping spider, and jumping spiders are kind of amazing.  Look them up.  They can have blue and green eyes, not just black. They're polite.  They will wave hello.  They will raise their hand if they have a question. They can be curious.  Or maybe a little scared. But mainly they can jump. Like 50 times the length of their bodies.  With what have been described as "hydraulic" legs.  Amazing.

 Was your guess of which of Miss Kim's vegetable seeds would sprout first. . . cabbage? If so you win! Look at those adorable little leaves.  There's no movement, no sign of movement in any of the other little pots.  I'm so excited about these little guys.  Nothing may ever come of them, but they are making me happy today.   

Equine Alley has grown to the point that new prints have to switch out with currently framed ones.  Today, I tried to move one out and one in, and I could not imagine how I got the backing board in the frame.  It was in so tight that, once I managed to get a couple of fingers under it, it snapped back and caught my left middle and ring fingers underneath. I got the middle finger out first, but the ring one would not move.  I actually screamed, "I can't get it out!"   Rushing through my head was, "Am I gonna have to break this whole frame?" when my finger slid out.  I put it in ice immediately, which stung where the finger was caught.  Fortunately, that seems to have pre-cancelled a bruise. You can see the red marks,though, on both nails, and possible bruiselines on the other side. We'll see where we are in the morning.  The ring finger is throbbing even now.

The headaches continue.  The doctor's advice was to halve the dose.  Some of these little pills are so small, its hard to get them in my pill cutter. Cast on for a pair of socks this afternoon, with Stroll Tweed in Dill Heather. They won't be anything special, but another little step toward fully comfortable knitting. My "Miss Kim" lilac is finally in the ground.  There were mix-ups (I received a hydrangea), lost shipments, but the lilac arrived.  Quite a bit worse for wear, but with some bright green leaves in with the crunchy, dead, brown ones.  Still, I hope, and we shall see.  Fingers crossed for this  

This is my little sewing kit. I'm not sure I'll use those flourescent threads very often, but it's cool that it's included.  Anyway, I needed to cinch something today, and instead of using one of my "regular" needle keepers, I decided to use the ones in the kit. Guys, the needles in this kit?  So tiny I could not get a photo of their eyes.  Seriously.  To drive home the message even more, these should have been the needles Jesus* had in mind: I've got a headache today.  Not news for me, I realize, but I started a new medication Wednesday, and have had a headache each day since.  As much as I hate to call a doctor's office on a Monday, I think I'd better tomorrow. Happy Birthday to Wear some boots today in Sam's honor. *Adult Jesus.  Not great hair/stand up in swaddle Baby Jesus.