I didn’t think I had anything to say today, certainly not much knitting to share. (I have been knitting, but it’s a pretty unphotogenic gnome shape.) Then I opened today’s newsletter from Colossal and was intrigued by one of Kate’s recent articles… thought you might find it interesting, too:

Through the Work of More than 60 Artists,
‘The Golden Thread’
Traces the Rise of Textiles in Contemporary Art

Then, y’know, I had to find a photo! I have posted without a photo before (recently, even), but I am loathe to do so. I found a few, and next thing you know, it’s practically a proper post!

On Saturday, I visited a really wonderful local market that I’ve been trying to visit more… Produce With Purpose. They had a pop-up, as they often do on Saturdays, and The Traveling Sharpener was among the vendors! I packed up nine knives, which were then nice & sharp for slicing up the morels & asparagus we found while we waited. (Not shown, the honey, cheeses, tomatoes, peas, gorgonzola & fig ravioli that we also found.) (The beer is new to me, not from PWP, but photogenic… and good!)

We (and by “we” I mean Kate… she’s been doing ALL the cooking lately and I’ll be forced to step up soon) made Pasta With Morels, Peas and Parmesan (a Bittman recipe in NYT Cooking and, if you know Bittman, it’s those things plus salt, pepper & butter… pretty simple).

Like many of you, we’ve been busy outside! There’s the rough start to a big re-do on the west side… the house next store sold recently & it seemed like a good time to plant the hedge. They are Taylor Junipers that’ll grow up narrow & tall. A bunch of other stuff will get trimmed back/tamed, some things removed, others added… a path, an arbor… other plants. The photo on the left shows our actual property line (the yellow string)… we inch over frequently and if anyone over there ever decides to build a fence, we’d feel the pinch the way things are right now. No timeline.

What’s keeping you busy?

It’s just the place to be right now…

I’m so hoping that ant is checking out a bud on my oak leaf hydrangea — is this the year? Alliums are getting ready to burst open! The fiddlehead ferns are growing like weeds (which is how I often tend to think of them)… but we are going to be (safely) enjoying some of the shoots in a leek, asparagus & fiddlehead fern quiche tonight — every bit of it locally grown (including eggs from Ali’s brood). Pan is in the garden! Stored (light-starved) plants are out of the basement!

As I was trying to capture the photo above the other night, Dash (neighbor cat) walked by and bumped my arm…

…and I hit the button that turns the camera around while simultaneously taking a photo! Well, hi there!!

It should be a fairly nice weekend in these parts and I’m looking forward to getting outside!! I hope you can get out there, too (if you wanna). Happy Weekend!