Spring arrived this morning

I'm very lucky to get off work at 2:00.  I make the school run and then I have
approx. 4 glorious hours  to spend a bit of time pottering along,

noticing the changes in the seasons and finding new reason to be happy. 

I try to enjoy every season for it's beauty...

but after a winter that saw SNOW and ICE and temps in the single digits and
even lower...This Alabama girl is ready for Spring.
After 4 days of grey skies, windy cold rain....
 

We woke up on this first day of Spring to this:

 

I am literally full of Spring Happiness!!

pretty flowers blooming everywhere

 

So much potential to the day

 

anticipating what is to come...

a blue sky

even the moon didn't want to go in this morning

 

A friend and I stopped for coffee in the local park before work....

we solved all the world's problems over my banana bread and

her run by Starbucks

so peaceful

even the dandelions look lovely on their green beds

so much beauty everywhere we looked...

I cant even begin to tell you how happy this day has made me!!

Red Berry Crochet 52 week challenge:
Week 3:  Celebrate Spring with Flowers

(are you kidding me? Spring and Crochet?!  I die!)

 

Spring garland:

 

A rosette with some pretty sparkly yarn:

Linking up with one of my favorite new blogs Chrissie . 

Anybody that wants a pink frig is my kind of people!!

A froggin we will go

Joining in with Tami for her Wednesday WIP and Ginny for her Yarn Along.

So, I started a scrap afghan about two years ago...

I  had forgotten all about it until I found it last weekend. 

I started working on this soon after learning to crochet and 

if you look closely you can see A.LOT. of missed stitches and mistakes. 

I mixed different weights of yarn as well which is not a good idea. 

Some squares are a lot more defined then the others. 

I  don't know what I was thinking but I don't like it. 

I have started frogging all the squares and re-using some of the colors...

 

 

Here are some of the squares now...  I like this one so much better. 

 

 

And this is for Skylar Kathryn. 

She will be joining us sometime in May.  I can't wait.

Her mom is a friend of mine who loves bright colors like me...

no pastels for this little girl.

 

Currently Reading: 

 

Philomena:

Oh my...what a story.  I don't know why I do this to myself. 

It first caught my attention when I heard Judi Dench was playing

the part of a mother searching for her son.  The book focuses more 

on the son searching for his mother.  I am only a couple of chapters in,

but I am finding it hard to put down.   

Gratitiude Sunday

 

Joining in with Taryn for Gratitude Sunday
A Sunday heartfelt tradition.  A time to reflect. To slow down. To be grateful

 

Playing outside in our bare feet.

Sitting by an open window listening to the rain. 

Spending an afternoon together, just her and I.

Spring breezes, puffy clouds, flowering shrubs and a day filled with sunshine.

A peaceful and quiet afternoon.

A friend calling out of the blue.  The hour long conversation that followed.

The best simple homemade soup.  Even better that we were able to share it with friends.

Picking out our seeds and getting them ordered.

Starting our sunflower seeds.