Not Much...

To show today.  I spent the morning sorting through cotton fabrics and cutting out the simpler, pleated style masks, and sewing one up as a prototype.  It looked good but was too tight on DS and too loose on DIL1--and it's not adjustable.  So now I'm rethinking that style of mask.  I think I'll sew them together but maybe put ties on instead of elastic.  Ties make it adjustable.  In the meantime I'll cut out some of the formed masks like I made before.  So what if it takes an hour to make one, what else do I have to do with my time?  I do wish I could transport all of my sewing things upstairs so I can look outside and not be cold.  It's chilly in the basement.



Late this afternoon I went out and raked the patio.  The Weber was about hubcap deep in leaves and they'd gotten rained on last week so the leaves were heavy.  I got them all raked into a pile and then out to the street.  My renter offered to have a "raking party" next weekend to help me finish the job.  I won't say no.

Look what I found when I was raking-- the rhubarb is sprouting!  Fortunately I saw the sprouts before I raked across the tender sprouts.  I'm calling those leaves "mulch."  Too bad I can't rename all of the leaves but there are too many of them and they're really stuck to the grass.  They've gotta go.




I've been watching out for a nice sunset these sunny days but it's been very low key.  I decided to take its picture anyway today.  Some days I don't really notice all of the power lines, etc. that are between me and the view.  Today wasn't one of those days.


05 April--New.

Shiny and bright,
it gleams in the spring sun.
Red, pink, green
wrinkled, crumpled
poking above the cold soil
like fingers of promise,
pies of the future.
Rhubarb sprouts!
~~~~~


My renter shared some of her Good Dog Porter with me today so I looked beer up on WW only to discover that a 4 oz. serving (my preferred size) is a mere 2 points.  That made it all the better.  Much to my surprise I'm developing a taste for the stuff.  I have very little tolerance for drink so 4 oz. is my speed, any more and I'd be under the table.  Cheap date.  

G'night.
--Barbara