Choices

I just could not do it.  I tried but I did not have the heart to do it.  

To do what?  To work on the Geddy Tee.  

I love this top, don't get me wrong but it is in the not so merry middle.  This long stretch of teal is feeling a wee bit wearing.  Time to do something else.

I thought of the various things I could work on.  I debated pulling out socks or the Musselburgh hat I am working on.  I thought about my gorgeous Hiraeth sweater with it strong golden yellow but I landed on my Kauni sweater.  It takes me at least a day to do a section and I was ready for visible advances.

I have a ridge and a half to go on this heathered brown section but it feels as if it knits up fast.  The next section is this smoky blue grey.

The changes in this sweater keep this long middle much merrier than the long plain middle of the Geddy Tee.  

I'm not sure which project will win out today.  The Geddy would be the responsible choice but I'm not sure if I feel responsible.  I might knit it this morning and switch to something else this afternoon.  

Choices, choices, choices. So many wonderful choices!

Besides knitting

During this break from rain, magic  is happening in the world.  Everything is blooming.  

The lilacs popped to full bloom and are determined to put on their show in case it rains hard again. Our daylilies are looking a bit sad.  The wind and heavy rain did a number on them but even so, they are blooming.  There are flower fronds laying on the grass but they still bloom.  And through all of this, the peonie blossoms are just getting fatter and fatter.  I hope they wait till this next rain will be done.

And then the cherry tree.  I haven't spoken of the cherry tree.  The blossoms were all knocked off in a hard rain after only a couple days of sun and lots of busy bees.  I figured that would be the end of a bountiful harvest.  I was wrong.

I had to set the picture to extra large to see them here, but cherries?  There are plenty.  The few days for pollinators to get to the blossoms was enough to set a good bunch of fruit.  Any more and the tree would be over burdened with fruit.

Our wee potato patch though is a dud.  We planted before the rain but the cold weather and the volume of rain did not give the potatoes a chance. The patch was flooded for several days over the two biggest storms. Oh well.  Keith is debating if he should plant anything or just keep the weeds down.  

I'm voting for whatever flowers he can find or beans.  I love green beans.  I love peas more but Keith does not.  Since he is doing the planting, he gets to pick.

In the meantime, I knit, I listen to books, I read and generally keep busy.  Still no word on the flooring but Keith is hopeful that he will hear today.  And so it goes.

I took time yesterday to do a try on of my Geddy Tee.

It fits just as I hoped.