friday: spring is coming

i woke this morning to warm sunshine streaming in through the windows.

well, i often have sunshine coming in through these south facing windows . . but this morning it was unusally warm! you could smell the earth in the air.

we also noticed that our amaryllis is coming back. we have a new shoot growing.

we had a very hygge (!) early morning, listening to the silver chair (part of the narnia series) and knitting. morgana finally began a sweater with yarn her friends gave her a year or so ago. it's a DROPS design. i worked on my green liesl.

no coats today. only sweaters.

i think we all felt so free running around in just our sweaters.

the park was a far cry from this day.

but there were still some remnants of the winter snow . . icy patches to slide around on in the playground.

morgana is peeling a branch she found on the ground. we've been studying trees, and she's marveling at the young green cambium inside.

it was low tide.

i could definitely handle several more weeks of snow and ice and 10 degree days, but we did have a good cold winter. i can't complain. compared to some other winters we've had . . it was wonderfully and consistently . . icy! so i guess i was ready to breathe in the warm air and open up to the warm spring wind . . it felt odd to have a warm wind blowing . .

we went home and morgana ran off to dance class. after working in her botany book, chanda and i made dinner together.

we made fusilli with walnut sauce and broccoli sauteed with garlic.