Monday Morning Mirth  

I thought the first harbingers of SPRING were always the lovely Robins and their cohorts, the DandyLions! Yesterday, as I was enjoying my cuppa, one of these was actually outside my living room window behind me, bumping the glass, trying to get in and tell me something…

I kept hearing a soft thump, then thump. I finally got up to see what could be so persistent and VOILA! I came face-to-face with Robin Redbreast! Here he is still waiting. (Still outside.)

Mr. Robin said: “Here’s the sure sign of Spring – they’re Everywhere!”
[warning: explicit language at start…]

extra points for using my favorite Bon Jovi song…

The Backstory: I really appreciated the camera work in this video. A few weeks ago, I had to shoot a boarder demo down at McCormick Place Convention Center. The producers had built a huge wood mockup of a street scene, complete with ramps, steps & rails. I shot alot of it very low, to get the jumping action from a cool angle and capture the speed. When I finally stood up to shoot an interview with a 14 y.o. superstar (he was incredible) I had my back to the stairs. Another boarder jumped then lost control of his ride at the foot of the stairs. Even though there was a bit of distance between us, the careening board smashed into my ankle at full force.

I almost passed out.

This is why I sort of appreciate the profanity at the start of this tape – whatcha gonna do when they come for you – the pain was just incredible. But I’m a winner not a whiner and finished my assignment (whatta dumba**) even though I about bit my tongue in two. The kid we interviewed grabbed my hand at the end of the shoot, and said, “Dude. You rock.” HE appreciated my white knuckle move.

Over the next few days, my entire ankle turned black, through and through.

It is still a little yellow, though not as bright as the springtime Dandelions.

get back here!

My favorite fan has agreed to be a token hand model to beckon Spring back to Chicago. Upon its grill, it wears New Projects — sure to entice and please the delinquent Sun!

We’ve had two nights of rain — one huge and invasive — so much so, three of my east facing windows leaked all over the place. The winds were so strong, they forced the rain through the small spaces where caulking had seperated from settlement and age. This of course, should’ve been been anticipated.

My neighbors and I had just found (a miracle) a contracter and set up a day (so lucky) to have all the windows in the building re-caulked. It had been dry and warm for over a week and it just seemed like we were going to put one over on Mother.

Well.

We all know how that goes. Just wash your car and see! Everyone knows not to tempt HRH, especially at this time of year.

So I’m taking a different approach, (now that plan A is hosed/postponed until next week after our windows have, fingers crossed, a chance to dry out), and offering Her a couple of new warm weather projects.

Number One:

I found this KAL via Knitorious, hosted by Kat with a K!

I love the rules/norules: “2. You have two options for that UFO: a. Work on it. You don’t have to finish it that month, if it’s something big, but it must be added into your rotation of “active” projects. A token row or two does not count. ;-)
b. Frog it. If you don’t want to work on it anymore, rip it out and move on.

Well, I’m kindof combining a & b and Frogging and Re-starting and working on it :)

The Kelly green on top is a CeCe, made from ggh “Bali” that I started and abandoned last year. I grew weary of the sleeves (yes, again with the sleeves) knit-in-the-round and have frogged. Now, I am knitting them flat and will update that process in a later post once it is more photo-worthy (and maybe when the Sun comes back out and i can actually take pictures!)

Number Two:

The greyish-aqua needle on the bottom holds a brand new project. I splurged and went virtual shopping in Canada at Knit’n’Tyme. I am making a shrug, from a Phildar Printemps 07 TenDANces pattern, using some stashed Plassard yarn I got on vacation in Atlanta a couple of years ago…