fairytale scenes

Yesterday we spent most of the morning walking around the UW campus and the University District.

It was beautiful, especially if one chose to ignore the tiny white things buzzing down from the sky and the bitter wind and focused instead on the first crocus (which I didn't get a picture of. It was very purple) and the budding branches and the tiny flowers overhead.

There was a tree completely covered in shoes in front of one of the frats.

The architecture of the campus is beautiful, very inspiring. I won't say much more yet but know that there is a dream in the works.

Yesterday I also cast on for the Cascade beret (rav link) in a cheerful yellow wool that was a birthday gift from my grandmother. There isn't much to show for it yet, but so far I really like the fabric I'm getting and I think that if I concentrate all my efforts on it for the rest of this week I might be able to get it done before finals week (next week! Eeeek!).

This morning I woke up to a winter wonderland. I grabbed my camera and a sweater and spent an hour walking in the crisp morning air.

The light was beautiful, especially immediately after the sunrise.

It's amazing how snow can give even the most mundane things a new life.

One of the things that's lovely about having seven people living in your house? There isn't any leftover soup. I'm off to make some yummy meat pies for our lunch. There's just something about a snow day which makes one yearn for comfort food...

so much has been going on...

...which isn't much of an excuse, I know. But it's true!

There have been some pretty big changes in my life this past year, and it takes some getting used to, so I'm not as on top of things as I would like to be. I'm still struggling to find that happy balance between doing enough and doing so much that I go insane, but I'm getting there... maybe?

I'm sorry to neglect this little space, I'll make it up to you somehow. Most likely by completely revamping the design and the colours and such. Honestly, sometimes I look at the current colour combinations and wonder "What on earth was I thinking?"

This is a short post, but hopefully there will be more [and more frequent!] updates coming soon. There has been a lot going on lately on the fibre-y front as well. I've been playing with texture recently, so you can expect to see that sometime soon, and there are some pretty big plans for the near-and-distant future.

This next week our house is going to be kind of crazy - relatives coming to stay - but hopefully I'll manage to steal away for a few peaceful moments. Who knows, I might even be able to update the blog!

~moongirl~