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...