I tried a new hat pattern! (Although I admit to still loving the bulkiness of the star-crossed slouchy beret.) And I actually finished it a week ago. The pattern, Tortora, is available for free on knitty and there are more photos of this headwarmer on ravelry.

There were some funky patterns in the snow after the freezing rain and the melting. More on flickr.

A family event brought us to Church of the Holy Trinity (Toronto ON).

The wind blew tonight but the ice wasn’t knocked out of the trees. The stars could still be seen with a crescent moon above. The lights of Codrington are bright to the north.

It rained last night and this morning, sticking to the trees. While I was out photographing them, I saw branches fall from trees under the weight of the ice. I put lots more icey photos on flickr. I hope it warms up a bit so the trees don’t break!

We’ve had some watercolours (painted by my aunt) for years. We eventually prepared mattes and found wood to frame them. And then the items remained disassembled for another couple years.
Thanks to the great work of RB Custom Framing, the paintings are now beautifully housed. (But we still have to put them up – see, they’re still sitting on the couch – soon!)

On a slow walk down the driveway, I noticed long-fruited anemone seeds are still attached to the plant.