Yesterday

was Earth Day-I planted some Marigold, Bush Bean and Rainbow Chard seeds. My spring garden has just poked along, nothing is growing very well this year except for this Red Leaf lettuce. I'm perplexed since spring is usually my best season. Ah, well. Red Leaf lettuce is a great crop and I am picking it daily. The flavor and texture is wonderful! Take a look at these paperwhites. Mine are the last to bloom in my area. My neighbor just across the street has some and they bloomed quite a while ago. Every year I begin to wonder if mine are going to bloom at all, and just when I've given up, here they come! It gives me such a thrill to see that first bloom :~) My Iris show no sign of blooming yet either and yet there are colorful blooms in nearly every yard all over the neighborhood. Micro-climates are funny that way.
Here's that new sock toe. I'm using Wendy's toe-up pattern again-I love seeing it take shape. The yarn is one strand of KnitPick's Essential and one strand of their alpaca lace weight. The name (and tag) escapes me. I'm knitting these on the size 0, 24" Harmony circs. Hope I don't break one! They seem so slender...
In other news, here's a shot of what my kitchen has become. New counter/floor. Some cabinets were removed to open up space between the cooking/prep area and the eating area. That may be my favorite change. The area that once housed my ovens now holds our microwave and some things that once lived on the counter. There is still a bit of work in the laundry area, installing baseboards/shoe molding. Then I can begin painting. Even plain off white is exciting when it signals the end of a long project!