I had to be downtown first crack Saturday morning to do a presentation at a provincial conference about our Senior Peer Support Program. Not the way I LIKE to start my Saturdays, but it's always worthwhile getting out and promoting this valuable program. I was rewarded with a new pen and pencil set for my efforts.
One can never have too many pen and pencil sets. At least, I can't! Once that task was out of the way, I treated myself to coffee and a homemade cinnamon bun, then set off with camera in hand looking for signs of SPRING.
There were plenty of swelling buds on various bushes, and even a few tentative green leaves wherever the bushes were protected by buildings, but not much in the way of spring blooms. I even checked out my favourite little rockery garden (in front of the All Nations Pentecostal Church) ...
... and all I could find was this one lonely and shivering little Winter pansy ...
However, THESE were quite abundant ...
I'm thinking dandelions are kind of like cockroaches ... humanity will be destroyed and long gone but dandelions and cockroaches will still be thriving!
Did your gramma make you eat Dandelion greens in the spring? Mine did. It was supposed to be a tonic for the blood.
Since my search for photographic evidence of Spring didn't prove too fruitful, I headed off to the grocery store to replenish some important staples. Along the way, I noticed this very colourful tree ...
... and this sign under the tree ...
Well! Handbags, jewelry and scarves in a delightful little shop that also sells flowers and chocolates? Naturally, that had to be explored further! Explore I did, and with appropriate restraint. I only bought this ...
... and this ...
... for myself! Do you wear beads and scarves? My "work" clothes are pretty boring ... usually just plain teeshirts or blouses with plain skirts ... and I've taken to throwing on a necklace or a scarf to brighten things up. (And sometimes to hide the stain on the front of my shirt ...)
Sunday didn't require rushing downtown, so I indulged in my absolute most favourite Sunday morning breakfast ...
... your good old-fashioned English fry up! Bacon, sausage, grilled tomatoes and mushrooms, beans and eggs. Good for the arteries (not), but I love this now and then. No, that's not wine on the right ... it's blueberry juice.
After breakfast, I did a little knitting ...
... one sleeve finished, and ...
... button-hole band finished, and ...
... second sleeve underway. Miss Boots checked over my collection of circular knitting needles ...
... obviously contemplating starting her OWN knitting project, but changed her mind in favour of a wee lie-down on my loom bench ...
(that's a piece of "girly/pink" fabric drying across the loom behind her ... potential quilting material.) Boots found this spot very comfy ...
... and very relaxing ...
... and soon settled in for a nice Sunday nap.
The human on the sofa did likewise.
And how was YOUR weekend?
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