Enough with winter.

This has been the view out my bedroom window for months now.  But it rained last night, and I think maybe spring is around the corner.

Inside, I have tried to keep it bright and colorful in spite of what's going on outside.

I have a stack of yardage woven, on the shelf waiting for me to get inspired 

to sew.

I used to make a lot of möbius shawls, but I'm trying to push myself 

out of my comfort zone,  so in addition to some Naya cloaks, I want to make 

some version of these two patterns that I have collected.

What do you think????  All suggestions considered.

About a year and a half ago, I got this tiny slip of an aloe plant in a 

sandwich bag, and look what it has grown into.  It has become quite the showstopper.

I have amazing light in my house......the front of the house is all windows, and up and 

down on a sunny day, it's blinding.

The studio gets sun all day long with windows on two sides, east and south.

It's the warmest part of this old house.

This is the upstairs hall, and that is my Sea Onion......a plant I have had for probably 40 years.  I have split it more times than I can count, and gifted its babies.  It gets tiny white flowers when it's very happy.  It needs to go in a window where you don't mind it taking over, because it does.

This past winter I decided to get rid of this old sink in the studio.  It's been very handy, especially to rinse dye in, but the door is just to the left of this picture, and I can not tell you how many times I have run into the corner of that countertop.

So I moved my serger to the other side of the room.

Then I bought this lovely little laundry room sink at Lowe's.  It's perfect in the spot, 

and now the door is easy to open and close without injury.  It wasn't a very costly

project, but a satisfying one.

I put the old sink and countertop on FB marketplace for free, and some nice 

gentleman snagged it right off my back porch.

Win/win.

My next home improvement project occurred in early February, when we started 

the 3 week deep freeze in northeast NY.

My dining room and kitchen are perhaps the coldest rooms in my house, facing north and northwest.  So back to Lowe's, where I bought Levolor cellular blinds for all four windows.

Every night I have been faithfully pulling them down, along with the ones I already have

in the living room.  I really think it has helped.  I probably should have done it long ago.

If spring every really does arrive, my outside project for this year is getting the front of the house scraped and painted.  It really needs it and I will feel better having it done.

I will not die rich, but what sense does that make anyway?