Just a quick update on my second Flabella sock. It seems like it's going very slowly but that's only because the first one went so quickly (due to a greater than usual proportion of knitting time). I'm about two rounds from starting the heel and have only three bobblesleft to make. Despite the way this sock is taking longer than the first one, I think my knitting speed on the pattern has picked up now that I'm only looking at the charts half the time. The leg chart feels like it is going much faster than the first time around anyway and I have a feeling that the foot will be similar.

With our spell of warm weather all sorts of critters have been out and about. These tracks were all seen on or near the path to work last week. Some I can recognize, others not. If you know who left a set of mystery tracks please leave a note in the comments so we'll know for next time.


These tracks remind me of rabbits but I think they may be from a squirrel based on some tracks near our house that lead to a known squirrel hideout. I'll have to keep a close watch on our back yard to learn for sure.


These are easy. Ptarmigan tracks are everywhere right now but I hardly ever see the birds themselves. I particularly liked this patch of tracks because it includes wing marks, though I don't know if they are from take-off or landing.


I wasn't the one who spotted these tiny tracks but once we'd found them we were able to follow them for a quite a while, crossing the path more than once and dipping into hollows in the snow.


When I took this picture I thought these tracks were the same as the other tiny ones above but looking at them now I think they are from someone else: the feet are paired differently and I'm pretty sure I can see a tail mark.

Another week in pictures. I can't believe it has been ten weeks since New Years.



I had Monday off work (to do laundry and stuff after getting home from vacation) and was able to enjoy the sun coming into my kitchen in the middle of the day.


Not only is the sun much higher in the sky this month, it is actually shedding warmth. An afternoon walk in our unseasonable (but very enjoyable) weather was required.


Water ...  on the 3rd of March.


I want to know how these shapes are being made in the snow along the path to work. There are many of them and they seem too perfect to be accidental.


Reflected tree shadows. The sun was hitting the windows of a nearby building and being reflected in shades of blue.


This was one of those days where, despite sundry opportunities, it was ten o'clock at night and I hadn't taken any pictures yet. I walked around the house with my camera. This little pile was sitting on my sewing table waiting to be put away.


We had a very lazy morning.