Potential

I love mornings... =0) The start to a new day is filled with so much potential. I have the day off from work today and I find myself making lists and thinking about all of the things I'd like to accomplish. So far...not much. I did get a section finished knitting on a shawl I'm working on. I'm making it out of some lovely pink cashmere yarn that I recycled from a sweater I found at the Goodwill store. It's super soft and I just love it!

I wish it was warmer out...My heart wants to dig in the soil and get our garden ready for planting. Peas and lettuces will come soon...but I am anxious for tasty tomatoes and cucumbers, yummy strawberries and hopefully some blueberries this year. We planted a couple variety of blueberry bushes last spring. I'd love to plant squash and zucchini and probably will...but will have to take them out early as we were infested with squash beetles last year and can't put poisons on them or else the chickens might get into it. So short of manually picking each one off, digging them up early is preferred. Some squash and zucchini is better than none! I am excited to do some more canning and pickling this summer. We're almost out of the applesauce we made last fall. Oh sooo yummy....our applesauce tastes like apple pie filling! It's awesome! Soon we'll tap our maples in the yard and sugaring will commence! I think we might have one small jar left of last springs syrup. That is a busy and sticky time! Last spring was the first time we attempted to make maple syrup. There were days that if we didn't pour off the syrup at least twice the buckets would spill over. Crazy.  

Anyhoo...I guess I have to wait on all of this. I am reminded of Ecclesiastes - To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven...True words. =0)

Unsure what the rest of the day will bring, but the sun is shining and it is a lovely day! (cold...but lovely! lol) I think I'll work next on making up a new batch of laundry soap. =0)