The other morning I was on the beach with Babygirl in the jogger. I saw a lady wearing pink pajamas walking her dog. She had put a coat on and I thought that perhaps a bathrobe would have been more suitable. It was low tide and there was a heron standing where the receding sea touched the sand. From where I stood the bird was a gray silhouette. The sea was calm and except for the calling sea gulls and the sound of eagles wings it was quiet. The eagle flew by off to my left going intently somewhere. Was it late for an appointment? It never left any feathers behind and I wondered do they lose there molting feathers while in flight or while preening? I was looking for sea glass. I have lots of clear, brown, and different shades of blues and greens. When I find something that's unusually shaped or perfectly sea washed or a different color or shade than I already have I get deliriously happy.
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Socks on birds

Outside my window I watched a robin come to a skid ding stop on a bare limb. He didn't need socks. The towhee that has been coming to the feeder for a long time is gone. The last few times I saw him he was missing all the feathers on the top of his head. I should have knit him a black hat.
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I don't mind waking up at 5 am. When there's a smiling, shining baby beaming at me. But I can tell you a thing or two about fatigue. Did I mention how my naps can outlast Baby girl's? Or that pajamas are my favorite clothes? Or my favorite fantasy is sleep? A spider made a twenty foot or so line across the lane during the silent, clear night or was it at dawn? If he made it at night was it by instinct or did he spin it in the starlight? I saw the thread glistening in the early morning sunlight. How long did it take him to make? I ducked under it. Then there was the chickadee who got stuck in my suet feeder. The suet had gotten warm and sticky in the hot afternoon air. When I found him he was helplessly stuck in the suet with only his head protruding from the feeder. His companion watched as I held the feeder and slid the cake out freeing him. It didn't take long to clean himself off. Within several minutes they were back and I couldn't tell which one had been smothered in suet.
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Socks

After two attempts I have successfully modified the men's size ten pattern to fit my size 7.5 feet. To knit socks with a replaceable heel after shaping the heel~cast on the same number of stitches you would have picked up. Then you sew the slit ~ your heel stitches. The fair isle makes it super easy to tell which stitches belong to the remainder of the heel. Now I want a pair in shades of pink.
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Baby Gear I can't live without

First is my snugli and close behind it is my baby jogger.
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Socks

These socks are size ten men's. I found this pattern in a vintage booklet titled socks and vests by Beehive or book no.91. If Beehive made a sock pattern for women I have been unable to locate it. It originally retailed for 50 cents. Interestingly, that is how much I paid for it. It comes with instructions in how to knit the sock so when the heel wears out you can easily replace it. I've since started and am reworking the pattern for a women's pair in size 7.5. I won't have cold feet in bed.
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"The only zen you find on tops of mountains

is the zen you bring there." ~Robert M. Pirsig~ Will I choose to use this as my zen time or lament that I am alone? Will I find answers that will more fully center me as a human being? Am I capable of completing this reflection?
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My Baby Bouquet

Pink roses symbolize grace and elegance. Different shades carry a different significance. Pale pink is associated with gentleness and sweetness. A single rose of any color represents simplicity. I never put a garden in this spring but the roses I planted last year are thriving.
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