Daffodils and Rain induced Rooftop Trills!

Almost a month since the last post. Oh well the wagon with the band on it has to go a little faster than all of us from time to time and we're bound to fall off when that happens you know?

  Starting farming work this week. Knitting, reading, planning, getting sick, getting better...

    I've been learning to sew, the crafting projects that are possible at this point in my life are a little daunting, knowing that I'm mystically attracted to every single crafting discipline that there is. Maybe it's not so mystical actually and it really makes perfect sense, once shown all the techniques and tricks of different crafts how could you not want to know how to do everything?

   Here is the Etsy find for the day. Or really the hour, as the Etsy addiction is just about as bad as the crafting itself, except that you get more instant gratification from looking at what someone else has made without having to go and make something yourself, you can still look at something beautiful and inspirational. 

Pink Slips and Lady lips

Though the voting is now over, and I realized much too late that I could partcipate, Etsy hosted a vote on "The Loviliest Ladies Item" This beautiful sunset colored slipdress by Muir Hughs would have been my pick.  Though the winners ring is beautiful, I am not one for the shiny jewelry. 

   Whenever gift giving holidays roll around I am always thinking of the next craft project. I've got a few up my sleeve for this coming Saturday's Valentines day.

    Read a Brief history of Valentines day, a few different perspectives on this ancient practice of exchanging gifts of love. Maybe I am a bit premature in my valentines post, but I can't help thinking about it. Being someone interested in agriculture I like this take on the day...

While some believe that Valentine's Day is celebrated in the middle of February to commemorate the anniversary of Valentine's death or burial — which probably occurred around 270 A.D — others claim that the Christian church may have decided to celebrate Valentine's feast day in the middle of February in an effort to 'christianize' celebrations of the pagan Lupercalia festival. In ancient Rome, February was the official beginning of spring and was considered a time for purification. Houses were ritually cleansed by sweeping them out and then sprinkling salt and a type of wheat called spelt throughout their interiors. Lupercalia, which began at the ides of February, February 15, was a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, as well as to the Roman founders Romulus and Remus.