Spring has most definitely sprung here in Northeast Florida.    The azaleas are not as pretty as they could be in my area, they were in mid-bloom when the last freeze hit.  The dogwoods are looking pretty nice, unfortunately my photography isn’t as nice.  

The Pileated woodpeckers seem to have found a place to pound out their frustrations.   

Down here in the South we have what most refer to as “the yellow” pollen.  It coats everything, even counter tops if you enjoy having the windows open.  It comes from these Longleaf pines.   I never actually realized that pine trees blossom, until I moved into a house that put me closer to their height. 

I was able to live up to my handle yesterday and knit a little outside.  I’m working on a pair of Lacy Mock Cable Socks that originated from a recent post I read when tag surfing “knitting” on wordpress.   The previous writer (please let me know who you are so I can give credit) was correct in that this is a very easy 5 row pattern to memorize.  I chose Interlacements Toasty Toes in the Renaissance colorway and a set of size 2, 6″ INOX DPN’s.  This pattern really makes the colors pop!  It’s always interesting to see which color will be the passover stitch.

While out and about I took a couple of shots of my pets.  Paulie (named after Paul O’Neal of the Yankees) is the only dog I’ve ever known that will sneeze on command.  She learned a while back that if she sneezes we say bless you.  Then we reversed it by teaching her that if we say bless you to sneeze and she’ll be rewarded.  If she’s all sneezed out, she will let out a little bark with a violent head shake…trying to fake us out.  Just another oddity at the Trawick household. 

Dennis, named after the hurricane from last year, keeps me giggling.  I do believe he’s smiling at me in this picture.  He has made a path from the riverbed to the bench where I feed him and it’s a hoot to see him waddle up that steep incline.