allergy activity

Spring is popping out all over. Our resident bunny entertains me with afternoon grass snacking visits to the lawn, positioned just so I can take blurry photos out of my office window. I love our bunny visits and appreciate her wisdom in staying in our side yard, where the dogs can't reach her!

Harry and Sally pursue garter snake hunts with a vengeance. Apparently dead snake tug of war is the newest game. (GROSS!) I'll spare you a photo of that one.

Along with the flowers, (daffodils, hyacinths, tulips, and some weird yellow flower whose name we can't remember) we are also blessed with spring's other excitements: tree pollen allergies, and Passover preparations. The professor is completely stuffy, drugged up and out of commission right now, although he did do the requisite lawn mowing while I chopped down weeds. We live in Kentucky, the bluegrass state--lawn mowing isn't optional here for 8 months of the year.

Passover is coming. While we were in Miami visiting cousins, we bought most of our K for P (Kosher for Passover) foods and carried them home in an extra suitcase, since we can't get alot here unless we drive to Nashville. I've already starting cleaning and cooking. We'll have a small seder the first night, April 2nd, with some curious friends since we just aren't able to manage travelling to a relative's house this year. The second night, we might go to a community seder in Nashville, 70 miles away.

Although I love to cook, Passover isn't my favorite holiday. It's a lot of work--spring cleaning and cooking is mandatory for this one. Since I was getting grouchy, the professor sent me off yesterday to a fiber forum in Tennessee. He and the dogs hung out at home, planted potatoes and peas in the garden, and sniffled.

I drove 200 miles to go to the forum, and when I got there, I was underwhelmed. It was a gorgeous day at a beautiful state park, but there were no signs to publicize the event. I wandered around in my car until I found it. There was only one room of vendors and activities open to the public...and aside from the friendly face of a vendor I know, no one seemed terribly social! (Well, I bumped into Charlene Schurch, author of several knitting books, in the bathroom, but she was in the middle of teaching, so our conversation was brief. The bathroom, by the way, was the cleanest public facility I have ever seen!)
I bought lunch at the state park, soaked up the views, and drove back home. It was perhaps a waste of gas, since I missed being able to sign up for classes. I'm learning some of what makes a successful event: publicity, signage, critical mass, and friendliness, to start.

One last note: You may have noticed my new map on the righthand sidebar. Peggy had one, so I stole the idea from her...thanks, Peggy! I've had 160 visits to the blog since Wednesday, the 21st. Wow! Yet...only two comments? Leave a note! Drop by and say hey! What do you think about small fiber events? Tree pollen? Garter Snakes? Spring Holidays?