yes, i know i should be taking pictures

checked in on the garden this morning - the radishes and runner beans are starting to sprout!  and most of the tomato seedlings still seem OK, but all but one of the zinnias have collapsed.  and something has eaten most of the leaves on the courgettes, so i need to stop on the way home and get some netting, i guess.  wish i could see whatever it is that the cats glare at so intently at night, that's probably what is eating things.  (i guess i should explain that i have a sliding door that looks out on the patio;  the cats stare out of that - occasionally going rigid with interest, and sometimes even growling - but when i go to look, i can never see what they are all het up about.)

in other news - i got this kit in the mail monday (on information from a friend, found it on ebay at about half the price at this site - this may be deadly to me, if i start realizing how many neat knitting things i can get on ebay) - anyway, i've already started it, despite having another sweater and some socks i really need to finish - just too eager to see how it is done!  and the yarn is really pretty - tweedier than you can see from the photos on the site.  (yeah, yeah....gotta take pics)

now with pictures!

these are the seedlings before they went into pots.  the really long ones (on top) are the sweet peas;  the squash are in the square pots below:


and here they are, in the pot, after whatever it was discovered them (note the stems that now end in nothing)


so stopped by home depot on the way home and got some bird netting, and a plant support to hold it up:

it was getting dark, and cold, so this is pretty hastily done - just draped the netting over the pot, and tied it with some wire wrap thing (after checking under the pot lip for snails) (and also planting a few more seeds).

some of the other things:  the runner beans

and the cherry tomatoes (looking surprisingly robust) (the white things are petals that have fallen off the climbing rose overhead):

and the zinnia, looking considerably less than robust (there were originally 3 potlets, each with 3 seedlings, in here):


as you can see, there are still pots waiting for me to put things in.

oh - and that little stunt i pulled? the one where i came home like i always come home, like i was in for the evening, and the cats followed me in, on account of i have been fussing at them for not coming right in when i come home and so they came right in because they are Such Good Cats, and then I WENT OUTSIDE AND LEFT THEM SHUT UP IN 
THE HOUSE AND FOOLED AROUND RIGHT IN 
FRONT OF THEM AND ALSO OUTSIDE??? 


that one has been officially ruled Not. Funny.

(actually, it wasn't at all intentional, i figured they would stay outside as usual, but i wasn't going to pass up the opportunity to get them in.  not that that helps me _now_, he's still scratching at the window and whining.)

 

also knitting pictures.

so here's the start of my mermaid jacket (with the colors of yarn):


the turquoise (center) is the main color;  the green will be stripes and the blue edgings and gussets.  it's knit in garter stitch, side to side, starting from an i-cord.  and it's going to take a while - it's 2-ply shetland, knit on size 3 needles (which are actually slightly larger than i should be using, they are 3.25 mm needles and the pattern calls for 3.0).  here's a hand for scale:


that's 14 rows, plus the i-cord.

ok, better get back to work!