The amazing thing is that it snowed days ago, but we have had little wind, so many of the trees are still covered.  The trees down in the Christmas tree farm look like pretend trees caked with frosting.  Sweet!

I do have a few pictures from the storm day.

(Actually, I think this picture was from an earlier storm as you can still see grass poking up...But I think it's a lovely winter picture!)

(See...new storm picture, not a spec of grass poking through that snow!)

Many hands make light work.

We are at four finch chicks now.  That's all for this clutch of eggs.  They are so homely!  I mean, really very ugly.  I can't see them very well as they are tucking in their nest. I'd love to fish one out, but I am not going to disturb them.

I am on the hunt for my size 5 Denise's.  I am stumbling across UFO's in the process.  I guess I ought to get some of those projects done this year!!!!

We now have baby #3.

It is hard to get a good picture of them tucked in their nest.  Just trust me that the fluff in the picture below is baby finches.

And now there are two!!!!

So, do you know what today is? Today is the fourteenth day since my finch laid her first egg.  I have been patiently waiting and hoping that maybe instead of another day of the nest looking like this:

that maybe, just maybe there would be a baby finch to greet me.

So, I came home from work and ran right up stairs to peek on my birds.

Do you know what I found?

A little gray wiggling ball of fluff.  Squee!!!!

I say that 2010 is off to a good start!!!!!

Does anyone know? Is there a 2010 Knitting Olympics to go with the winter games?

It sure did snow around here.  Town and South Town got 33"!!!!   We only got about 20". Oh well, there'll be other storms.   I do have pictures on the camera to download, but I just haven't gotten them off yet.

I am cranking away on the purple 5hbs toddler sized. Really, I only have two rows to do and then the cast off. 

This was the yarn I used.

I will say, I was somewhat distracted while knitting it yesterday and missed the K3 garter edging a few times on the button band.  At least it will be covered by the buttons (Oh, be sure! I will be placing buttons carefully to conceal those spots!) and then when buttoned, it will be under the button hole band and not show at all. 

I sized up my needles to 10 1/2s and am using chunky weight yarn to make it toddler sized.  I think it is going to fit the little girlie just right. 

K...I gotta run and figure out what we are having for supper.

I'm so excited!!! Not just by this huge snowstorm that has given us tons and tons of snow and is still going......

Winter Storm Warning in effect until 7 am EST Monday...
	Today Snow. Areas of blowing snow. Total snow accumulation of 1 to 2 feet. Highs in the mid 20s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph...diminishing to around 10 mph this afternoon. Chance of snow 90 percent. » ZIP Code Detail
	Tonight Cloudy. Snow likely...mainly until midnight. Additional snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches. Lows around 16. Northwest winds around 10 mph. Chance of snow 60 percent.

But, remember last week when I said how much I love PostSecret?  Just a couple of days ago, I said to dh that if Frank Warren ever brought the PostSecret tour somewhere on the East Coast that I am going!!! So, this morning, I checked the 2010 tour list to find that there are PostSecret events nearer than I had hoped!  None are in Vermont....but there was one in MA and one in NH.

So..............I whipped out my credit card, bought tickets, made hotel reservations and dh and I will be going to the PostSecret event on February 12th in Derry, NH.  Squee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am sooooo happy!!!!

Description

PostSecret fans---experience PostSecret Live as Frank reveals the postcards that were banned from his books and the extraordinary stories behind some of the most provocative secrets. At the end of the show, become part of the PostSecret community as Frank invites audience members to share their secrets.

 

From the HarperCollins website:

 

Biography

Frank Warren is a small-business owner who started PostSecret.com as a community art project. Since November 2004, Warren has received more than 150,000 anonymous postcards. The website won two Webby Awards in 2006 and this year was named Weblog of the Year at the Seventh Annual Weblog Awards. The PostSecret project also received a special award from the National Mental Health Association for raising awareness and funds for suicide prevention. Warren lives in Germantown, Maryland, with his wife and daughter.

 

Photo courtesy of the author

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have two of his books and I highly recommend that you find one and thumb through it.

 

I'm going to PostSecret!  All I can say is squee, squee, squee!!!!!!! 

Happy New Year to us!!!!

Winter Storm Warning in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to
7 am EST Monday...

The National Weather Service in Burlington has issued a Winter
Storm Warning for heavy snow across northern New York and northern
and central Vermont... which is in effect from 1 PM this afternoon
to 7 am EST Monday. The Winter Storm Watch is no longer in effect.

* Snowfall totals by Monday morning will generally be in the 8 to
14 inch range... but 12 to 18 inches of snow is expected along
west-northwest facing slopes of the northern Green Mountains.

* Northwest winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph will create
areas of blowing and drifting snow and reduced visibilities.

* Steady snow will develop this afternoon and become heavy at times
tonight through Sunday afternoon. Snow will become more focused
in northern areas and Western Mountain slope communities late
Sunday into early Monday.

I always love a good storm.