In the beginning

In the beginning, there were leaves.

In the middle, there were weeds.

Why, oh why, do weeds grow so fast? (I must admit, though, that many so-called weeds are lovely and actually should be given the grace of being called wildflowers.) Dandelions are hard to pick though, with their short stems. But how many Moms have delighted in receiving a bouquet of these almost-impossible-to-put-in-a-vase flowers from a beaming child with grubby hands!?! These harbingers of spring and a long season of mowing the grass are offset by their polka-dot beading of the grass...be it a brown or green background!

(Later on, those dandelions will bring back the joy of blowing on the seed heads and watching them dance in the breeze. No pictures of that, yet...)

Finally, there is the first daffodils of spring..and the prayer that their early arrival will not be marred by a late frost.

There's another completed acrylic hat, too!

I'll be making many more of this pattern in as many various color combinations as my "partial-ball" stash dictates!