Wintery Mix

Eight inches of snow on Thursday, and now a nor'easter blowing through. We're in the middle of what is euphamistically called "Wintery Mix"--sounds like a pretty candle fragrance, but it's a sloggy combo of snow, sleet, rain & ice. Luckily this one hit on a Sunday with plenty of advance warning so we can tuck in & watch.

In knitting news, I'm stalled about halfway through a clapotis scarf. Does anyone else find themselves halfway through a big project & suddenly thinking "I HATE THIS YARN! WHAT WAS I THINKING?!" Or am I not buying nice enough yarn? I have 4 skeins of a pretty dusky pink cotton classic yarn, so I need to start a baby sweater before the baby gets much bigger & I don't have enough.

Yesterday we visited a friend who has 3 American Shetland ponies, & he took us for a little ride through the snowy woods. Jingling bells & hooves crunching through snow--very buccolic, and only 1/2 mile down the road. I'm so glad to be able to offer my girls some rural experiences.