Spring greens and New Year

 A note on why we call it Lunar New Year, not attaching it to one Asian nation

 Yesterday was cloudy and mild, so I walked. And found hairy bittercress in full swing. I took a taste sample, yes, spicy like watercress, its relative. I have to pick my share before the rabbits see it off. It's their spring tonic, too.

And beautiful lichen on fallen branches. There's a lot down

 with recent storms.

Back home, while I watched the cow-flinging episode of Northern Exposure, largely about recovering from disaster and making art, I continued with the sampler of Tunisian crochet, to see if I could remember the knit stitch. That's the top few rows there, nice texture. The first few are in simple stitch.

The cow flinging was really great, about how it's not the product, it's the creating. As Chris explains, it's not what's flung, it's the fling! Words to live by!

Happy day everyone, remember the fling, however your fling looks!