Fun in the sun

It is so gorgeous out today! It is definitely one of those summer-preview kind of days, sunny and warm with a bit of a breeze- it even smelled summery, though I can't explain what I mean by that. I constructed a shade tent for the dogs and they sat with me in the back yard while I knitted.

I've temporarily put the sweater on hold so I can make my mom's (long overdue) gift, which I won't explain here in case she sees it. But I will say that I am moving smoothly now that I have the text version of the cable chart! I also need to construct the planter box for her Mother's Day gift, of which she has already been informed. My seedling sprouts are far too tiny for it, but luckily plants are on sale at Fred Meyer right now. I planted some other seedlings yesterday, lettuce, spinach, chard, and bok choy- I hope they do well. I will need to put up the row-cover tonight to protect them from the continuing mini-heat wave.

We made awesome sandwiches for dinner last night- the hubby brought home nice crusty wheat ciabatta bread from a local bakery, so we pulled out a can of local (Chuck's Seafood) albacore packed in olive oil, which we mixed with chopped kalamata olives & some brine and layered with sun-dried tomatoes, fresh tomatoes, pecorino cheese, & cracked pepper & oregano, all covered in a drizzle of olive oil (hubby's had prosciutto as well). This is our version of pane cunzatu, which we had in Western Sicily; the original has anchovies rather than tuna. It's the best sandwich ever, slightly toasted to warm everything up. MMMM!


Off to get more things done in this lovely weather! Maybe I'll plant the peas....

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PS- this looks like the coolest yarn shop ever and I will make sure to go the next time I'm in Portland. Too bad I used to live 5 blocks away from there, before the store existed (also before I knew how to knit). So many fabulous places moved in to the neighborhood shortly after I moved out, it's kind of sad.