grown-up things – Marie at 1 Write Way

Hello, everyone! Spring has arrived here in north Florida, a real feast for the eyes this year. We credit a few long, soaking rains for the abundance of color.

Close-up of a variegated pink azalea bloom.

Fat carpenter bee sucking nectar from a dark pink azalea flower.

All together: magenta, pink, red, and white azalea flowers along our front yard.

Elsewhere in our gardens …

Bulbine with small yellow flowers and a bunch of buds.

Woodland pholx: a bushy plant with purple violet-like flowers.

Blue-eyed grass (grass with delicate blue flowers).

Pink sorrel, a type of groundcover with pink, violet-like flowers. Grows wild.

Columbine, a delicate plant with red flowers that hang like upside down tulips with yellow fronds.

Close-up of a native pink azalea, petals not yet fully open.

A bromeliad plant with several red and yellow buds poking upward.

A red buckeye bush (or tree, I hope) with small red flowers on top.

While color is bursting out all over in my little corner of the world, I’ve been busying myself with writing (more or less) and various handcrafts. I’ve knitted two pair of socks. One pair (not shown) is mostly purple. The pair below was not intended to be “mismatched.” I apparently drew from the wrong end of the yarn for one, but I really like how these turned out. I might do this kind of mistake on purpose next time.

A pair of feet clad in striped socks, colors ranging from yellow to green to red to purple.

I also sewed the bag in this photo, finally finding something to do with the fabric remnant I bought years ago. It’s called a 4-corner bag (designed by Cocoknits) and was super easy to make. I have a fetish for bags and am enjoying this one so much I might make more.

A bag made of light denim fabric with a muted flower pattern and leather straps.

Finally, we’ve done a grownup thing and bought new living room furniture. The cushions and springs of our old furniture were fairly shot after 15 years of wear and the upholstery fairly destroyed after 15 years of tear by our cats. Note: Do not buy tapestry-like upholstered furniture if you have cats.

A brown leather loveseat and a brown leather sofa in a living room with bare wood floor. — View of a brown leather loveseat and a brown leather sofa in our living room.

Raji and Wendy were quite put out by the loss of their beloved oversized scratching posts. We eased their adjustment by installing window perches behind the loveseat. We also covered the loveseat with a little-used comforter to protect it from the sun and make it more comfortable for our cats should they desire to stretch out.

Raji (ginger cat) and Wendy (Tortieco) on their windowsill perches.

No one can say that we don’t try to do right by our kitties.

I hope all is well out there among my far-flung online community. My writing is going well enough for me. My writing course is taking a break (as scheduled) until April 1 when we’ll start Session Two with new prompts among other goodies. Life is going well for us.

We did the other grown-up thing with updating our Wills, Living Wills, and Durable Powers of Attorney for Health Care. If I learned anything in the last couple of years, it’s that you don’t want to leave your loved ones guessing.

Marie at 1 Write Way

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Spring Has Sprung!

Tag: grown-up things

Spring Has Sprung!

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