Blackbird Knitting in a Bunny's Lair by Amy Lane

So far I've jotted about red kites soaring over the house, goldfinches and robins in the garden, Toby's laughter, Amy's smile, H's hugs, the taste of a good cake, the delicious feeling of sitting in bed and knitting away a weekend morning, the quiet calm of a gently flickering candle, the glory of sunrises, the delicacy of frost, the gentle balm of music *, and the delight in deciding to finally use a much loved skein of yarn from my stash - this one has been treasured for almost 10 years and is irreplaceable as Asti of Juno fibre arts is no longer creating her beautiful yarns, so I'm enjoying some very careful pondering of what project to cast on.īut above all else there is has been one totally unexpected, unbelievable and utterly delightful moment - the return of Kit the fox!! But such moments can often get forgotten and overshadowed by everyday life, so recording them is a good way to bring them to mind when I need to feel brighter. I think that I am very lucky because it is so often the smallest of things that do lift my mood and bring me joy, and once you start to actively look for these moments you find there are actually quite a few in every day. Especially so this year, because for a little while now I have been been feeling rather down and becoming at times overwhelmed with anxiety, so as a way of trying to cope with that I've decided to start a 5 year journal and record all of the positive and beautiful things to remember from each passing day. January is often a quiet month for me and I'm grateful to be able to be able to slow right down and take everything as calmly as possible as I make my plans for the year. Hope that you're finding some small delights in your days too, J x Hopefully I'll have something ready to show you in a few weeks time. Progress is being made with the horse pattern but it's slow going at the moment as we're now in the Easter break from college so I'm not getting much time to work on it. If anyone knows the answer please do let me know. You can see in the second picture of her that part of her belly fur has gone, I've been trying to read up on whether it's related to her recently giving birth - maybe kind of a 'brood patch' as the cubs can't temperature regulate for the first 3 weeks of life. She's been here once or twice a week and is no longer pregnant so hopefully there are some healthy growing cubs hidden somewhere safe nearby. Being out with my camera always lifts my spirits and I hope these photos are a pleasure for you to see too. Happily Spring is now in full swing and the progression of colour throughout the countryside is providing many small delights. Toby has been going through a bad patch behaviourally and I'm feeling a little tired and depleted. Words have been eluding me a little lately.

Blackbird Knitting in a Bunny's Lair by Amy Lane