well, despite the snow last night, yes your eyes are not deceiving you, i did in fact say snow ...
and no you have not turned the pages of your calendar prematurely ...
this is indeedy april ...
so, as i was saying ...
despite the snow last night ...
spring has arrived in sammamish ...
in a big way ...
here's suzanne and i, literally up a tree ...
but well worth the effort ...
to put things into perspective ...
when we did the winter install, we did a few calculations just for fun:
each knit panel required 1600 rows of knitting (created using a manual knitting machine)
each of the six trees required between one and 4 panels to wrap completely
installation took 15 hours with 11 volunteers over two days
we used 68,000 yards of recycled, reclaimed and retired acrylic yarn
this is equal to 38.6 miles or
85 pounds of yarn
...
so, off with the old ...
and on with the new ...
so, mother nature, if you are listening ...
we've done our part ...
it's your turn ...
please send us some sunshine ...
and, if it's not asking too much, please turn up the thermometer just a smidge as well ...
happy knitting ...
like there's any other kind ...
