The beloved Lala. Lovey enjoying a snack of construction paper. G & S posing as my 2 favorite alarm clocks ever. Tu B'shvat seder (For MUCH better pics (thanks Jennifer!) head on over to my facebook page and click on the album "tu b'shvat seder.") We used a kabbalistic seder I found online and coloring pages from torahtots. I delighted through a whole week of February weather planning this thing, thinking about the blooms and fruits, spring in Israel. Now it's still February...

But, enjoyed a great book on Israeli cooking in the process, awesome photos of making fresh phyllo dough, pressing semolina through a sieve to make authentic couscous, orchards full of ripe pomegranates...

This is frost on the INSIDE of our window people. On last week's snow day. Yes, I've heard of weather stripping, but I've never seen this before. My point? I've enjoyed the snow (better that the usual gray slush of Columbus winters) but I'm moving on. I've got early spring on the brain. 3 maple syrup festivals on the calendar over the next month, planning to go out to Stratford and help with spring chores, celebrating Tu B'shvat this weekend. Growing some fresh grass in a knee-high (thanks Stella!) Hey, it's spring in Israel at least.

Other than that I'm burning the proverbial candle at both ends as usual (How does she do it?) but liking everything too much to give anything up. Love the classroom aspect of teaching, but sort of buckling under the logistics, the IT stuff and the endless minor, but critical-to-students decisions. AKA- Is the midterm cumulative? How many pages should the report be? Hell if I know people, I didn't write the damn curriculum, I've barely kept up with reading it! 

Mom got her B-day gift yesterday so I now I can post the photo! It's a set of embellished cloth napkins made from thrifted sheets and the felty flower has a hairband stitched on back.

Found Bohdi's replacement on-line after a long search of "12" stuffed elephant." Scarlett ecstatic. 

luscious loot from Sew to Speak

Finally had to make a list of the projects I want to make 

close up of wood grain and hedgehog fabric-zakka, zakka! 

The picture of the Valentine pillow wouldn't import, but I'm working on 2 others to go with it so maybe I'll wait and capture all 3. Fell in love with everything on mayamade.blogspot.com yesterday and had a very rewarding trip to Goodwill looking for things to repurpose for the layered A-line skirt class I'm taking this week. Also preparing for Tu B'shvat seder this week...more to come on that!