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Poop. As i was happily knitting along on a baby sock i'm working on for a friend, it seemed to me that the cuff looked awfully big and stretchy for a 6-9 mo. size sock. But, i thought, it does decrease and it is a fold over cuff. i tried it on Oskar (almost 7 mos.) and it fit him ok. But it still seemed a bit large... then i discovered tonight that i was not using size 1 needles, i was using size 2! ACK! So. Now i'm left with the dilemma of just continuing on, and making a stretchier sock that Oskar can grow into next fall/winter or pulling it all out and starting over with size ones for zee' wee' bebe'... hmm. i think i'll forge ahead. Uncharted waters, make way!

The garden is coming along swimmingly. Everything has come up beautifully. Well. Everything except my poor, poor lettuce which really seems to be struggling. Maybe i planted it too deep. i dunno. Its pitiful. And sad. But as i said, everything else is AMAZING! Well. Ok. My thai basil hasn't shown up at all. But i haven't given up hope. It very well could be a late bloomer. i mean, i am. Maybe its just biding its time as well. (yikes.) But the sugar snap peas look awesome, the spinach is splendid, the radishes look, well, radish-y... but the feather in my proverbial cap... the soy beans... they're just so, well... they look almost prehistoric. The seed looks in every way like an ordinary pea. But when it sprouts, its nearly the size of a lima bean! It then slowly uncurls itself, not unlike a fern. Unfurling its tender green body to the warming sun. i love it. And they're all at different stages, so the row looks like a set of time lapsed images. They are very dramatic.