CaliforniaGirlinOz (now just California Girl)

 A real bluebird day today, though actual Spring is still a few weeks away.  We headed into Sonoma to visit the Community Garden, and I was taken by this tasting room we saw on the way there.  Three Fat Guys!   The Sonoma Community Gardens have a similar allotment system to the one you see a lot in the UK.  Still a bit early for people to be planting their little plots, but judging by the few clumps of daffodils, it won't be long!  This garden hosts special events during the growing season, offers produce for sale in the summer, and has special areas for children to enjoy.  A lovely little plus for the community. Warm and sunny today, but a few days of rain coming up before Sonoma County starts to heat up for real!

 Here we are, back in California for the long haul.  What a time to come back!  Since I'm changing how I relate to the Internet, and what news sources I follow, and abandoning Facebook, this seems like an easy place to ease back in.  If you'd like to follow along on my journey, welcome aboard. I'm 84 years old now, which is kind of a shocker.  Lots of lifestyle changes, so if you followed my California Girl in Oz blog you will probably notice some of these changes.  I don't drive as much as I used to, and almost never at night.  I'm still knitting like a fool, and wanting to get back to quilting soon. On the knitting front, I've been working on a scarf, a sweater and some cute knitted baby toys.  Here's a sample of the first three...note that one of them doesn't have its face yet.  I decided that using yarn for the features was a bit too out of scale, so I'm going to use embroidery floss for the next one to compare.  Feels like the lips ...