This is the new “wristlet” that I made yesterday. It isn’t very big, but it does fit my keys, cellphone, and drivers license. The fabric is so light colored though that I had difficulty photographing it, so I set in on a placemat rather than directly on the table where it blended in:) I like it, but I am definitely going to tweak the design process a little more for the next one I make.

So horseback riding last night was fairly interesting and slightly eventful! My Tuesday class was canceled due to bad weather, so I had class last night instead. When I got to class, the horse that I usually ride had a swollen face so he couldn’t be rode. Instead I got to ride the horse that is known for being a little on the stubborn side. This is the same horse that one of the girls has never been able to get up to a trot, so I actually thought the night might be slightly boring if he was only going to go at a walk the whole class. Well, lets just say he didn’t just walk! He actually went at a trot just fine for me, and even accidentally broke into a canter at one point. My instructor was fairly surprised at that, he is kind of known for being a little lazy too. The accidental canter was not too bad, so my instructor said I could try an actual canter (on purpose) if I wanted. That did not go so great! He got up to a canter and decided to completely ignore the reins and me guiding him. We cantered around the arena switching directions whenever he felt like it, and I thought I was going to fall off at one point. I tried getting him to stop, but he wasn’t really interested in that either:) Finally (after what seemed forever, but was probably only a minute or two) he slowed down and stopped for me (not until he had almost ran into a wall though). It was definitely an interesting ride! It was a good experience too though, since my instructor gave me a few tips and actually told me I was doing a good job riding him. (Although, at moments like that you don’t necessarily feel like you are doing a good job riding:)

At least spring was nice while it lasted… Last night it dropped over 40 degrees, so that today it is freezing and feels like winter again. I am so ready for summer at this point and wishing the weather would just make up its mind!

At least I can sit inside and look at nice spring pictures I have taken to forget about the cold…

I love this picture with the telephone pole and flowering tree. There is just something about the simplicity of it. The weather was gorgeous on the day I took it, with no clouds in the sky and a wonderful spring feel to the air.

I felt a little silly taken a picture of someone’s clothesline, but I loved how the colors of the quilt looked outside with the grass and flowers on the tree.

An orange fire hydrant! Apparently the ones in my neighborhood are all orange rather than red. I find it fascinating, simply because it is different and it stands out a little more than a red one.

Besides picture taking, I did attempt to work on finishing sewing that purse. Apparently, attempt is all the further I am going to go on it. Either I am crazy or the pattern is actually wrong, which means that the zipper would not go in the purse because it was too short. I decided to scrap it for now, and work on some other projects. (Oh and I am leaning towards the pattern being wrong rather than me being crazy. Although I do find it surprising that one of the big pattern companies could put out a pattern with its directions being slightly off, so maybe it is me:) I can handle clothing patterns, but something about purse patterns is just beyond me. I guess I like making it up as I go along…

Well I am off to eat some lunch and work on a few projects.