He is Risen Indeed! ALLELUIA!

Now the green blade rises from the buried grain,
Wheat that in the dark earth many days has lain;
Love lives again, that with the dead has been;
Love is come again like wheat arising green.

In the grave they laid him, love by hatred slain,
Thinking that he would never wake again,
Laid in the earth like grain that sleeps unseen;
Love is come again like wheat arising green.

Forth he came at Easter like the risen grain,
He that for three days in the grave had lain;
Raised from the dead, my living Lord is seen;
Love is come again like wheat arising green.

When our hearts are wintry, grieving, or in pain,
Your touch can call us back to life again,
Fields of our hearts that dead and bare have been
Love is come again like wheat arising green.

- Now the Green Blade Rises John MacLeod Campbell Crum, 1872-1958

Happy Easter!

The Return of the Fir

I've finally gotten back to knitting on my Fir Cone Square Shawl. Over the weekend I ripped the whole thing out, went down a needle size, and started over. I'm much happier with the results now. Now, if only my cat would stop looking threateningly at the yarn... one snap of those jaws would snip it in two and I'd have to figure out how to weave in ends on lace. *gulp*

I am able to spend time on the shawl now because I've completed my bridesmaids gifts! I'll post pictures after the wedding - they're a surprise! But I think they're precious! I can't wait to show them off! Just a little more than 6 weeks now... we're getting close!

With this being Holy Week and last week being incredibly busy with a funeral and other goings on, I'm looking forward to a bit more knitting time after Easter. I'm starting to feel yarn-deprived!