My father was a great lover of nature. Even as a little boy he knew the birds from their singing, the names of the wildflowers when he saw them. I have inherited this love, and now, after the passing of dad, I want to honour him with a very special knitted blanket. In the above picture you can see the very first beginning . Knitted squares, and soon I will start embroidering flowers, one species on every square.

Back in 2012 dad gave me the poems he had written during his long life, asking me to have them published in a book, with photos shot by me. I did what he asked me of course. The result is the book you see in the above picture.

As you saw in yesterday’s post, we still have deep winter here. As soon as spring comes, I will start the embroidering. And I plan to keep ups updated.