It's a beautiful spring morning here in Chicago. After two-three days of fog and rain, I am very much enjoying the sunshine outside my window. It's still cool, but temperature doesn't bother me as much as low barometric pressure does.
I do love spring. My favorite flowers are spring bulbs like daffodils and tulips. How can you be unhappy with bright yellow daffodils telling you the weather is getting better? I also enjoy watching my own garden (such as it is) perk up. I have three clematis that are all taking advantage of the spring weather. These clematis are starting on their third spring with us and are finally beginning to come into their own. I'll share some pictures as soon as they share some flowers.
Knitting has been slow this week because other activities have intervened. However, I wanted to recommend an excellent book that I finished up not too long ago:
Angle of Attack: Harrison Storms and the Race to the Moon
This is an incredible story told from the perspective of the people on the manufacturing side of the race to put a man on the moon. It's not a long book, and it focuses much more on the personalities and the events in the project than descriptions about engineering. It's well written, and it is on of those books that manages to be suspenseful even though we all know the eventual outcome. It is also one of those books that simultaneously makes you amazed at what humans can do and create and disappointed at what politics can destroy.
