Birds Are Singing

this morning, i caught one of my cats with her little face pressed up against the bedroom window.  she had spied a bird sitting on the neighbors fence and probably would have gnawed my hand off just for a chance to catch him.  in the past couple of weeks, i've been trying to pay extra close attention as i look for the first signs of spring.  so far as i can tell, that bird is it.

now on to something totally unrelated.  i've made very little progress on my ripple blanket, only managing to crochet 10 2 row bands of color in 10 days.  but i'm halfway there. 

i've been crocheting the ends in as i go along so that i don't have to weave them in later.  i promised julie a picture of what that looks like, but i'm lame and didn't get a shot in this time.  but i will.