More on yellow

I am going away for a few days; I will probably take pictures, but if I am going to update the blog while it is still February, I'd best do it now. 

I did cook some things from Jamie Oliver's book this month, but didn't write them up. I did a lot of the recipes from that book when I first got it so didn't want to repeat, although I can say there are a lot of nice things in there. This month I made a chicken and potato dish which was nice but a bit fussy. You boil the potatoes, and fry up some bits of chicken, then put it all in a pan with some cherry tomatoes and bake it. Seems excessive, though it was very good. When I get back, it'll be March and time for Ottolenghi's Plenty More. 

I now present a bucket-load of yellow things!

In no particular order...

Witch hazel

I don't think this is forsythia

A yellow building with some history; now a coffee shop

The sulphur piles in the harbour

Lichen

My new knitting needle holder on my yellow wall

Yellow is for caution

This woman in yellow had to work hard at her job

More signs

Greater Vancouver Water District

This car often parks in our lane

Yellow leaves

Yellow pub

I watched other people run a half-marathon around the park. Much yellow, but there was more black

In March we will take a look at Weather for the photo theme. Should be good, because we are full of weather here. 

 

Yellow month

I can tell already that yellow month will be a bit of a challenge. Not because there is nothing yellow around, but because it's all traffic signs and caution tape and lines on the road. And things at the grocery store. 

Our nearest grocery store is a No-Frills, the land of no name, the yellow label. We like their olives for "everyday," but you can get everything with a yellow label. I will try not to take too many pictures of food. 

This is a warning sign that at least is a bit unique. There aren't many signs warning the trucks to avoid low tree branches. The tree in question is a beautiful red oak in a park; I'm sure there would be trouble if the city tried to cut the gigantic low limb off. 

In the natural world, we are not quite ready for daffodils here, but I got some yellowy catkins. 

I will continue to look out for daffodils, and I'm pretty sure I can get some of those before the month is out, and I must find some yellow that is not traffic signs or other obvious things. 

A word about stitch numbers

Yesterday I said I had 40,000 stitches left to do on my blanket. Incorrect! My rows are actually only 262 stitches wide, so that cuts it down to 26,200. I knit 3 rows last night, that makes 786, so that leaves me with 25,414 to go. If I want to finish in a week I have to do 3,630.6 stitches per day. Which is 13.9 rows. More or less. Seems doable so I will try to do that. You heard it first here. 

It is February, so time for Jamie Oliver recipes and photos of yellow. Road signs, daffodils, sunsets, spring clothes?