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And here is Simon, shovelling heavy, wet snow off the trampoline, getting his dose of exercise.
The yard looks much better covered in snow.
And, meanwhile, here is the 1 Up mushroom sweater thus far. The original plan of knitting intarsia in the round has evolved into an even more complicated half in the round/half not mutation. (If I could only figure out how to add steeks into it just for fun, then I would really have managed the ultimate in ridiculous.)