Deep snow and 31 in 31

Gardening sometimes seems far away this time of year here in Zone 6A. The garden beds are under lots of snow.  I'm reading Eliot Coleman's new book Winter Harvest Handbook:  Year-Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses.  It is inspiring, especially as I snuggle under a blanket!

I'm a week into a month-long commitment to doing 31 yoga classes in 31 days - quite a challenge.  My favorite yoga studio Prana Power Yoga   has a challenge for its yogis to complete classes every day of the month in January.  I actually did this last year (to my amazement) and it was awesome.  I was so proud to be able to do it (if you miss a day, you can "double up" another day).  The classes are 60 to 90 minutes long in a room heated to about 100 degrees.  Strenuous - especially for us folks who are not in our 30s anymore.  Last year I realized that committing to do something so time intensive is a great gift for yourself.  It took cooperation from our whole household - and some shifting duties to accommodate getting to classes.  I think the kids, my husband, and even my mom (all are part of our large household) realized that doing yoga every day made me much more mellow! 

On a totally unrelated note, I am realizing how connected we are, or we can be.  After sending some yarn to a marvelous knitter MadForKnit, I found out that she is also a gardener and she posted the Frog Pond Gardens web site on her blog.  Then I went to a New Year's Day party in a city west of Boston with 7 villages and met another knitter who is a fan of Ravelry - a wonderful online knitting community.  We got started talking about knitting because I seem to take my knitting bag with me wherever I go - to get a chance to knit a bit here and a bit there.  My most recent finished project is a fun ski hat: 

Well, I need to sign off and get to the yoga studio!