Flowers in December (and a Finished Beanie)

This is the last thing I'll be able to finish in time for Christmas: 

This is random beanie's cousin. Same pattern, different colorway. Modeled by me, it will go to my brother (who is actually letting me knit him something this year). 

I realized too late how busy that background looks. Sigh. 

Sorry about my squint. The sun was bright. 

As for eldest nephew's sweater, I did start the sleeves this past week. If I do nothing else this week... But, there's a bathroom asbestos issue ongoing, plus I have my semi-annual dental cleaning this week. 

As luck would have it, the family is making the trek out to SoCal this year, so I can show eldest nephew the progress even though I won't be able to give it to him yet. That should be an okay Christmas/birthday present, right? (His birthday is the 26th.) 

But that doesn't explain the post title, does it?

In Friday's post, I mentioned a kiddo ripping branches from a tree, and I made mention of other students bringing in flowers to draw in an art class. To which Alana commented, "...flowers? In December?"

Yes, flowers in December.

Pictures taken in my father's backyard on December 20th, in the afternoon:

We're due to get lots of rain this week. So, we were enjoying the sun for now. (Sorry, I don't know what kind of flowers these are.)

The beanie posts:

• The Next Projects
• Observable, Perhaps
• Well Travelled
• Sidetracked
• The Tangle