More Neighbors
These guys have not ventured near the front yard feeders yet, but I was just so happy to see them. Listening to the males sing in the tree across the street was one of the things I really enjoyed in our old apartment.
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman – Theodora Goss
This is a fun read, continuing the story of the daughters of several very interesting Victorian men (Jekyll/Hyde, Frankenstein, Moreau and Rappinicci). In this story, the ladies are contacted by Mary Jekyll’s former governess, Mina Murray, to rescue her new charge – Lucinda Van Helsing. So yes, we now have vampires, and the action moves
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Knitting Notes
The leftover cowl is continuing, but I do still want to make at least a few of the hat ornaments I’d planned (and paused). So as a few colors have gotten low, I’m taking time to make sure I get those colors in. The above is Kumquat Heather.
The Neighbors
We have a huge window in our living room, which is right next to the two non descript evergreen of some variety shrubs that are planted in front of the two bedroom windows that face the front of the house. Almost immediately, we saw some black capped chickadees hanging out in the bushes, so decided
Red Sister – Mark Lawrence
A young girl is saved from hanging by a nun, but definitely not a nun as we know them. The sisters of the Ancestor serve in many ways, included as warriors or spies. Nona has very little idea of what she’s getting into when she becomes a student at the convent. I’m really intrigued by
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Garden Notes – Indoor Edition
My Grammie begonia is blooming! We call it the Grammie begonia because the myriad versions of it spread out between my father, mother and I all came from a single cutting my grandmother gifted to my father back when I was wee, and my parents were still married. It’s a foliage begonia (I think it’s
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Embroidery Notes
Since I’m no longer working to a deadline, I’ve also started a new stitching project – Night Walked Down, from the Blue Flower. I saw the pattern on the cross stitch thread in the knitting forum I lurk in, and just had to have it. I ended up buying myself some hand dyed Aida cloth
Knitting Notes
My test knit is done. The release date is 3/9, so I’ll be posting pictures of that once I’m able to. In the meantime, in an effort to work down my Knitpicks Palette stash (from the Sky Scarf and Temperature Scarves), I started Wendy D. Johnson’s Leftover Cowl. It’s meant to use up scrap quantities
Fair Game – Patricia Briggs
It’s been interesting reading this series, which runs parallel to the Mercy Thompson series – it’s been nice to fill in some of the additional detail of things that influence Mercy’s story. In this case, it’s the events leading up to the Fae retreating to their reservations and refusing to deal with human laws. Anna
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The Devourers – Indra Das
I had the worst time finishing this book. I can’t even remember when I started it – last Fall at least, but maybe the summer? It’s told from many different viewpoints (which I knew about ahead of time from reading the reviews), and that made it hard for me to read. Time is split between
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