Weekly Wildflowers – Fort Foster, Kittery, ME
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Weekly Wildflowers – Kennebunk Plains Preserve, Kennebunk, ME
Why so many pictures of the Northern Blazing Star? The sand plain this preserve is a part of has the largest population of this species in the world, so it seemed only fitting.
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Kennebunk Plains Preserve – Kennebunk, ME
Today’s walk was the Kennebunk Plains Preserve, whose major claim to fame is that it’s in the sand plain that’s home to the largest single population of Northern Blazing Star (Liatris novae-angliae) in the world. There’s also pine barrens, and wild blueberries to pick (in August at least) – a good walk all around.
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Voices – Ursula K. Le Guin
This is the second book in the Annals of the Western Shore. The first was Gifts – featuring Orrec and Gry. They figure heavily into this story as well, but it’s more Memer’s story. Memer is a siege brat in the city of Ansul – daughter of a woman of the city and one of
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Knitting Notes
Pattern: Honey Cowl by Antonia ShanklandYarn: Malabrigo Silky Merino in the Stonechat colorwayNeedles: Size 9 circs Here’s the Honey Cowl I made for my friend L. Love this yarn – it’s so pleasant to work with, and it looks really cool in this pattern.
Knitting Notes
Pattern: Adama by Hillary Smith CallisYarn: madelinetosh Tosh Vintage in the Cardinal colorwayNeedles: Size 10 circs So I never do my finishing posts until I’ve blocked things that need blocking. This was actually finished back in May, so this may be my all time longest stretch between finishing and blocking something. Granted, with the
Embroidery Notes
Back in June, I’d gotten an embroidery kit at the Royal School of Needlework’s shop at Hampton Court. (It’s by Hawthorne Handmade, happily also available on Etsy.) I’d actually started it not long after the trip, but put it aside for what was probably a little bit too much time because the French knots were
Friday’s Child – Georgette Heyer
This books falls straight into the wild noble guy marries naive young woman, she’s totally unprepared for society life and hi-jinks ensue trope of Heyer’s. It’s not one of my favorites. When done well (when the heroine is not too naive), it can be amusing, but in this case, the heroine is a little too
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