Acton Arboretum – Acton, MA
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Spring Preview – Lubberland Creek Preserve, Newmarket, NH
This preserve was an accidental find. We were trying to visit the hepatica at the Adams Point WMA, and missed the turnoff. We realized our mistake and decided to turn around just as this Nature Conservancy preserve came into view. We were on the way south, so didn’t have unlimited time, so chose the Jeff’s
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Swordheart – T. Kingfisher
Halla is a respectable widow who’s just inherited a fortune, and has been locked in her bedroom by the rest of her family by marriage, who want her to marry her husband’s cousin to keep the money in the family. That’s when she discovers that the dingy sword that’s been hanging there for as long
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Garden Notes
Seedlings have been planted up. I’m having kind of a meh year with seed starting. I tried to start delphinium, and failed. I suspect I should have treated them like I did the columbine seed and stratified them first. So I’ll try that next year. It was brand new seed, so I don’t think that
Ipswich River Sanctuary – Topsfield, MA
Slowly but surely, spring is coming!
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The Queen’s Weapons – Anne Bishop
This book continues the story of the younger generation of the family in the center of this series. One thing I’ve always appreciated about this author is her willingness to go dark – she absolutely doesn’t shy away from themes that other authors wouldn’t touch with a ten foot pole. But man, this book was
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Knitting Notes
Pattern: Vivid by tincanknits Yarn: Cascade 220 Superwash Sport in the Really Red, Pumpkin, Daffodil, Blue Velvet, Baby Denim and Beet colorways Needles: Size 6 DPNs I finished the extra row on the Vivid blanket on Friday, and that definitely made the size better, so I’m happy to report, it’s done. I liked working with
The Midnight Sea – Kat Ross
This is an interesting alternate take on the Persian empire, bringing in Alexander the Great of Macedon. Nazafareen’s sister was taken by a druj (demon), and she joins the Water Dogs to try to avenge her death. The Water Dogs bind to daevas, who they are told are also druj, but there’s clearly more going
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The Spy Coast – Tess Gerritsen
This is a fun book – told jumping over about a twenty year period in the life of Maggie Bird, now a chicken farmer in a small town in Maine, but formerly a spy. She ended up in Purity when several of her other former spy friends settled there after their retirement, and this tale
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