I’m back from a long weekend in Washington, DC. It was a great trip, and I have many, many, many pictures I need to wade through. We stayed with the BF’s younger brother. This was the third time I’ve made it into the city, but the first time I’ve actually stayed in the city limits […]
Being the huge Pride and Prejudice fan that I am, I’d signed up for this book from the Early Reviewers list on LibraryThing pretty much before my brain actually consciously recognized what it was. And I was really excited when I was actually chosen to receive it. It’s not a bad read, though Darcy’s not
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Pattern: Elizabeth I: Town and Country by JoLene TreaceYarn: Knitpicks Gloss Lace in the Aegean colorwayNeedles: Size 2 1/2 circular I started the Town and Country scarf back on August 1, 2008. It’s been a great do a pattern repeat whenever I feel like it project. This is my first lace weight project, and it
Here’s a small sampling of the flowers and some of the other plants from my trip to the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden. We stuck mostly the to the woodland areas, so many of these are woodland and shade plants.
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We spent a good part of the day at the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden, which is about an hour north of us in the town Boothbay. I tried to time the trip to correspond to the peak of the rhododendron bloom, but I forgot that they’re a bit cooler on that particular portion of the
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Read for the Vampire Reading Challenge. This is the third book of Tanya Huff’s books about ex-cop Vicki Nelson, and her plunge into the supernatural world hidden in Toronto. The story begins when the Egyptology department of the Royal Ontario Museum manages to acquire an unopened sarcophagus. It turns out that the mummy enclosed within
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Pattern: Eunice Socks from Cookie A’s Sock InnovationYarn: Malabrigo sock in the abril colorwayNeedles: Size 2 DPNs My Eunice socks are done! I really enjoyed this pattern, though I’d tweak a few things if I make it again. I’d add at least one more pattern repeat on the leg, and I’m pretty sure I could
I’ve finished with Quest the First for the Once Upon a Time III Reading Challenge. First completed challenge of the year! I read: The Nibelungenlied was by far the hardest to get through, but it’s a book I’ve literally had lying around as long as I can remember, so I’m glad I finally sat down
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Read for the Once Upon a Time III and 2009 YA Reading Challenges. Bound is a Cinderella story. However, it’s set in Ming-dynasty China, home of the earliest recorded versions of this classic tale. Xing Xing lives with Step Mother, who was her father’s second wife (even while Xing Xing’s mother, who has since passed
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In a presumably future Earth, the powerful Elven lords arrived through a portal from their home world, and subjugated the humans they found in this new land. Their domination is so complete that the humans no longer remember their past civilization, or that they themselves have magic different than that of the Elven lords. The
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