Florida Flowers
Native and Naturalized Cultivated
Florida 2025
On Monday, I got up at a completely ridiculous hour to head to Florida. The sun rose while I was on my first flight of the day (from PWM to JFK). It hit summer down there this week. It was muggy and in the 80s the entire time. While I did enjoy being able to
Knitting Notes
Pattern: Sonsie by Kate Davies Yarn: KD&D Co Ooskit in the Choffer and Riach colorways Needles: Size 5 and 6 circs and Size 6 DPNs Both Sonsie hats are done. I really enjoyed this pattern – it’s fun to follow along while it’s developing. That’s why I made both versions – I had enough yarn
The French Ingredient – Jane Bertsch
I think planning Paris trips has become one of my hobbies. I follow a fair amount of Parisian content on Instagram, and listen to a couple of podcasts from ex-pats living in Paris. I ran into the author of this book on one of those. The author ended up in Paris through her banking job,
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Garden Notes
Winter sowing worked! These are broccoli sprouts. I should note that they’re currently getting buried under more snow, because it’s still March, so of course! But considering I had to pull ice off the tops of the containers to check them when I found these, I think a little snow will be fine. The chives
Buried Deep and Other Stories – Naomi Novik
This is a really wide ranging collection of stories. There are some from her existing worlds (Temeraire and Scholomance), with a fun inclusion of an earlier version of the novel Spinning Silver. She also plays in some other sandboxes – I really enjoyed the Pride and Prejudice story set in the Temeraire world – it
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Knitting Notes
Pattern: Electric Sheep by Beata Jezek Yarn: Sundara Yarn Extra Fine DK Silky Merino in the Night Skies Gradient colorway Needles: Size 8 Circs I finally got around to blocking the Electric Sheep shawl. It didn’t really need the blocking to open up the pattern – it was mainly to smooth out some lumps. I
Garden Notes
Indoor seeds are started. It’s a smaller amount this year, due to the winter sowing. (I accepted the risk of having to buy plants if the winter sowing fails.) The snowpack is gone, but it’s not terribly warm yet. The winter sown seeds have not done anything yet, but the online group I’m in has
Knitting Notes
The first Sonsie hat is done. This is the slouch size. I really enjoyed the pattern, and I have enough yarn left, I figure I might as well knock out the beanie as well, while I’m at it. This really is fun pattern – very well written.