Thuya Garden – Northeast Harbor, Maine
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What I Did on my Weekend Vacation…
I’m back from a lovely weekend Down East, which included this fantastic interlude at the Jordan Pond House in Acadia National Park. Because a visit to Acadia is not complete without tea and popovers out on the House’s back yard, overlooking Jordan Pond. BF and I brought our friend L along, and had a lovely,
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Finding the Way and Other Tales of Valdemar – ed. Mercedes Lackey
Well, I’ve finally found my first Valdemar anthology that I can’t say I universally enjoyed. Up until now, I was pretty happy with the story selection, but this is the first one where I have to say eh. In the first place, the actual Mercedes Lackey novella is just ok. It features no regular, or
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The King of Attolia – Megan Whalen Turner
I do normally give myself a little more space between books in the same series, since I have so much else to read lying around the house, but I admit, I was really curious to see how Gen would fare in this book (the last in the trilogy). In The Queen of Attolia, the story
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Paladin of Souls – Lois McMaster Bujold
Read for the Once Upon a Time VII Reading Challenge. Ista has spent most of her life under the shadow of a curse on her family, but when her daughter (see The Curse of Chalion) is finally able to lift it, Ista is released from her madness. And suddenly doesn’t know what she should do.
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Garden Notes
What a difference a week makes. Last week, I was somewhat stuck inside by the cold rain. This week, it’s the incredible heat. (We’re not in official heat wave territory here, but you don’t have to go too far south to get there…) The iris are definitely out now – all types even. I still
Sewing Notes
Well, today, I finished the skirt I’ve been working on. I gave up on the blind hem. I think the fabric was a little too unwieldy (ie: hard to press and get it to actually stick), and I’d tried the hem so many times, I had a bunch of stitches I couldn’t entirely pull out
So Close!
They’re fore-casting 80 degree plus weather for multiple days by the end of the week. I think that means I’ll be able to plant my veggies next weekend.
Sewing Notes
So, having given up on the shirt I was working on, I needed a bit of a sewing win. I’d bought some simple gray suiting fabric to make a skirt from a book that gives instructions for patternless skirts, but realized after buying it I’m pretty much a pattern girl. Fortunately, I’ve been sitting on