You see this bread? The bread with the gorgeous crust and perfect interior? Piled with fresh mozzarella, baby arugula from my garden, roasted red peppers, and my homemade red onion marmalade? I made that bread (courtesy of Jim Lahey’s My Bread), and not only is it the best bread I’ve ever made, it’s some of […]
Read for the Once Upon a Time Reading Challenge. Nepenthe is an orphan, raised in the Royal Library of Raine, and she’s become one of their best translators and scribes. One day, a young mage gives her a scroll that has so far defied translation – it’s a book written in an alphabet of thorns,
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Pattern: Kensington Mitts by Annie Modesitt from Jane Austen Knits 2011 Yarn: Malabrigo Sock in the cordovan colorway Needles: Size 4 DPNs My Kensington mitts are done, and boy do they take terrible pictures. You really need to be wearing these to appreciate them – it stretches the pattern out nicely, and the ribbed section
From around the neighborhood. These were actually taken on the 15th, so a number of them have now gone by.
Read for the Once Upon a Time Reading Challenge. Aislinn can see the Fae – an ability shared by her grandmother, who has taught her to hide that gift, for if the faeries ever found out she could see them, terrible things would happen to her. One place she’s found a sanctuary is her friend
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Read for the Once Upon a Time Reading Challenge. Set in the a small village outside London during Elizabethan times, this version of the fairy tale is the story of sisters Blanche and Rosamund Arden, who live with their mother at the edge of the village. They make a fair living gathering herbs there, because
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Who knew there were this many flowers out this early?
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A LibraryThing Early Reviewers Book. This book is a good overview of the various mythologies and beliefs of the Celtic world. It touches on the old gods and goddesses, folk traditions, the roots of the Arthurian legends, and some interesting ideas about shamanistic practices. It’s got a more scholarly than new–agey tone to it (a
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Final installment in my pictures from DC (I am so behind posting these…) There was really neat orchid exhibit at the National Botanical Gardens while we were down there. The Garden is next to the Capital, and I highly recommend visiting it. There’s an outdoor garden, and a glassed in house, that has a number
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The bulbs are out in nearly full force – the tulips are just about to come out (some early ones already are), and most everything else is already out. My favorites (the muscari) are out in the back yard, and the Solomon’s seal is starting to poke its way above ground. This was the first
