I had some quality knitting time during our long weekend in Vermont, and I managed to get through charts 1 and 2 in my Galadriel’s Mirror shawl. I’m really enjoying this pattern. I think I’d class it as intermediate level. It’s actually pretty repetitious, so I have a certain amount of it memorized, but there’s […]
I don’t usually make a habit of reading cookbooks. I also don’t normally run out and buy (or in this case request for Christmas) cookbooks sight unseen, even if I do have other books by that author. I will make an exception for Melissa Clark’s books. I really enjoyed In the Kitchen with a Good
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In an alternate London sometime in the 19th century (I think), Kim lives on the streets. When an obviously well to do man offers her five pounds to break into a traveling magician’s wagon and just look around, she can’t say no to such easy money. But, when she’s caught in the act because of
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This year wasn’t too bad for books I started but wasn’t able to finish – just two: 1. Colours in the Steel- K.J. ParkerI was five chapters into this book when I gave it up. There was nothing inherently bad about it, I just couldn’t get myself interested.The premise is interesting enough – a city
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83. Paris, My Sweet – Amy Thomas82. The Midwife’s Apprentice – Karen Cushman81. Pretties – Scott Westerfeld80. Black Powder War – Naomi Novik79. Memory & Dream – Charles de Lint78. Lady of Quality – Georgette Heyer77. The Book Lover’s Cookbook – Shaunda Kennedy Wenger and Janet Kay Jensen76. The Two Princesses of Bamarre – Gail
It was actually a couple weeks ago that I technically completed my reading challenges, but I’m just now getting around to recording them. I did cut back a little bit this year, and stuck to mostly broad stroke challenges that covered multiple genres within a more specific subject. This did go pretty well, and let
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Pattern: Fallberry by Anne Hanson, from the Winter 2011 KnittyYarn: Collinette Jitterbug in the Copper Beech colorwayNeedles: Size 3 DPNs I love mitts. They’re so incredibly fast! This is one of the two pair I’m making for Christmas gifts for the women of BF’s family. I’m thinking these will probably go to his mother. The
I have today off, and since baking a pie does not a full day make, I’ve done a bit of stock-taking of my sewing projects. (The pie crust should be cooled by now, so should shortly be back in pie land.) The first thing of note is my new baby. It was my ten-year anniversary
This weekend’s contribution to the pantry was Vanilla-Maple Applesauce, which used up nearly all the rest of the apples I had from the CSA. What little I was able to sample was pretty darn good, though I think I’d add cinnamon and nutmeg if I made this again.
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These are my new best friends. After watching some neighbors one year, I’ve been bagging my leaves by using a trash can as a bag holder, and using a snow shovel to get the leaves into the bag. Last spring, I saw the green claw hand extenders next to the shovel in a magazine, and
