I really enjoyed this book – it’s about people outside of the regular magical structure of this particular world being able to find a place where they can wield power. Onna is obviously magically talented, and is educated in it as much as her small town can manage. When she applies to the country’s magical […]
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Pattern: Bedeck by Hunter Hammersen Yarn: Quince and Co Chickadee in Iceland and Sabine, Quince and Co Finch in Egret and Lana Plantae Rambouillet Fingering in Cochineal & Madder Needles: Size 2.5 and 3 DPNs I love this designer’s patterns, but I don’t love that she doesn’t recommend needle size. I really need something to
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Never thought I’d see a day with shark kits on Maine beaches…
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I preordered this book – I’d enjoyed the first two books in the series enough that I knew I wanted to read this sooner rather than later. I did enjoy it, but, it’s my least favorite of the three. This is the eldest sister – Arabessa’s – story. They are the daughters of the Thief
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Genevieve is a fake spiritualist – a trade she learned from her mother. Unfortunately, she’s caught at her game, and because of some other history we’ll eventually be acquainted with, she’s sure to be headed to gallows. But then there’s a miraculous reprieve – the lawyer for a rich estate that has recently suffered a
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This is the time of year where it doesn’t seem like much is going on – you can definitely tell where the winter shady bits of the yard are, by the lingering snowpack. But I actually do have a few things going on – I did my first round of planting last week. (In the
I’ve found a new go to for my annual trip to find skunk cabbage – the Laird-Norton trail at Laudholm, where it splits from the Barrier Beach trail and runs along the upper edge of the salt marsh, is absolutely covered in skunk cabbage. We realized this last year, when we were there when they
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Sticking with my use up yarn theme, I’ve started on some mini Newfoundland mittens, specifically to use up the Lana Plantae Rambouillet Fingering Cochineal & Madder yarn. I have a fair amount of it, and it seems a shame to use it just on hexipuffs. I may have to come back and make this post
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