Newburyport, MA
A little street art from our wander around Newburyport yesterday. The window cover was a nice find – it’s normally behind the canopy of the street tree in front of it.
Garden Notes
Here are the garden beds on Monday, before our first frost. Hilariously, not as much changed after that night as I’d have thought it should. The zinnias and zucchini were toast – I pulled those out in the middle of the week. What is shocking is that the dahlias are still alive. The foliage and
Wolfskin – Juliet Marillier
This is the story of the first settlement of the Norse into the Scottish Orkney islands – told through the eyes of Eyvind, a Norse warrior, and Nessa, a Pictish princess. I love Marillier – her initial Sevenwaters trilogy has made me cry in each book. But I had a hard time with this book.
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Knitting Notes
Pattern: In Dream by Susan Pandorf Yarn: Shibui Knits Lunar Beads: Miyuki 8/o beads – black opaque Needles: Size 4 Circs I started this shawl in 2021, and had to let it hibernate. Something about row 37 kicked my butt several different times. I normally like charts for lace knitting, but I had to go
The Heretic Royal – G. A. Aiken
I hadn’t read the Dragonkin books when I started this series, which was fine initially. But now that those characters have been dragged into this series, you probably need to have read those to fully get any of the future books. (I’ve now read the first three of the Dragonkin books, so I at least
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Knitting Notes
Pattern: Iola Hat by Triona MurphyYarn: Atlantic Coast Yarns Shannon DKNeedles: Size 6 circs and DPNs I really wanted a quick project after working on the In Dream shawl for so long, so I went for a hat. Which I promptly managed to flub up at the crown, so I basically knit this twice. (I
Garden Notes
The last of this year’s dahlias has managed to bloom. In the third week of October. We’ll ignore the fact that by all rights, we should have had our first frost ages ago, and this plant would have been toast. This one was a happy surprise. It had come in a set – Lady Darlene
The House Witch – Delemhach
This is a nice, cozy story. Fin is the new cook at the royal palace – he’s incredibly prickly and chases pretty much everyone out of the kitchen on day one. As we follow along the story, we find out it’s because he’s a house witch – and regular witches consider him defective. So, he’s
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Loreena McKennitt
We went to a local concert for the first time in forever last night – Loreena McKennit was back at the Merrill Auditorium in Portland. This is our third time seeing her there, and it was another great night. The tour is officially for the 30th anniversary of The Visit, but she also played some
Amongst Our Weapons – Ben Aaronovitch
It’s funny – I recently happened upon a post on Reddit talking about the Rivers of London books, and asking if it was worth continuing, because they were finding Peter to be so immature in the early books. Which reminded me that I still needed to finish the last book (so far) in the series.
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