Pattern: Peerie Flooers by Kate Davies Designs Yarn: KDD & Co Milarrochy Tweed in the Tarbet, Birkin, Stockiemuir, Cowslip, Eyebright, Garth, and Snapdragon colorways Needles: Size 3 and 4 circs and size 4 DPNs Peerie Flooers is done! This was a bit more a challenge than it probably should have been. I didn’t handle my
This was a fun book. Ada von Hasenburg is the fifth child of one of the ruling houses of the known universe. She’s therefore somewhat expendable, and mostly useful to her father in who she might marry. She doesn’t approve of his choice for her, and has been on the run for a couple years
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Orange King Devil Pilosella aurantiaca Other names: orange hawkweed, fox-and-cubs, tawny hawkweed, devil’s paintbrush, grim-the-collier Family: Asteraceae Further Classification (Asteraceae only) Range: Southern Canada and New England south to the mid-Atlantic states and west through the Great Lakes region to the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Native: Introduced (Invasive) Native Habitat: Native to alpine regions of
I’ve been wanting to the Cutler Reserve trails for a while now. And I really do need to go again. It was a lovely walk, and the fog kept it cool. I very much enjoyed the botanizing. But the view at the end was a little disappointing. What we could see was impressive, but I’d
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We headed Downeast this weekend, which ended up being a hilarious counterpoint to the heat and humidity of last weekend. The coast was socked in by fog both days we were out and about. (This is not a complaint – this is much more my speed for a day out wandering around.) The only other
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Planting is done. We found a clematis we liked for the front bed, so that’s placed in a brand new hole with plenty of extra compost. The back bed is also done. And the woodchuck ate my lettuce today. Hasn’t noticed the chard yet, which is ringed by more distracting plants then the lettuce was,
