Weekly Wildflowers – Warren Woods, Scarborough, ME
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Garden Notes
We are in peak violet and wild strawberry cover season in the back yard – it makes me happy every time I look out the back windows. The rest of my dahlias came in on Thursday, so I had them all planted by Friday. And one of the early batch has sprouted! I am glad
Brigands & Breadknives – Travis Baldree
Fern, who we first met in Bookshops & Bonedust, has uprooted her life to open a new bookshop next to the Legends and Lattes coffee shop run by her friend Viv. She’s long been unhappy at home, and thought for sure this would solve those feelings. But it doesn’t. While fortifying herself with some liquid
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Garden Notes
I’m starting my dahlias inside this year. It’s just been so cold I don’t trust having them in the greenhouse yet. I’ll just have to be very careful getting them out of these pots this time, so I don’t repeat my mistakes from the last time I did this. These are six of the seven
The Summer War – Naomi Novik
This is a lovely little fairy tale. Celia’s father helped their country win the war against the neighboring Summerlings (they’re Fae), and gained great power doing so. Celia is the youngest, and the only girl. And when her beloved oldest brother renounces their father’s name, she curses him, not realizing that she has inherited the
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Knitting Notes
Pattern: Hibernal Solstice Hat by Katie Herrod Yarn: Ewingston Shetland Wool (hand dyed) and Wing & A Prayer Farm Thelma & Louise DK (undyed) Needles: Size 5 and 6 Circs and 6 DPNs This was a quick, fun knit. I really enjoyed working with both these yarns, and I still have enough left to make
Garden Notes
Here’s the after photos since the landscaping crew came through and got rid of so many shrubs. I went through and cleaned up a lot of leaves this weekend, and we got the rain barrels out. We’re definitely going to be on sprout patrol in most of these spots – there are several invasives scattered
Early Whitlow Grass
Early Whitlow Grass Draba verna Other names: Spring draba, Spring Whitlow Grass, Spring Whitlow Mustard, Common Whitlow Grass Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard Family) Range: Widely dispersed around the world Native: Introduced Native Habitat: Meadows and disturbed habitats Bloom Time: Early Spring Notes: This tiny flower is one of the first flowers to bloom in my local
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Trouble the Saints – Alaya Dawn Johnson
It’s really hard to describe this book. We open in NYC before WWII, in a world of mobsters. Pea has magical hands and works as an enforcer – she’s always believes she was given them to kill those that deserve it, but as the story goes on, she learns that that’s not always been the
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