Had a lovely walk at Laudholm today. We went for the skunk cabbage (see today’s Wayside Flowers post), but also because it’s the first sun we’ve gotten in pretty much a week, and man, did I need this walk. The best spot for skunk cabbage is near one of the outlooks that juts out into […]
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I’ve cast on something new for knitting. Even though my Orbits sweater isn’t done, the chances of me wearing it this season are rapidly dwindling, and I don’t want to take those sleeves too fast and mess them up again. So, here’s the Summer Fjord sweater, by Trin-Annelie. I’m using Knitpicks Lindy Chain yarn, which
Well, snow’s gone again. At least for a little while. We’re apparently going to get a nor’easter next week, so it’s just a question of where that sets up to see if we get snow or rain. At least if it snows in April, it tends to melt quickly. I did finally get into the
My Night Garden cross stitch is done. This was fun – pretty easy. There’s almost no back stitch, and the motifs repeat. It was a nice way to get back into things after some time away.
We finally get a story centered on Kimberley Adams, the FBI agent who’s been over to London a couple times to help out Peter. Along the way, she’s become the go to person at the FBI for ‘unusual occurrences’, aka magic. That’s how she finds herself up in Wisconsin in the winter, with a snow
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Got my first batch of seeds in yesterday. This is mainly notable for what was happening outside. We no longer have a lack of snow on the ground. In fact, after snowing all day yesterday, it turned to rain overnight, and we woke up with all this lovely ice this morning. I really hate this
This book picks up where The Ninth House left off – Alex and Dawes are trying to figure out how to get into Hell to rescue Darlington. Obviously, you really need to read the first book in the series to care why anything is happening in this book. The last book gave a pretty good
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This was a fun book – Tesla Crane is one of the richest people in the world, thanks to her family’s robotic business. She’s newly married, and she and her husband are on their honeymoon – a cruise to Mars. And then there’s a murder. Tesla’s husband is actually a retired detective, but he’s the
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Finally made it down to Crescent Beach after the January storms, and it’s not great. Like canyons carved into paths and large swaths missing from the former coastal line not great. Not surprising, but still sobering. I was heartened to see that despite how warm it’s been, nothing is blooming yet.
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Biddy has grown up on a hidden island off the coast of Ireland, raised by the magician Rowan and his familiar, Hutchincroft, who spends most of his time as a rabbit. It’s a rather idyllic existence, but as she gets older, she starts to realize that it’s rather odd that Rowan doesn’t allow her to
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