England 2018, Day 2 – Hampton Court Palace and Gardens
In which we were poured upon. But it was the only day of rain, so I’ll take it.
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The Species Seekers – Richard Conniff
This book chronicles the natural history movements in the era leading up to Darwin’s voyage on the Beagle, and how the advances in technology of that time created a craze for finding new species, and what that meant for science. Darwin certainly wasn’t the only game in town. You meet a number of other naturalists
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Dreams of Distant Shores – Patricia A. McKillip
This is a book of short stories, rather annoyingly including the novella length “Something Rich and Strange” – which I already own in a stand alone illustrated edition. I like that story, but I wish I’d had more new material to read. My favorite story was “The Gorgon in the Cupboard” – the tale of
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The City of Brass – S. A. Chakraborty
Nahri is an orphan, living on the streets of Cairo at the turn of the 19th century. She’s managed to make a decent life for herself as a thief – pretending just enough mystic powers to swindle rich people worried about their health out of money. She knows she’s different than her neighbors – she
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England 2018, Day 1 – Oxford
Our bank holiday day trip. In which I am totally distracted by medieval stonework.
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England 2018
I’m back from a week in England. We put this trip together in about a month’s time. Our friend K was supposed to come over here, and just couldn’t make it work. BF had already taken the time off (and I knew I could), so we decided to go to her instead.
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry – Gabrielle Zevin
A.J. Fikry lives above the bookstore he opened with his wife on an island off the coast of Massachusetts. Sadly, his wife passed away, and he’s at the point of the process of grief where he pretty much hates his life and doesn’t see a way past how he’s currently feeling. That’s when a two
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Garden Notes
Both gardens are planted up – I had a marathon afternoon after work yesterday. Both the community garden bed and side garden are now pretty much crammed with stuff. I do still have a few lavender plants to put out, and I think I’m going to try and get the tomato cages out at least,
Garden Notes
Well, the iris are budding now, so that’s a better sign for this weekend. I may manage to actually plant out the main parts of both gardens, though based on the forecast, that might need to be on Friday. I did go over to the community garden plot and put out shallots and the remaining
Knitting Notes
The Adama cowl is done, but I’m not sure when I’m going to be able to block it, so I’m not really counting it as done yet. (And let’s face it, I’ll probably not be able to wear anytime soon, so blocking may take a bit.) I finally finished the thumb on the first