Gilsland Farm, Maine Audubon – Falmouth, ME
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Garden Notes
I would like to be able to say that my garden has been puttering along nicely, now that we’re in July/August, and as you can see above, it has. I’ve even gotten my first harvest from the tomatoes and shishito peppers. But this is what it looked like until this morning. Have I mentioned
Tapping the Dream Tree – Charles de Lint
I’m often surprised how many de Lint books are out there that I still haven’t read. The man is nothing short of prolific. This is a book of short stories, with familiar characters, and characters that are just passing through or around Newford. My favorite story in this book is “Seven Wild Sisters”
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Knitting Notes
I realized I haven’t posted anything about any knitting for a while, and there is a good reason for that. It’s been hot (this is going to become a recurring theme in the next couple of posts.) So the blanket I’ve been working on is probably the best possible project to be working
Red Clover
Red Clover Trifolium pratense Other names: Cowgrass Family: Fabaceae Range: Throughout North America Native: Introduced Native Habitat: Grasslands, woodlands, forest edges, waste areas. Bloom Time: Summer Notes: Native to Europe, Western Asia and Northwest Africa. It’s widely used as a fodder crop, and since it fixes nitrogen, as a green manure. (This is why it
Amphigorey Too and Amiphigorey Again – Edward Gorey
The main thing I’m taking away from this trio of books (see here for the other) is that Edward Gorey thought a lot about the alphabet. There are so many variations of alphabet lists in these books. He’s also morbid. Which I already knew, but got extra confirmation reading these. I
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Bone Crossed – Patricia Briggs
This is the fourth of the Mercy Thompson books, and definitely has an air of a between stories story, though far better done than what I’ve been reading in the later Sookie Stackhouse books. There were some rather serious events in the last book that Mercy is dealing with, including having killed one of the
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