Androscoggin Riverlands State Park – Turner, ME
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Garden Notes
I have one solitary iris (though you can see behind this one that the Siberian iris are poised to go crazy any second now), so it’s officially time to plant. The above is the before shot, when I headed out at about 8:30 this morning- well before the heat of the day (it was about
Weekly Wildflowers – Donnell Pond, Franklin, ME
I was so excited to see the white version of the Lady Slippers this weekend- they’re clearly still Cypripedium acaule, but with slight color variations – I’d never seen that pale pink to white before.
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Garden Notes
Last weekend, we did some much needed deep cleaning, so I’m fairly late posting these pictures. Because we were going away this weekend, I went ahead and bought tomatoes a week early, and because the forecast looked good, just went ahead and planted them that day, with the Swiss Chard and kale. The
Broken Homes – Ben Aaronovitch
In this book, the families Thames came back in force, as the Folly staff (Nightingale, Peter and Leslie) are more or less ordered to provide security when Father and Mother Thames hold Court for the first time in about a hundred and fifty years. Needless to say, having the two gods of the
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Whispers Underground – Ben Aaronovitch
So before we left for England, the BF was looking for something to take on the plane, and I suggested Midnight Riot (aka Rivers of London), the first book in this series. Well, he blew through that book, bought the rest that were out and we didn’t already have yet while we were in
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Garden Notes
So instead of pet sitting, for my trip, I required seedling sitting. My chard and kale went over to my mother’s house, and came back with friends. That, and my chard must have quadrupled in size. So I now have chard, kale, basil, shishito peppers, yellow cauliflower and marigolds. The chard and
Knitting Notes
In the spirit of Cold Sheep, I looked for ideas for using up my worsted weight scraps en mass (they’re the biggest volume I had since I control the fingering weight scraps with hexipuffs.) I hit upon this garter stitch blanket (Ten Stitch Blanket by Frankie Brown), which is great, because you basically just
Knitting Notes
Pattern: Pyukkleen by Ysolda TeagueYarns: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes in the Bamboo Heather, Baltic Heather, Camel Heather, Shire Heather, Coal and Brass Heather colorways.Needles: Size 9 circs and DPNs I liked this pattern. It was a good intro to colorwork (I made some notes in my last blog post that I will