Read for the Once Upon a Time IX Reading Challenge. Have you ever accidently found yourself several books into a series, with no labels to tell you that, leaving you to wonder exactly why you’ve been missing something, and not knowing exactly what that something is? That was my experience with this book. […]
The Silver Rose – Susan Carroll Read More »
Last weekend’s ramble was up to the Bath area, where we tracked down the last state park on those peninsulas we hadn’t been to yet. Amusingly, it’s actually really close to Fort Popham (you can actually see that to the right in the second to last picture), but it’s down a one lane road
Fort Baldwin State Park -Phippsburg, ME Read More »
A few more hexipuffs to finish off the Tess’ Designer sock yarn. There are few more here than I usually like to make from one color, but it’s so much lighter than a lot of what I already have, that it seemed like the contrast would be a good thing.
Here’s a slight twist on the Regency romance – in this world, some people are gifted with the abilities of glamour – the magical ability to manipulate light. At its most basic form, it’s considered womanly magic, something used to make the home brighter and more comfortable. Where the regular Regency romance comes in is
Shades of Milk and Honey – Mary Robinette Kowel Read More »
Garden clean up continues. This time, it was the annoying variegated bush in the front yard. Notice how it’s poking through a hole in the shutter? Well, it’s under much better control now. It’s really amazing what a week of 70 degree weather will do. I left for Florida on Sunday.
Up until now, I’ve read Heyer’s Regency romances, but she wrote some historical novels as well. (What I didn’t know about this one until I read the forward is that it’s unfinished – she never had the concentrated time to devote to it that she wanted to.) This is the story of John of Bedford,
My Lord John – Georgette Heyer Read More »
So, work sent me to Disney this past week, and because I am who I am, I spent one of my free afternoons wandering around Epcot, taking pictures of the Garden Festival topiaries. Yep, I really am that predictable.
Epcot Center – Orlando, Florida Read More »
I really like how this book picks up a few centuries after the action of the Mistborn novels – society has changed and evolved due to what happened in those books – it’s really cool to see how that has changed, and what was brought forward from that older time. The setting is part Old
The Alloy of Law – Brandon Sanderson Read More »
Read for the Once Upon a Time IX Reading Challenge. Kate and her sister Alicia are both ladies in waiting to the Lady Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth I) when her sister Mary is still Queen. Since Alicia is the sweet, innocent one, an imprudent remark of hers is blamed on Kate, and Kate
The Perilous Gard – Elizabeth Pope Read More »
The daffodils are fully out. It is Spring! So here’s the status of the seed starts. I have two kale. The beets are so bad. Swiss chard is a bit of a bust. I’m going to have to thin the carrots and sorrel. The cilantro and nasturtiums were a
