Read for the RIP Reading Challenge. In the future, humanity has been enslaved by a race of Overlords that use people as the raw materials to construct their armies. Children are harvested on their 14th birthday. Occasionally, children do escape, and some find their way to Shade’s hideaway. Shade was once a man, but is […]
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So what do you do when you have a batch of fairly tasteless apples, and you’d rather move on to the much better batch you bought at the farmer’s market? Make applesauce! This is using the recipe from Canning for a New Generation. Sadly, it did fall prey to my occasional issue where I only
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Today, the above, became the below. The yellow one was still blooming, but it’s to the point now where barely any of them were ripening, and the weather’s not getting any warmer. We have plans for next weekend, so I wouldn’t have been able to take care of it then, not to mention next weekend
The Knitpicks Stroll Tweed Down Heather is officially gone. I worked a few hexipuffs in amongst the Wee Ambrosia knitting this week. It’s nice to have a light color to work in amongst the mostly darker ones I already have.
Read for the Georgette Heyer Reading Challenge. The more Heyer I read, the more I realize I like her older books better. They’re light and fun, like all her books, but less likely to run to the absurd. This book is one of her earlier books, and it runs toward the absurd frequently. Judith Taverner
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Pattern: Noodles by Joeli CarparcoYarn: KnitPicks Stroll Tweed in the Down Heather colorwayNeedles: Size 2.5 DPNs This is a great little pattern, with a wide range of larger than baby sizes. The pattern is simple, but still interesting, so no boredom. I’m happily adding it to my “use up sock yarn” pattern
So, it’s the middle of October. It’s been close to 70 degrees almost every day this week. I’m currently sitting here in short sleeves, and no socks, with all the windows open. Oh, and we’re in the middle of a thunder storm. Needless to say, it’s been a weird Fall. I mean, I like
Christmas knitting has begun! This is my gift for my niece – it’s the Wee Ambrosia cardigan by Gudrun Johnston. I’m using Knitpicks Wool of the Andes superwash in the Columbine colorway. (The yarn is not quite as pink as the picture.) So far, so good. I’m in the easy part of the body. I’m
Read for the RIP IX Reading Challenge. I really hadn’t meant to have a historical mystery theme to my RIP reading this year, but that does seem to be what I have in my TBR pile lately. This is book five of the Brother Cadfael books. Brother’s Cadfael’s abbey is in a bit of an
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Read for the RIP IX Reading Challenge. In the 12th century, the Royal Forests were hunting lands reserved for the king, where even gathering firewood was forbidden to anyone else. Actually poaching in these lands could lead to a death sentence. This story is set in Devon, in the area around Exeter and Dartmoor, where
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