Spring Flowers
From around the neighborhood. These were actually taken on the 15th, so a number of them have now gone by.
Wicked Lovely – Melissa Marr
Read for the Once Upon a Time Reading Challenge. Aislinn can see the Fae – an ability shared by her grandmother, who has taught her to hide that gift, for if the faeries ever found out she could see them, terrible things would happen to her. One place she’s found a sanctuary is her friend
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Snow White and Rose Red – Patricia C. Wrede
Read for the Once Upon a Time Reading Challenge. Set in the a small village outside London during Elizabethan times, this version of the fairy tale is the story of sisters Blanche and Rosamund Arden, who live with their mother at the edge of the village. They make a fair living gathering herbs there, because
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Coastal Maine Botanical Garden – Boothbay, ME
Who knew there were this many flowers out this early?
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Celtic Myth and Religion – Sharon Paice Macleod
A LibraryThing Early Reviewers Book. This book is a good overview of the various mythologies and beliefs of the Celtic world. It touches on the old gods and goddesses, folk traditions, the roots of the Arthurian legends, and some interesting ideas about shamanistic practices. It’s got a more scholarly than new–agey tone to it (a
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Orchids at the National Botanical Garden
Final installment in my pictures from DC (I am so behind posting these…) There was really neat orchid exhibit at the National Botanical Gardens while we were down there. The Garden is next to the Capital, and I highly recommend visiting it. There’s an outdoor garden, and a glassed in house, that has a number
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Garden Notes
The bulbs are out in nearly full force – the tulips are just about to come out (some early ones already are), and most everything else is already out. My favorites (the muscari) are out in the back yard, and the Solomon’s seal is starting to poke its way above ground. This was the first
Knitting Notes
My newest project (which I actually cast on last Saturday) is Annie Modesitt’s Kensington Mitts from the 2011 Jane Austen Knits. I’ll admit, when I saw the pattern, it immediately made me think of the Regency dress I’ve been meaning to make, because I’m planning on doing a short-sleeved dress, and since these are elbow
The Ill-Made Mute – Cecilia Dart-Thornton
Read for the Once Upon a Time Reading Challenge. “Mirrinor – it was the Place of Islands, the Land of Still Waters, where every lake was strewn with islands, and every island was strewn with lakes. Indeed, it was hard to tell whether the region was mostly above water or below it. Tall snowmint trees
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