The Embossed Leaves socks are done! Finally! Yes, the second one came out slightly smaller, even though I did it on larger needles, and even compared it side by side with the first one as I was going along, so not sure exactly how that happened. However, my socks tend to slouch enough that it […]
Had another two movie week this week. It started on Thursday with Hellboy II, which is probably best described by the word charming. Not that I thought I’d be able to apply that word to this kind of movie, but then, I also didn’t think I’d get a Barry Manilow earworm out of it either.
So I’m pretty massively behind on my Google Reader feeds, and finally found some time to take a look today, and boy was I glad I did. The Hidden Side of a Leaf had a post about Paperspine, which is more or less the Netflix for paperbacks. I tried valiantly for about five minutes to
Hamilton House is a really neat 18th century house on a bluff overlooking the Salmon River in southern Maine. I’ve unfortunately never managed to hit in when I could go inside the house, but the gardens are so lovely I haven’t really minded. Monday was particularly lovely because we had the place entirely to ourselves.
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We spent the long weekend away in Vermont. On Saturday, as we headed in, we stopped in Wilmington for lunch at Dot’s Diner, and then were able to actually wander around the stores on Main Street. Usually, things are closed when we come through, so it was novel to see everything open. Later that day,
Pretty flowers. That is all.
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Read for the Mythopeoic Awards and TBR 2008 Reading Challenges. Having recently read Anansi Boys, and having been forewarned that while the two books are set in the same world (and at least one overlapping character), I wasn’t quite sure what to expect with American Gods. I did know that Gaiman’s never done me wrong
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This little masterpiece was an amalgam of a number of different Asian-inspired noodle salads I’ve come across in my travels, and basically came out like a deconstructed spring roll, with chicken. I poached the chicken with some peppercorns, salt and bay in the water, and it came out as some of the moistest, most flavorful
The Nutkin socks are done! I’m overall very happy with the pattern, even if the short row heels (and toes) did initially kick my butt. Once I found a short row method I actually liked, I was much happier with that part of the project, and pretty much breezed through those sections in the second
My day began and ended with roses. And vetch, and milkweed, and a number of other flowers up in the bluffs above Crescent Beach. The smell was absolutely amazing. The roses already produce my favorite scent in all the world (rose + salt spray = heaven), but it was extra flowery good today. The milkweed
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