So I did pick up the next book in Carrie Bebris’ Jane Austen inspired mystery series during last Saturday’s library trip. This book, as you can tell from the title, marries the Pride and Prejudice and Northanger Abbey worlds. I was actually pretty proud of myself for figuring out who the villain of the book […]
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A small sampler of Spring flowers: In slightly less pretty news, I already have lily beetles in my lilies! Damn bugs! The poor lilies were so badly infested last year that one of three plants never managed to bloom (the other two were pretty half-hearted about it). I’d managed to find an organic insecticide that
It’s not often that you can actually sit down and read a craft book through, but the Knitter’s Book of Yarn is one that you can. It’s a very readable, very informative book. The other starts by breaking the various types of fiber into broad groups – Synthetic, Cellulose, Cellulosic and Protein. Within these groups,
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Read for the Young Adult and Once Upon a Time II Reading Challenges. I’ve found a new fantasy series to follow. I’d almost bought The Naming and The Riddle (the second book in the series) last Christmas, based on the cover illustrations and short descriptions in the book. However, I was good, and once I
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I have second sleeve syndrome. I promised myself I wouldn’t cast on my second Embossed Leaves sock until I’d at the very least finished sleeve number two for my Sitcom Chic sweater. Naturally, I then took about three days off from knitting of any kind. I also managed to place a Knitpicks order, where I
Ok, I’ve figured out exactly why I love Ravelry so much. In the midst of doing a little recon work on Alex O’Loughlin of Moonlight (because he’s so pretty, and last Friday’s episode was just so nice in a lovely, good cheesily romantic way!), just for kicks, I checked to see if there’s a Moonlight
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Quick! It’s an emergency! You just got an urgent call about a family emergency and had to rush to the airport with barely time to grab your wallet and your passport. But now, you’re stuck at the airport with nothing to read. What do you do?? And, no, you did NOT have time to grab
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Despite the lack of progress posts, I have actually been alternating between my two Project Spectrum themed projects most nights. I went on a bit of a clean-up binge today, and managed to finish the first Embossed Leaves sock. Totally love these socks. I’m just a little sad, because I’m pretty much out of the
I headed out fairly early this morning to make sure I could get to Mackworth Island while there was still room in the lot. It was a bit windy on the seaward side of the island, but it was still a beautiful morning out there. It was a good day to notice structure. The leaves
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A few more flowers from around the neighborhood. The flowering trees are now starting to come in, so I’m hoping to get some pictures of those this weekend.
