Spring Preview – Gilsland Farm, Falmouth, ME
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Lud-in-the-Mist – Hope Mirrlees
This is a charming story, written in 1926. It’s the tale of the free state of Dorimare, which banished its nobility and magic. It’s been a few centuries, and strange things are afoot. With magic gone, the leading citizens aren’t quite sure what to do, and hijinks ensue. Dorimare is loving drawn, and the characters
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Hexed – Kevin Hearne
This book picks up immediately after the events of the first book of the series (which I have read long enough ago it took me a while to get back into the swing of things). Atticus is a 2000 year old Druid living in Phoenix. He looks in his twenties, but that facade drops pretty
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Palm Beach Zoo – West Palm Beach, FL
The Palm Beach Zoo is a great zoo. It’s not the largest I’ve ever been too, but it’s still got a good variety of animals, and it’s well laid out. I really love how shady it is – most of the paths are tree lined. They have a nice mix of exotic and native animals
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Florida 2025
On Monday, I got up at a completely ridiculous hour to head to Florida. The sun rose while I was on my first flight of the day (from PWM to JFK). It hit summer down there this week. It was muggy and in the 80s the entire time. While I did enjoy being able to
Knitting Notes
Pattern: Sonsie by Kate Davies Yarn: KD&D Co Ooskit in the Choffer and Riach colorways Needles: Size 5 and 6 circs and Size 6 DPNs Both Sonsie hats are done. I really enjoyed this pattern – it’s fun to follow along while it’s developing. That’s why I made both versions – I had enough yarn
The French Ingredient – Jane Bertsch
I think planning Paris trips has become one of my hobbies. I follow a fair amount of Parisian content on Instagram, and listen to a couple of podcasts from ex-pats living in Paris. I ran into the author of this book on one of those. The author ended up in Paris through her banking job,
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Garden Notes
Winter sowing worked! These are broccoli sprouts. I should note that they’re currently getting buried under more snow, because it’s still March, so of course! But considering I had to pull ice off the tops of the containers to check them when I found these, I think a little snow will be fine. The chives
Buried Deep and Other Stories – Naomi Novik
This is a really wide ranging collection of stories. There are some from her existing worlds (Temeraire and Scholomance), with a fun inclusion of an earlier version of the novel Spinning Silver. She also plays in some other sandboxes – I really enjoyed the Pride and Prejudice story set in the Temeraire world – it
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