Weekly Wildflowers – Warren Woods, Scarborough, ME
This is one of my favorite local boggy walks. I plan my footwear for this place. It’s bone dry right now – very strange.
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Knitting Notes
Pattern: Portland Cap by Mary Pranica Yarn: Quince and Co Osprey in Kumlien’s Gull (probably – this yarn is from a seconds sale) Needles: Size 11 circs and DPNs The stash busting continues. I have some cold weather gear I’ve been gathering for a donation, and since I had no other plans for this yarn,
Further Adventures in Domesticity
This very light blue shirt had an unfortunate encounter with a darker jacket the very first time I washed it. (I was so mad!) I’d been sitting on it for a while when it occurred to me I could overdye it. I certainly wasn’t going to ruin it anymore than it’s already been ruined. I
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Magic Triumphs – Ilona Andrews
I finished a series! (Ok, fine, they ended up extending this series, so there’s more to read, but I finished a unit of published books, which is a big deal for me!) The book starts with the birth of Kate and Curran’s son Conlan, and jumps ahead to him being a very precocious toddler, which
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Garden Notes
Figured I should do a last day of August garden post – here’s the back bed in all its still pretty droughty glory. A few highlights: The maypop is actually starting to resemble a vine! We’ll see how big this gets this year. I’ll put it up another size pot if I think it warrants
A Civil Campaign and Winterfair Gifts – Lois McMaster Bujold
I ended up getting the Miles in Love omnibus even though I own Komarr on its own, just for the simplicity of getting Winterfair Gifts in the bargain. I loved A Civil Campaign. I adore Ekaterin, and Miles completely floundering about like an idiot when he finally finds the woman for him was adorable. I
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Knitting Notes
The Piccolo Pyrus cowl is done. It’ll definitely benefit from some blocking, so this isn’t the final post, but I can at least count the yarn towards my August stash busting totals.
