Embroidery Notes
The second to last panel is done! Granted, it’s the smallest panel, but it’s still done!
We Hunt the Flame – Hafsah Faizal
Zafira is the Hunter – the only person capable of hunting in the enchanted Arz Forest. Nasir is the son of the sultan, and has been turned by his father into an assassin. When they are both sent after a mythical book that may be able to restore magic to the people of their kingdom,
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Garden Notes
So we had around 18 inches of snow the week before Christmas that managed to evaporate overnight on Christmas Eve. Since I had some time off around the holidays, once things dried out a bit, I spent some time in the backyard. I wanted to get some measurements of where things stand. I’m planning on
2020 Books Read
Definitely an interesting reading year. There was a lot of rereading, and I ended up being fairly specific in the kinds of books I actually enjoyed reading. I went pretty heavy on comfort. I suspect that’s going to continue for a while into the new year.
Knitting Projects 2020
Here’s the finished projects for this past year. It’s a little light in number – I definitely did lose some of my knitting mojo this year. But I got some leftover yarn out of the way, and I got to do a fun test knit. So it was a good year, considering.
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Knitting Notes
In an effort to get my knitting mojo back, I went through what I have for leftover yarn, and plotted some easy patterns to get rid of it. I also ordered yarn to go for a complicated project of the kind I enjoy making, but don’t often have an excuse to do, but that’ll be
Embroidery Notes
Panel seven is done. Fairly well flying along now, since these last panels are skinnier than the others.
Running Around on Boxing Day with Only My Cellphone Camera
We got a bit of rain on Christmas – mostly overnight. We’d gotten about twenty inches of snow the week before, and while that had compacted a bit, it was definitely still around. Woke up Christmas morning, took a look out the window, and it was almost entirely gone, save for the worst of the
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The Night Raven – Sarah Painter
Lydia Crow is a member of one of the four magical families that rule London, except she has no real power, so has grown up outside of the family. She’s managed to get a pretty good life going up in Aberdeen as an investigator, but a small snafu on the job makes it necessary to
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Every Heart a Doorway – Seanan McGuire
Nancy has arrived at a very particular boarding school – it’s for children that have fallen through doors into other realms, and for whatever reason, have had to come back. Their families often don’t understand them, so Eleanor West, herself a child that went through a door, has created a safe space for them. Their
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