spring flowers

Garden Notes

It’s amazing what hitting 60 degrees will do. The daffodils were barely budding yesterday. This picture was taken when I got home from work. By the time we were back from dinner (yep, totally choked on any amount of cooking creativity and went out to eat), almost all of the buds in this picture were

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beef and bok choy stew

Dinner

Now, I’m not that much of a beef girl. I think I’ve had my own personal steak precisely once in my life. If I want some beefy goodness, I go for beef stew. Of course, the season for that is winding down now, so for probably the last time until next winter, I made my

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the side garden

Garden Notes

The garden is coming along, considering how early it still is for the season. The hyacinths have actually started to bud, so I’ll soon have more then just crocus. Thursday was an absolutely lovely, seasonally warm day, so I took the opportunity to take all of my perennial pots out of winter hibernation in the

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embossed leaves socks

Knitting Notes

Still working on the Embossed Leaves Socks from Interweave’s Favorite Socks. Finally got out of the twisted rib section (I hate knitting into the back of the loop!) and into the actual pattern. It’s a pretty simple pattern, and I’m still absolutely loving the colors of this yarn. I’m also enjoying working from my first

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embossed leaves socks

Knitting Notes

So, despite the fact that I promised myself I wouldn’t work on them again until I had more of my Sitcom Chic sweater, or more Project Spectrum stuff done, I recast on my Jaywalkers again. This time, I obeyed the pattern, and used size 1 needles, and they seem much more to gauge this time

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