So I came outside on Friday morning to a bit of a surprise. One of the first summers we’d move here (so at least eight years ago), I planted a couple of lilies in the side garden, which then proceeded to get well and truly decimated by lily beetle, to the point where they barely […]
I’m taking a little break from the Evenstar shawl (which is going really well – I’m toward the end of the third chart), for a birthday request. This is the Fish Hat [Dead or Alive?] from the Winter 2008 Knitty. It’s great for using up scraps, so I did buy one yarn to tie what
So this year, our CSA is growing rhubarb. I’ve done strawberry rhubarb crisp, and a killer rhubarb coffee cake, so where do you go next? Jam! The above is a Vanilla Balsamic Rhubarb Jam, and for once, it actually made more than the recipe said, so I had a small jar’s worth to sample, and
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Well, I’d held off posting about the end of this challenge so I could see if I could fit one more book in, but that’s not going to happen, so I can now safely say I’m done. I read: I definitely leaned heavy into the fantasy this year, thought the Gwenhwyfar book was Arthurian (folklore)
Once Upon a Time Reading Challenge VII 3/21/13 – 6/21/13 Read More »
Well, I’ve finally found my first Valdemar anthology that I can’t say I universally enjoyed. Up until now, I was pretty happy with the story selection, but this is the first one where I have to say eh. In the first place, the actual Mercedes Lackey novella is just ok. It features no regular, or
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I do normally give myself a little more space between books in the same series, since I have so much else to read lying around the house, but I admit, I was really curious to see how Gen would fare in this book (the last in the trilogy). In The Queen of Attolia, the story
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Read for the Once Upon a Time VII Reading Challenge. Ista has spent most of her life under the shadow of a curse on her family, but when her daughter (see The Curse of Chalion) is finally able to lift it, Ista is released from her madness. And suddenly doesn’t know what she should do.
Paladin of Souls – Lois McMaster Bujold Read More »
What a difference a week makes. Last week, I was somewhat stuck inside by the cold rain. This week, it’s the incredible heat. (We’re not in official heat wave territory here, but you don’t have to go too far south to get there…) The iris are definitely out now – all types even. I still
Well, today, I finished the skirt I’ve been working on. I gave up on the blind hem. I think the fabric was a little too unwieldy (ie: hard to press and get it to actually stick), and I’d tried the hem so many times, I had a bunch of stitches I couldn’t entirely pull out
They’re fore-casting 80 degree plus weather for multiple days by the end of the week. I think that means I’ll be able to plant my veggies next weekend.
