Read for the RIP VII Reading Challenge. In the 12th century, the overly ambitious head of the Shrewsbury Abbey has been on the look out for the relics of a saint he could bring back to the abbey to increase the pilgrims that come there. When he hears the tales of Saint Winifred, who’s buried […]
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Let the Christmas knitting begin! This is Kate Davies’ Owlet sweater, which I’m making for my niece. I’m using Cascade 220 Superwash yarn in a purple shade that’s a bit too dark to really be lavender. The beginning’s gone pretty well – I’ve gotten halfway up the body in one night.
Pattern: Rimefrost by Anne HansonYarn: Dream in Color Smooshy in the Goodluck Jade colorwayNeedles: 1.5 DPNs The Rimefrost socks for K are done! It was nice making socks again. I’d forgotten how oddly satisfying it is turning a heel. This pattern was nice – the pattern repeat is long enough to not be
Read for the Once Upon a Time VII Reading Challenge. Marius is a professional battlefield looter. He and his apprentice, Gerd, happen upon the aftermath of the battle that has killed the king of Scorby. Unable to pass up such a rich battlefield prize, they’re looting the body when the Dead come to claim the
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Read for the RIP VII Reading Challenge. It’s 1861, and as the Prince Consort is dying, Queen Victoria summons a lawyer named Patrick Fitzgerald to Windsor. Within hours, the Prince Consort is dead, Fitzgerald and his ward Georgiana are run off the road in their carriage, nearly killing Georgiana, and his chambers are ransacked. It
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Read for the RIP VII Reading Challenge. The Tenth Gift is one of those books that happens in parallel storylines – one in the present, where someone has found something that links to the storyline in the past. In the case of this book, Julia has just been dumped by her long-time lover (who happens
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So, in the last big rain storm, the clematis trellis managed to detach itself from the supports. (I’m still not entirely sure how – two of the four pieces of twine were still intact – on the trellis at least). Since it was threatening to smush half of my Swiss chard, I decided to cut
Read for the RIP VII Reading Challenge. At the end of the Blood Ties books, for massively spoilery reasons, the vampire Henry Fitzroy had to relocate from Toronto to Vancouver. Needing someone he trusted to be his help during the day, he brought with him Tony Foster, the street kid that had helped Vickie and
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This is approximately twenty pounds of tomatoes (one from the CSA, one from the Farmer’s Market): The following survived the initial wash and cutting off of bad spots: The following did not: After much mashing and boiling: I managed to cover my counter with enough bowls and other equipment to run the results through a
I’ve had a request for socks (little known secret: now that I’ve figured out I’m pretty much a process knitter, as long as it’s not in cashmere, I will probably find a way to fit any knitting requests into my schedule…), so I’ve cast something on to keep me busy until my trip to NYC
