So this is the one thing I allowed myself to buy with my tax return this year: a composter. I went for a self contained one so I could pull it up easily if circumstances warranted. Plus, there’s just two of us, so this should be just the right size. I’ll admit I’m excited to […]
In this second Book of Ember, the people of the city of Ember have escaped their dying underground city, and found their way back above ground. Some long ago Disaster has wasted the land above ground, but only a few days walk away, they find the village of Sparks, where the people there have finally
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In this sequel to The Boggart, Emily and Jessup are back in Scotland to visit Castle Keep, and the family’s Boggart that lives there. The Boggart is a mischievous spirit that usually attaches himself to a particular family. While in Scotland, they decide to visit Loch Ness, and the Boggart tags along, only to find
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Well, I had my first full on canning disaster. I was really excited to use my new canner that my mother bought me for Christmas (in action above – it’s so nice and big!). I got it filled up with jars, and those sterilized, and I also got to use the new jar lifter I
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Arthur Penhaligion has returned to our world thinking that he was done with the strange House he’d found himself in on Monday. But, as soon as he returned to the regular world, he finds a new enemy in Grim Tuesday, and he’s forced back to the House to take the second key from Grim Tuesday,
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The Decade Quilt is done. I actually finished it up on Sunday night, but haven’t been able to photograph it in anything approaching decent light until today. I started collecting the fabric for this about ten years ago. It’s all celestial or sky themed, so I decided to make it a postage stamp quilt to
This book continues the story of Beggars in Spain, where a few humans have been engineered to no longer need sleep, and these Sleepless change society in many ways, for both good and ill. This book deals with the consequences of the actions of the Sleepless, but they play a surprisingly small role in the
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So I was tooling along pretty nicely with the landscape quilt – I got the last of three ‘tree’ strips done, and all three sewn together. I pinned those at the river bed, and got ready to sew that. And that is where I hit a snag. The clear thread I currently have is absolutely
And lo, there was bias binding in adequate amounts produced! And it has been attached to the entire front of the Decade Quilt! Yeah, note to self: when one is stopped in the middle of making bias binding from two pieces of fabric by the implosion of the second piece of fabric, make a note
It’s January in Maine, so what’s a girl to do? Read gardening books, and lust after activities I cannot possible for several more months. Sigh… The Edible Front Yard – Ivette Soler This book is all about changing your front yard from a typical lawn into an edible plant garden, but doing it in such
