Well, it’s starting to happen. I could see my breath this morning when I was on my way out the door on the way to work. Which immediately put me in mind of the two plants I have in the backyard that I want to bring in for the winter. We definitely haven’t had any […]
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Read for the Book to Movie Challenge. Interesting little book. The story centers around Mirabelle, a shop girl in the LA Neimans, and her relationship with Ray Porter, a much older man. At its heart, the book is about transitions. It’s clear from the beginning that this is a relationship that was never meant to
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Is there anything more beautiful then fresh tomatoes from the garden? Especially when they’re heirloom tomatoes, and therefore come in so many pretty colors? As you can see, the cherry tomatoes in my father’s garden have been going crazy. It’s nice to know that even though I don’t have the room/proper light for vegetables, I
I finished the top of my celestial postage stamp quilt. Hurray! I think I’ve only been sitting on this since 2002. It’s definitely been a lesson in humility re-cutting all the squares and sewing half of the quilt back together. It still didn’t come together quite perfectly, but will make a perfectly good throw for
Can I get a Hallelujah? I’ve been working on this book for almost two years, and I’m done! I’m not really sure why it took me this long to get through this book. (I was only able to get through about half a story before something else would distract me and leave the book languishing
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Well, when it rains, it pours. I mean, how can I refuse to a do a reading challenge when I can easily pick out the books in a quick three minute survey of the living room section of the library? It would be wrong not to sign right up! So, without further ado, I present
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Though most of my weekend was a dismal failure due to the heat, I did at least manage to get more than half of my celestial postage stamp quilt sewn together before having my bobbin run out completely derailed my progress. (For some reason, this almost always involves seam ripping, and that makes me grumpy.)
Woo-hoo! A challenge tailor-made for the half of my TBR bookpile otherwise known as my boyfriend’s book collection. I may come to regret this, but I’ve decided to do Peril the Third. My books are: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell – Susanna ClarkeNorthanger Abbey – Jane Austen (This is actually from my collection, and is
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Read for the Armchair Traveler Reading Challenge. This book made me hungry. The descriptions of the food that the author and his wife were eating in their jaunts around the Luberon reminded me once again of how much I’d like to visit France. I also enjoyed the descriptions of the local color, and read with
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I divided out one of the clivias today, and got three rather good-sized babies out of the deal. It’s funny, because I remember them fitting into smaller pots the last time I divided them, so I must have done it at an earlier growth stage. Since I had the benefit of some plant largess from
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