This is an interesting take on Sherlock Holmes – in this case, he’s an angel, which explains why he’s not the best at personal interactions with regular people. The angels bring some magic in the world, which is a nice extra touch – it’s not overdone, just there, and just enough to make the story […]
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This is the follow up to The Left-Handed Booksellers of London. Susan, Merlin and Vivien are all back. Susan’s well aware of her heritage as the daughter of one of the Ancient Sovereigns, but she’s trying to live as normal a life as possible. Unfortunately, while Vivien and some of the other right handed booksellers
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Pattern: Cellarium by Rachel Illsley (Unwind Knits) Yarn: The Alpaca Yarn Co. Paca-Peds in the Stardust Colorway Needles: Size 2 circs and Size 3 DPNs Here’s Cellarium hat #2. I waffled over using this yarn – I was a little afraid of how busy it might look over the pattern. But I’m pretty happy with
I had full intentions of getting seaweed and spreading it over the garden with compost and then covering that with straw. But it continues to be wet at the times I would actually be able to go out and do anything. We may or may not be getting our first measurable snow tonight (the latest
Lanie’s family has served as the right hands of the ruling family of Liriat since its founding, and have always had a relationship with Doedanna, the goddess of death. They were usually necromancers, but Lanie is the first necromancer born in a century – her parents were the chief assassin, and chief executioner. Where this
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Pattern: Norway Pine Hat by Sarah Rhody Yarn: Studio Donegal Donegal Wool Spinning Company worsted yarn Needles: Size 6 and 8 circs and Size 8 DPNs I really liked the color of this yarn. And I really liked the looks of this pattern. It used up the entire skein of yarn. And it is way
Well, Fall definitely happened. We are no longer in the land of weirdly warm temps. I’ve been going out in my lunch hour and clearing out the back bed. The greens are still out, and I really need to de-strawberry everything, but I’m ready to get some seaweed, empty out the compost barrel, and straw
So that was an experience. This book has been out long enough that it’s really hard to avoid reading about it online. I’ve tried my best to stay deep spoiler free, but I’d already heard about the change in perspective (to a second person voice), and I had a pretty good idea of why things
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Pattern: Willow Branches Hat by Heather Anderson Yarn: Bare Naked Wools Targhee Tango Sport in the Apilado colorway and Quince & Co. Chickadee in the Belize colorway Needles: Size 4 and 5 circs and size 5 DPNs I have a gradient set of yarn I’ve been looking for a pattern for, and quite of few
Here are the garden beds on Monday, before our first frost. Hilariously, not as much changed after that night as I’d have thought it should. The zinnias and zucchini were toast – I pulled those out in the middle of the week. What is shocking is that the dahlias are still alive. The foliage and
