Here’s the after photos since the landscaping crew came through and got rid of so many shrubs. I went through and cleaned up a lot of leaves this weekend, and we got the rain barrels out. We’re definitely going to be on sprout patrol in most of these spots – there are several invasives scattered […]
It’s really hard to describe this book. We open in NYC before WWII, in a world of mobsters. Pea has magical hands and works as an enforcer – she’s always believes she was given them to kill those that deserve it, but as the story goes on, she learns that that’s not always been the
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This is a charming little book. Imelda’s one of the twelve dancing princesses, and falls in love with Ambrose at her sister’s wedding. Unfortunately, she falls sick at their wedding, and a fairy godmother offers Ambrose the chance to save her, but they’ll have to lose their love for each other. So we end up
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Halla is a respectable widow who’s just inherited a fortune, and has been locked in her bedroom by the rest of her family by marriage, who want her to marry her husband’s cousin to keep the money in the family. That’s when she discovers that the dingy sword that’s been hanging there for as long
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Seedlings have been planted up. I’m having kind of a meh year with seed starting. I tried to start delphinium, and failed. I suspect I should have treated them like I did the columbine seed and stratified them first. So I’ll try that next year. It was brand new seed, so I don’t think that
This book continues the story of the younger generation of the family in the center of this series. One thing I’ve always appreciated about this author is her willingness to go dark – she absolutely doesn’t shy away from themes that other authors wouldn’t touch with a ten foot pole. But man, this book was
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Pattern: Vivid by tincanknits Yarn: Cascade 220 Superwash Sport in the Really Red, Pumpkin, Daffodil, Blue Velvet, Baby Denim and Beet colorways Needles: Size 6 DPNs I finished the extra row on the Vivid blanket on Friday, and that definitely made the size better, so I’m happy to report, it’s done. I liked working with
This is an interesting alternate take on the Persian empire, bringing in Alexander the Great of Macedon. Nazafareen’s sister was taken by a druj (demon), and she joins the Water Dogs to try to avenge her death. The Water Dogs bind to daevas, who they are told are also druj, but there’s clearly more going
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This is a fun book – told jumping over about a twenty year period in the life of Maggie Bird, now a chicken farmer in a small town in Maine, but formerly a spy. She ended up in Purity when several of her other former spy friends settled there after their retirement, and this tale
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Here’s the Vivid blanket. I called this finished this week, but as I was laying it out to take pictures, it’s just not quite big enough. I have plenty of yarn left, so I can do one more square per color. That’ll add another long row, and that feels like it’ll balance it out correctly.
