I accidently started the Hidden Legacy series late, when the middle sister (Catalina) took over the action. Now, I managed to track down the older books as Kindle deals, so I’m back to the oldest sister, Nevada. In the world of these books, a serum was discovered in the 19th century that gave some people […]
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If you don’t know Tom Lennon, he played Lieutenant Jim Dangle on Reno 911, which should tell you what level of humor he’s going for here, except this is also a young reader’s level book, so it’s the fairly clean version of that level of humor. Fourteen year old Ronan Boyle is a intern with
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This is the In Dreams Shawl, by Susan Pandorf. I’m using Shibui Knits Lunar in the Noire colorway, and because I am crazy, I’m beading it. (Miyuki 8/o beads in black opaque) So far so good. It’s definitely fiddly enough that I don’t work on it if I’m not feeling totally on the ball that
Here are the two Punochka cross stitch patterns, completed. The second one is called Mushroom Umbrellas. I do have them both in the frames I was trying to fill, but the light this time of year is not conducive to taking good pictures of glass without ridiculous reflections. So someday I’ll get a picture once
I picked this up through Prime Reading because I’d enjoyed the Blacksmith Queen books, and these characters come into the end of the second book, so it’s the same world. And I definitely enjoyed it. Annwyl the Bloody is fighting for her life – her brother wants her dead, so that his claim to the
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So these are some vanilla socks (using the Basic 4ply Socks by Winwick Mum pattern) I started to use up the Koigu Painter’s Palette Merino I’ve been trying to figure out how to use. I got some Ontheround Nimble Sock in the Barred Owl and Narwhal colorways to go with it – they’re the same
So it turns out the secret to not impulse buying half the garden center at a 75% off perennial sale is to not get a cart. It also helps that we had Friday off, so got in before the hoards. (We had Friday off because we were supposed to go to the third rescheduling of
So we originally were buying our Rivers of London books in London, and once you start buying in one particular format, it’s better to keep at it. However, Covid put a real crimp in our ability to run by a Waterstones, so we finally broke down and started buying the ones we were missing here
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Pattern: Nain from Silk Road Socks, by Hunter Hammersen Yarn: Seven Sisters Arts Apex in the Aurora Borealis colorway Needles: Size 1.5 DPNs The Nain socks are done! I really enjoyed this pattern – it was plenty interesting, but not super difficult. I loved this yarn. The camera does not do this color justice –
This is a lovely tale – a monk and their animal companion are traveling all over the land of an unnamed Eastern Asian country, cataloging everything they find. The home in exile of the old Empress has recently been opened, and they make their way there. They find the servant and companion of the Empress,
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