My mother had a bumper crop of raspberries earlier this summer. She had so many I told her I’d take as many as she could freeze for me. I knew I wouldn’t be able to do anything with them then, but figured September would probably be better. And I managed jam. The smell was heavenly. […]
The garden’s definitely on the wane. I pulled out the cucumbers yesterday – they were not looking good. I will say, they were fantastically prolific. One vine would have been plenty for us. I left the peppers and tomatoes. There are a few more fruits on there that still might ripen. We haven’t actually had
Loved this book – it’s the story of the crew of a ship that builds wormhole tunnels, who are suddenly forced to go the long way around for their next job. The crew are not all human, which is great, so you get treated to a whole variety of people with incredibly different backgrounds. And
A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet – Becky Chambers Read More »
I’ve finished the first panel of the William Morris design way faster than I thought I would. I’m finding I can work on cross stitch longer than I can knitting – it seems to be a little less complicated for when I’m tired enough that trying to keep tracking of knitting becomes dangerous for the
The first Gordes sock is done. I did have to frog and start over the first time through the cuff, but that turned out to be a good thing. I took the opportunity to go up a couple needle sizes when I did that. This yarn is light fingering weight, and it definitely benefited from
Really interesting portrait of Antarctica – both the people there (past and present), and the science they’re finding. It’s from 2013, so a smidge dated at this point, but still lots of interesting things covered. You’ll find climate science, meteorology, astronomy, and biology – not to mention how living in such an isolated location impacts
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A good chunk of the rest of the world is suddenly underwater, but Dinetah (formerly the Navajo reservation) had the forsight to wall itself off, and they’ve managed to survive. The flood has also brought back magic. So we’ve got a fairly standard fare of kickass female protagonist with a past, and smart ass guy
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So apparently my reaction to the pandemic is to craft – I feel like I’m in a run of small knitting items. And, because I’m apparently insane, I wanted to add to that. I’ve tried some straight embroidery lately, but I used to do cross stitch back in the day, and figured that would be
Princess Essie of Escarland and elf Prince Farrendel ended up married to prevent a war between their kingdoms. Essie was able to help thwart an assassination attempt on the elven royal family that the neighboring Troll kingdom had tried to pin back on Escarland. So she and Farrendel are off to Escarland to figure out
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Next in my series of small projects: Gordes Socks from Silk Road Socks by Hunter Hammersen. The yarn is Swans Island Ikat Collection Watercolor yarn in the Indigo Beetroot colorway. I think I’m going to make this Christmas knitting for my mother. It’s practically September, so it can be too soon for that,
