Garden Notes
Did my last bit of in house seed planting today – some runner beans, cucumbers and khuri squash, to give them a bit of a head start. It’s been so cold so far this Spring (we had snow last week!), they’ll probably need it.
Knitting Notes
My next project is Rich Ensor’s Circinus socks. I’m using Blue Moon Yarn Silky Sock in a yellow colorway, which is my Auntie B’s favorite color – guess who I’m making them for? The pattern is fun so far – it’s got a winding chart pattern around the leg which is fun to keep
Knitting Notes
Pattern: Laminaria by Elizabeth Freeman (shawlette size)Yarn: Tess’ Designer Yarns Superwash Merino Lace in the Maine Woods and Waters colorwayNeedles: Size 6 circs It always amazes me how lace starts out so small and plain looking, and blocks out to something amazing. I got all the way to the first border chart in this, and
Mira’s Last Dance – Lois McMaster Bujold
This novella picks up immediately at the end of Penric’s Mission, where Penric had been sent on a covert mission to Cedonia, which had failed rather spectacularly. He’s now on the run with General Arisaydia, and his widowed sister Nikys. He’s decided to get them as far as Orbas, where Arisaydia believes he can find
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Garden Notes
I’m late to note that the early seedlings were planted up two weekends ago now. They’re doing pretty well, other than the Swiss chard, which for some reason just isn’t doing quite so well this year. I do still have several left (the advantage of planting 12), but I may end up buying some seedlings
Bayou Moon – Ilona Andrews
This is one of the Edge books, and picks up the story of William after the events of On the Edge. William is a changeling (a wolf shape shifter in his case), and lost out on the girl in the last book. He’s stayed in the Edge, biding his time until his next job for
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The Royal We – Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
I bought this book because I love the Go Fug Yourself blog – their write ups are the best part of the blog. I figured I’d be able to read this someday when I needed a lighter read, and this past month definitely fit that category. And you know what? It was exactly what I
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Clash of Eagles – Alan Smale
This was an interesting concept – a Roman Empire that never fell to the northern tribes, who eventually subjugated the Vikings, and was therefore able to use their ships to go to the New World in the 13th century. They send an army, but once there, it’s obliterated by the native population, leaving only the
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Knitting Notes
Here’s the clean up of the last of the Quince and Co Finch yarn from the Sibella sweater. In other news, I was in the second to last chart of my Laminara shawlette, and fudged it so badly I ripped the entire thing out and started over again. I’d been fudging a few things up
Garden Notes
Things are finally starting to green up in earnest – here’s my garlic. I was a little nervous – this is seed garlic I bought at the Bennington Garlic Festival. I was pretty sure garlic from upstate New York by way of Vermont would be fine over here in Maine, but I was