You wouldn’t think that the concept of night could be that different over time – most of us do sleep through it, after all. But this book explores how things were indeed different in the days before modern lighting (concentrating on the West). Not only was it considered a separate “season”, but there are many […]
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This is theoretically a book about medieval gardens, and while it does talk about a few specific gardens, and has some interesting plant lists, it’s really more of a historical wrap up of the kinds of gardens that would have existed in that time, with a somewhat modern garden plan to go with each idea.
In a Unicorn’s Garden – Judyth McLeod Read More »
Due to the squash carnage, I went out looking for greens yesterday. I planted some pretty looking red Swiss chard, and some seed arugula and lettuce. I also prepped the part of the bed that had peas in it for garlic, though that won’t go in until October. I may add some more
In this book’s world, Shakespeare was a historian, and a short time later, the English Civil War rages, but with more technology than we had in our world. Prince Rupert of the Rhine, fighting for his uncle, Charles I, is captured. His captor’s niece, Jennifer, helps him escape, and Oberon and Titania chose the two
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I should be rejoicing in the four beautiful khuri squash I had ripening in the community garden plot (seen here in a picture from the 4th – my sister and niece were here for ten days, so heavy duty garden pictures were not on the agenda). However, someone apparently couldn’t resist the bright orangeness
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This the final book of The Raven Cycle. Blue, Gansey, Ronan, Adam, and Noah, are absolutely in the thick of searching for Owain Glendower. It’s now critically important, as a demon is unraveling the magical forest around the ley line where Glendower is buried. A lot happens in the book – and I’m a little
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This is the fourth book in the Collegium series. Mags and his friends are really settling into life at the Collegium. Healer Bear has been able to do an operation that’s given their friend Amily the ability to walk again, and it’s absolutely changed her life, as well as deepening her relationship with Mags. Mags
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It amuses me greatly that the above all came from the same skein of yarn. This is the last of the Jojoland Melody I used in the Tursas mittens. There was enough that I probably could have found something else to do with it, but the color is so variable I knew it
I’m nearly three weeks behind on garden goings on, which means all my actual pictures of the garden are out of date, and I’ll need to try and get some with the good camera this week. The kale and cornflowers are going like gangbusters, and I’ve been managing to get small amounts of chamomile flowers
This was just a classic 90’s YA vampire story. Cynda’s off to remote Maine to live with her father, step-mother and little half-brother, now that her mother is moving to Italy. They run an inn by the sea – an inn supposedly haunted by the ghost of a young woman who died there years ago.
Look for Me by Moonlight – Mary Downing Hahn Read More »
