Welcome August | 8.7.23
August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time. ― Sylvia Plath I am hopeful for some August rain...we need it in Western PA. August... my least favorite month of the summer. My garden is... less than lovely at this point....
Sometimes Monday | 2.24.20
Comes with a completed sock and a start on its mate! It also brought day three of sunshine and I don't know who is happier me or the hundreds of birds singing in my neighborhood! Sadly, it includes lots of the "regularly scheduled" Monday things as well which will...
Loving February | 2.20.20
Any time, any time while I was a slave, if one minute's freedom had been offered to me, and I had been told I must die at the end of that minute, I would have taken it. Just to stand one minute on god's earth a free woman. I would. — Elizabeth Freeman (MumBet) Black...
Unraveled Wednesday | 2.19.20
The making this week included a wee bit of sewing... one more flannel Esme Tunic, although with the weather we've been having a flannel tunic seems rather silly! However, it is my "go to wear" these days and having one more in the rotation is a good thing. I did a bit...
Sometimes Monday | 2.17.20
Is still the weekend, at least for some of us… I find it curious that Steve does not have MLK Day off but he does President's Day... Anyway, it was a good weekend, one with tulips for Valentine's Day and, thanks to Sarah's Saturday release, a new sock was started (and...
Loving February | 2.14.20
February brings the rain, Thaws the frozen lake again. - Sara Coleridge Rain. Rain mixed with snow. Snow. Snow mixed with rain. And now bitter cold. Yet, lengthening days and increasing birdsong hold the promise that spring is coming, even if it does not feel like it...
Unraveled Wednesday | 2.12.20
Socks, hat pompoms, and increases every fourth row described my knitting this week! No actual finishes, but lots of progress none the less! I went with a friend to see Knives Out! last Wednesday and I managed to get the leg of my second sock done. And, a few bits of...
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