Welcome July | 2023
I drifted into a summer-nap under the hot shade of July, serenaded by a cicada lullaby, to drowsy-warm dreams of distant thunder. ― Terri Guillemets Oh July... you begin the challenges of my year... you and August are my least favorite months. Your heat and humidity...
TGIF | 8.16.19
Mid-August… yes, I said it. Unbelievably, the month is half over. I am having zero success in my efforts to slow August down and my garden is beginning to show "end of season" signs. All of this is putting me in a bit of a melancholy mood – although I am more than...
Three on Thursday | 8.15.19
Joining with Carole today to share three things! Errr...okay maybe one thing with three parts! Thing One "... thinking back on it now reminds that the pleasures of the table, and of life, are infinite – toujours bon appétit!" Today is Julia Child's birthday! She would...
Unraveled Wednesday | 8.14.15
I must confess that I found this knit to be a real slog. It was slow going and tedious, unlike Screen Door which was so much fun and so easy! However, I am happy it is finished, and I even think it will get some use in the coming months. I am still working away on my...
Sometimes Monday | 8.12.19
Are a harbinger for a coming change…. The past two morning it has been so crisp outside that I needed a sweater to work in the garden! Everything is laden with dew and glistening in the early morning sunlight. The drone of the mosquitos and the buzzing of the cicadas...
TGIF | 8.9.19
Once again, Friday is upon us in a week that just sped by! I need to figure out how to slow these August weeks down in order to fully savor these summer days! Thinking – Why does it seem that stripey socks knit up faster than plan socks? I cast on my Non-Euclidian...
Unraveled Wednesday | 8.7.19
I almost have a finished object this week – I bound off this shawl late last night, but it still needs a bit of a spa treatment and a good blocking! Stay tuned for glamour shots next week! But that means – I can cast on something new! And, cast on I did! – although I...
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