Presque Isle | 4.29.22
As I shared on Monday, I did not take my usual number of photos on this visit to Presque Isle in Erie. But the lack of images does not diminish the memories...at all. Rather, I think, the lack of photos has sharpened my memories because I spent...
A Literary Ten on Tuesday
I have always enjoyed reading Carole’s Ten on Tuesday posts, and thanks to NaBloPoMo I am now a happy participant! This week’s topic was to “Write 10 Sentences That You Think Would Make Great Opening Lines for a Novel.” Okay. Wow, that is more than a little bit hard...
Winning and Not Winning
Some days the things you try are wildly successful. They are incredibly motivating and exciting. Then there are the days that are the polar opposite of Wildly Successful – the challenge is to find motivation in not winning and not give up in the process. I have...
What I did for Spinzilla…
Spinzilla arrived in the wee hours of the night on October 5th and I got off to a slow start as I was in Michigan until Tuesday night visiting this little bundle of joy. There was a lot of family time! It was hard leaving but I managed to get on my flight to come home...
So Much Busyness
Ever since discovering the wonder that is 100 Acts of Sewing, I have been busy stitching up an assortment of Dress No. 2 frocks and one Dress No. 3 are completed. I am seriously in love with them, so much so I now have three tunic-style frocks from the Dress No 2 pattern, one lovely linen dress with some divine linen I got here. IN ADDITION, I have a lovely linen/cotton blend Dress No. 3.
A Knitter’s Bucket List
In a ball of yarn is the potential to make a dream that you have come true. – Melanie Falick In the summer of 2011 a fantastic designer published a pattern that caught my eye – so much so that it went on my “Knitter’s Bucket List” of things I want to knit. Enter my...
Get Cooking!
A few days ago, I posted this photo on Instagram and several people asked me for the recipe! Smart people, because it is such a good soup – and it is so easy!! Here is the link to the original recipe and here are the changes I made: I use homemade chicken stock – it...