two pretty to pass up

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not the best opening shot i’ve had on the blog but it does tell the story of how busy the last couple of days have been. first, my living room floor was covered with sweaters laid out to dry. then i had two shawlettes off the needles that needed blocking. so yesterday when i woke […]

it’s a jungle out there

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upon arriving home, one of the first things i did was go out to see what was happening in the garden. usually by this time of the summer, our plants are showing signs of fighting off blight or bugs and looking kind-of worse for wear. but not so this year. it’s the first summer that […]

les abeilles is a good bakugan nest

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this morning, andrew wanted to help me write a blog post. we went outside to where dad was working and he took some photos (there were many pictures of other backyard features, but we narrowed it down to these few). next we took some knitting pictures we spread out the les abeilles shawl for a […]

full house

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i had to laugh when i walked in the door of my brother’s family’s house for the first time and saw this—i think it pretty much tells in a nutshell the story of a large family, haha! let me back up a bit and tell you about our travel day yesterday we woke to a […]