does this bird look crazed to you?

Posted on 17 CommentsPosted in designing, food and garden, lace/shawls, projects

i’m a little concerned about our feathered friend here. she took up residence in the nest she built near the ceiling of our front porch way back in april. you might remember that i showed it earlier in the spring (april 4th, to be exact), when it appeared to have been built, then abandoned. well, no […]

lily daze

Posted on 11 CommentsPosted in designing, food and garden, projects

everything is coming in so early this year—we are in blueberry season already; we got an email form the farm that picking begins on thursday. and look, my yellow day lilies began to open yesterday. my friend anne marie was here for a couple of days this week and we had a great visit. since […]

verdant june

Posted on 16 CommentsPosted in food and garden

june is the month that for me, holds the halcyon days of gardening. once the planting is done in may, we get to watch it all grow and bloom while the weather is still freshly warm and the ravages of summer—insect stampedes, hail,wind storms, drought—have yet to make their mark on new leaves. right now […]

A Club Like No Other

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It’s rare that a club is impeccable and inspiring from start to finish. It’s also rare that a club hits it out of the park the first year of its existence. Knitspot’s Fall In Full Color did all of this and more in 2011. I know you’re probably thinking “yeah, yeah…of course you loved the club. […]