good mail

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friday was one of those really good mail days, with a stack of soft, squishy packages waiting on the doorstep, all addressed to me. since july is an excellent time for a parade, i thought i’d share some of the wonderful yarns and sundries that arrived on friday and on other recent good mail days. […]

the pictures tell the story

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doesn’t this bright bouquet make you feel all summery? it just couldn’t be a more superb weekend day here. yesterday we had a steady, drenching rain all day, which cooled things down and refreshed all the growing things considerably (they were looking quite wilty by thursday). this is the best sleeping weather we’ve had in […]

mr. green beans

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today i picked a perfect little bunch of our first green beans. these would be fantastic in a penelope yarn is an absolute delight to work with; i’m already sad that it has to end (eventually) and i’ve just gotten started. i LOVE how the lark books, a set of five little dictionaries by

now it’s summer

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a week ago it was going down into the 40s at night; now we’re lucky if it goes below 90. welcome to our midwest summer. the ten-day forecast looks like a scene from groundhog day; hot sun, hot temps, humidity. it’s high summer now for sure . . . i don’t mind the heat as […]