a quick note

Posted on 18 CommentsPosted in designing, food and garden, lace/shawls, projects

flowers for all today; our lilies are blooming and spreading the most heavenly fragrance over the yard. i love getting little wafts of it as it floats through the open windows (one of the perks of NOT having A/C). so let’s see . . . i owe you a winner for the giveaway of the […]

sweet tea

Posted on 26 CommentsPosted in patterns

what could be more summery than cool, organic cotton on a hot july day? maybe something green? i’ll give you one better—organic cotton that was grown in the color green. oh yeah, now we’re talking’. knit into a very simple fingerless mitt with the barest of lace trims—this cotton is so easy to knit and […]

broke and lovin’ it

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ahh, the intense heat wave finally broke overnight and temperatures have fallen into the high 80s here—a big improvement over the last few days, when soaring temperatures meant we couldn’t move without sweating through our clothes (we don’t have air conditioning). of course it’s still necessary to work and all, so i’ve been doing most […]

curiouser and curiouser

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my taste in furnishings is a little bipolar. while i love rooms that feel spacious and spare, containing just few pieces of streamlined furniture, i also admit to a penchant for concentrated areas of organized clutter. these mini museum displays are set up all over my house and so it has been, ever since i […]