Archive for July, 2007
The Tangled Web
My needlework newsletter, the Needlework Nutshell, goes out the first of the month. Three times today, I sent test posts of the August 1 issue to 3 different addresses. You know, for the final edit and to check the links and all that. None of the test posts have been received. […]
Bookmark #2: Finished!
D-O-N-E-Done. I put it out of sight. I’ll look at it tomorrow to see what I think, and I’ll try scanning it to see how that looks. Tonight, I think I like it. It’s 2-sided (though it wouldn’t have to be), and finished pretty much like this, minus the arthroscopic stitchery.
I’ve […]Moose Amusement
The garden fence was down again. I took a picture this time. See?
But it was only one side that was pulled down. Plus one string on an adjacent side. Whatever it was obviously did not walk through on its way to somewhere. Nothing was eaten from the garden, and there […]
Adventure in Roman Shades
When we decided to go with Roman shades I bought two window treatment books containing instructions. I’m not using them. I’m using instructions from Terrell Designs.
We’ve already spent hours on the website, figuring, planning, designing, fretting in our ridiculous way. Every question we’ve come up with (and we are extreme […]Lazy Girl, Lucky Girl
Looky, looky what I got!
I’ve been wanting these Lazy Girl Designs patterns for months and months and at last I have them. I couldn’t be more excited! I’ve already pulled out fabrics and everything. Trouble is, I can’t justify starting one of these until I’ve started our Roman shades, which were on […]
An Alaskan Dinner
Grilled sockeye salmon pulled from the Kenai (say “KEEN-eye”) River on Monday and vacuum-packed and frozen within hours, and tender steamed chard cut from the garden earlier in the day, and a whole radish for each of us. (We split one yesterday.)
The chard is a go for future gardening. Mike likes it better […]Crashing the Garden
Okay, okay, I blew it. I had a great photo opportunity and I didn’t take it. The idea of a camera never crossed my mind.
Last night when I took the dog out before bed, I ventured to the garden for a peek at the beets. As I was unlatching my gate, I […]Dinky Dyes on Board for the Bookmark Challenge
Dinky Dyes has stepped up with a wonderful prize for the Bookmark Challenge! They will offer a complete set of their silks to one lucky participating shop. Every participating shop will be eligible for this prize; it will be given to the winner of a random drawing. So smaller shops stand the […]
Bookmark From Hell
Have 36 stitches x 36 stitches ever been such a pain in the tookus?!
Mike was leery of my pattern reduction. He wasn’t home when I did it, and I approved it unilaterally. When he finally saw it, he was surprised that he didn’t notice a difference between the new and old ones. […]Planting and Reaping
Gardening feeds my soul as well as my stomach. There’s something about growing things–food, in particular–that is satisfying on the deepest, most basic level: Eating is a necessity; gardening fulfills that need. I enjoy the process. I get lost in it and forget about time. As when I’m driving or riding […]
