Archive for July, 2010
Blueberry Adventures Continue
It started with Blueberry Clafouti. Not my favorite, but who knows; maybe the eggy pancake theme will grow on me. Blueberry Crumble followed. The surprisingly chewy and ample topping was a hit. A tried and true Blueberry Buckle was shipped out at the beginning of the week and received well at its destination. A Blueberry [...]
The Walrus and the Embroiderer
“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “to talk of many things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings, and why the sea is boiling hot, the end of Lavender Wings.” It has come to my attention that Linda at Lavender Wings is taking down her designing shingle. She explains, “…internet [...]
G(l)imps(e) of Nature
This morning, Mama moose and Baby browsed in the yard for some time. Baby ended up at the back door, searching (not very hard) for a way up the hill. I couldn’t miss Baby’s gimpy front leg. Long-term, short-term, injury, birth defect…beats me. I just know the calf is limping. Bummer. It reminds me of [...]
Stitching for Literacy Update
A bookmark from the 2010 collection of the Redwood Stitchers EGA chapter in Santa Rosa, CA. The Monday “What have you done lately?” accountability post, where I announce my Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy program promotion goal for the week and fess up on last week’s goal. Last week, my goal was to have [...]
Blueberry Adventures
Thanks to our cool, rainy summer, it looks as though we’re going to have a banner blueberry season. The bushes around the house are loaded with fat green berries. I am on a mission to use the remaining 2009 blueberries in the freezer–a surprisingly large quantity, imagine that–to justify hours and hours of picking next [...]
The Craft Whisperer
If this idea catches on (what’s the point of dreaming small?), that will be the name of my new blog or, what the heck, multi-million dollar business: The Craft Whisperer. Until then, maybe we’ll have Fix-It Fridays or something here. Or on the soon-to-exist Funk & Weber World blog. Somewhere. History: I’ve long wanted to [...]
Reading Tastes
I was brainstorming bookmark design ideas yesterday and came up with the phrase “reading tastes.” I imagined my friend’s baby chewing on the corner of a board book–this friend once wrote, “She loves books. Especially the corners.” I imagined scratch-and-sniff turned lick-and-taste. Hey, you like what you like; I like what I like. Leave me [...]
Strawberries
You might recall last summer’s efforts to build new strawberry beds after having some dirt work done. Back in May/June this year, I finished putting shale on the paths and transplanted 500 of these little babies from the overcrowded original beds. They haven’t grown much in size, but they have taken root and are putting [...]
Stitching for Literacy Update
Bookmarks from the 2010 collection of The Stitchers’ Village. The Monday “What have you done lately?” accountability post, where I announce my Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy program promotion goal for the week and fess up on last week’s goal. My goal last week was to make an outline of what needs to be [...]
Lines We Love
This is an ad I got in the mail from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, reminding me to get my fishing license and go fishing. That line, “Parents don’t frame pictures of their kid playing video games” struck me the way a great line, phrase, or passage in a book does. It’s true. [...]
