Archive for September, 2010
Hurricane a-Comin’
We are again at the Kenai Fjords Glacier Lodge for a couple of weeks doing some post-season work and post-season play. Even here, the sun’s been shining most of this month–and this is a rainforest. But no more. It’s been raining for two days, and this is the marine forecast for the weekend (the highlighting [...]
Changing Seasons
I think we set some weather records this month. Most of September was sunny and mild. Absolutely gorgeous. And then one day it was winter. Just like that. On Saturday, I gathered the last batch of peas, and on Sunday, Mike and I harvested the carrots, beets, garlic, onions, and potatoes–while it snowed. The freezer [...]
Making Kits
Ooo-wee, busy, busy, busy. I’ve been assembling and pricing materials for kits, and it’s proving to be quite the undertaking. The kits I’ve made in the past have been for specific patterns, where all stitchers use the same materials to create the same end product. I do the project, keep track of what and how [...]
Bookmarks 101 Online Needlework Class
Registration is open for the Bookmarks 101: Simple, Smart, and Swanky Finishes online class October 18 – November 14 There’s more to embroidered bookmarks than pre-finished rectangular forms. Lots more! Use scraps, stash, beads, buttons, charms, ribbons, hooks, and any and all fabrics and fibers to make simple, smart, and swanky bookmarks. The trick is [...]
Embroidereading Entry
Back in July, Checkout Girl held an Embroidereading Contest. On August 1, when I shared news of the contest here, I offered an original verse to anyone who wanted to participate in the contest. Karen, owner of Arctic Needle in Anchorage, took me up on the offer. I sent her a selection of verses, and [...]
Cranberry Mystery
Last year, in an attempt to make jellied cranberry sauce, I discovered cranberry butter–or cranberry taffy, cranberry tar, cranberry glue, take your pick. I loved my cranberry butter. This year, I’ve picked a bunch of cranberries so I can make both. With the first batch, I aimed for jellied cranberry sauce and got it. Woot! [...]
Reading Roundup
I did it! And I’m glad I did. The accomplishment: I read Gentlemen, by Michael Northrop. This has been on my reading list since it was released last year. I read the first chapter in the library shortly after it came out, and I read snippets in a brightly lit and cheerful book store. You [...]
Carrots, Cranberries, and Contemplation
To answer some questions from the last post… Yes, those are all really carrots. Yes, I grew them. The seeds are all from the same packet. I got the seeds at Bell’s Nursery in Anchorage. They don’t seem to have a website. ***** Fall colors are at their peak, and we’ve had insanely gorgeous weather [...]
Back to Business
So…it appears our regular blog schedule begins with dead air. Crack me up! Life, again, interrupts my plans. This time, though, it was just car trouble, but it took all day to deal with it. Now it’s back to business. Funk & Weber business? Uh…no. Stitching for Literacy business? Nope. Writing business? Negative. You know [...]
Blog, Interrupted
Yes, friends, that is the light at the end of the tunnel. We’ll be back tomorrow with our regularly scheduled blog program. Or something. See? Now you’re all disappointed that the photos are coming to an end. What did I tell you?
, by Ellen Ruppel Shell
, by Elizabeth Strout.
