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Feasting…

Posted on | August 26, 2008 | No Comments

… on color from the dinnerplate dahlias that take my breath away every summer, and on the first ripened figs for which I did not have to fight off our rapacious neighborhood squirrels. Squirrel loathing reminds me of a story told to me not long ago by a friend whose mother had recently died. In [...]

Late To the Party

Posted on | August 19, 2008 | No Comments

I missed the original frenzy back in June over Pamela Wynne’s resized EZ classic, the February Baby Sweater… now scaled to, as she calls us, “Grown-ass” women. Yet one look at her version and I was hooked. Had to make it, and had to make it now. Despite those nonspecific “other commitments” to which I [...]

Delicious

Posted on | August 18, 2008 | No Comments

All manner of delicious things have been entering my line of vision lately, and how convenient that my camera is often in hand. From the garden (which has been uncooperative this summer despite my best efforts), a bowlful of squash and cherry tomatoes. Still only green heirlooms, no eggplant, few tomatillos, and an underwhelming selection [...]

Still Alive

Posted on | August 12, 2008 | 1 Comment

Not dead. Au contraire. Simply not blogging… haven’t felt like it. Uninspired, I suppose. Too many projects are up in the air, my daughter just returned from a summer away and her presence is a most welcome distraction from my routines, and it’s bloody hot outside. Inside, too, for that matter. Never thought I’d welcome [...]

Hardenburgia in August

Posted on | August 2, 2008 | No Comments

The hardenburgia shawl is blocked, and I am pleased. In my usual bass-ackwards way I will now add the edging. There is logic to doing it this way, at least in my own mind. I’m thinking the edging will have a bit of a ripple or ruffled effect, and that blocking it might diminish its [...]