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Posted on | January 31, 2009 | No Comments
Before I forget (again), allow me to introduce my adorable niece and nephew, Tess (14) and Moses (10), who obligingly modeled the Thorpe hats I made them for Chrismukkah. Thanks, Jen, for sharing the photo. They both look so cute, and their heads look so warm!
Presenting… The January NaKniSweMoDo
Posted on | January 30, 2009 | No Comments
Yippee, I finished it! The cabled sweater for my daughter is done (unless, of course, she decides she hates the boat neckline, and asks me to tighten it up into a crewneck). Here are photos and particulars for your viewing pleasure. Yes, purple is gorgeous on redheads! The yarn is Lanas Puras Melosa Worsted, 100% [...]
Hardenburgeoning
Posted on | January 30, 2009 | No Comments
Making its debut a bit early this year is the hardenburgia that grows along our side yard fence: We are blurry but happy to be in bloom! The inspiration for one of last year’s knitting projects, the Hardenburgia Shawl (downloaded hundreds of times on Ravelry and also available as a free PDF in the sidebar [...]
To Ophelia
Posted on | January 29, 2009 | No Comments
Last week for her final “exam” in English class, my daughter and her band of merry actor classmates had to act out a scene from Hamlet. Just to show the Bard what’s what, they decided to stage Ophelia’s mad scene as a Wild, Wild West re-enactment. Oh, yes, pardner. You read that right. In addition [...]
Introducing Cali
Posted on | January 28, 2009 | No Comments
While I was in Washington, DC a long-awaited package arrived for me at home. Upon my return to balmy California, it was the first thing I opened (Who needs to unpack the minute she walks in the door, right? That suitcase will be just as full of dirty clothing if it sits in the corner [...]
Bare Naked Ladies
Posted on | January 25, 2009 | No Comments
Pruning the roses, all fifty of them, is not anybody’s favorite chore come winter. But prune them we must. And in addition to snipping back all those extravagant canes, it’s advisable to strip off any remaining leaves from each plant. That way, if we wind up with weeks of rain (if only! So far this [...]
What a day, what a day!
Posted on | January 21, 2009 | No Comments
Like so many of us around the country, I watched President Obama’s inauguration this morning with a group of friends. All of us shedding tears, bursting into spontaneous applause as he took the Oath of Office, and even standing to sing the national anthem in unison at the end of the event. And I didn’t [...]
Euphorbic
Posted on | January 19, 2009 | No Comments
A week in the frozen tundra of Washington, DC was more than compensated for by the rare opportunity to spend a chunk of time with a dear friend as she recovers (valiantly and with daily signs of progress) from serious surgery. Although our contact in recent years has been limited to phone calls and emails, [...]
Travelocity
Posted on | January 10, 2009 | No Comments
Today I: pruned our plum trees, fertilized the azaleas, rhododendron, and camellias, sprayed an oil spray on the pear and fig trees to protect them from the customary spring aphid infestation, sprayed the peach tree against the dreaded peach leaf curl, and folded and stored the tomato cages (we just ate the very last one [...]
Third Time’s a Charm…?
Posted on | January 8, 2009 | No Comments
Oh my god let’s hope so. A while back I finished my version of the simple, A-line Drops jacket I’ve seen all over Ravelry and the blogs. Followed the pattern exactly, which is something I seldom do. While knitting, I thought the collar seemed a bit stingy, and upon completion as I wore it outside [...]