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All Wrapped Up and No Place To Go

Posted on | August 27, 2009 | No Comments

This is what happens when you leave the garden untended for a couple of days while sitting inside feeling sorry for yourself recuperating valiantly from hand surgery. The zucchini morph into inedible, super-size proportions, making them suitable for use only as lamp bases, baseball bats, and the like. Meanwhile, the hand that was subjected to the surgery [...]

Fig Mutant

Posted on | August 25, 2009 | No Comments

Yes, this fig IS the size of an apple. But unlike those softball-sized peaches we’ve all been seeing in the supermarket this summer, these specimens have fig flavor to beat all, in an unctuous, chewy texture that is truly sublime. Paired with a bit of blue cheese pressed into the center of each half, they [...]

WIP Purgatory

Posted on | August 23, 2009 | No Comments

With hand surgery mere hours away, it appears unlikely that I will complete either of the two projects currently on my needles before I go under the knife. The Badcaul sock below is intended to be one of a pair, as socks usually are. The second sock, however, has yet to be cast on since [...]

Go East, Young Woman

Posted on | August 15, 2009 | No Comments

Tomorrow is the big day: DD heads east to her first year of college. And pressing questions remain unanswered:  Will she make her bed even once over the next four years? Will she get along with her roommate? Will she do laundry more than once a month, or only when she runs out of clean underwear [...]

Colorful

Posted on | August 6, 2009 | No Comments

All I have to do is go out of town for a few days, and the harvest happens – behind my back, as it were. In about five minutes this morning, I was able to fill a basket with assorted deliciousness. Finally, enough ripe tomatillos to make salsa verde – which I made for the [...]

Announcing the Molokini Shrug

Posted on | August 3, 2009 | No Comments

Like to knit lace projects? Find yourself in need of a simple garment that covers just enough but not too much? You’re in luck! I’ve added a new pattern to my store, available both here and on Ravelry. Here’s a close-up of the lace stitch: Say hello to the Molokini Shrug! It’s just the thing [...]