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Eggs with a ball in the middle

magpie49 Jun 07, 2016 22:07

I was remembering many years ago I visited a friend, arriving in the middle of a conundrum. Her youngest asked for eggs with a ball in the middle. She made a sunny side up egg, which was greeted with tears, and "I want eggs with a ball in the middle ( Read more... )

Apologies for vanishing again

magpie49 Oct 08, 2014 11:29

However, the trip to daughter's place for a week (more like ten days, as it turns out) and then my spouse having a stroke (and the subsequent runnings about) have filled my days with more things than I could manage and still visit livejournal (and many other internetish things ( Read more... )

I'm doing an October Craft Fair

magpie49 Sep 04, 2014 22:39

This is after many years of NOT doing craft fairs (I stopped after Mom's death in 2000). I did a few, a very few, fairs with a good friend, as the second pair of hands, and someone to generally help cover the booth ( Read more... )

Four new hats, and some yarn.

magpie49 Aug 21, 2014 02:16

I am now very comfortable with two nice hat patterns, and have made up the trial firsts for two more patterns.

Here is a photo of all four:
( Photos behind cut! )

crochet, crafts, yarn

I entered a yarn contest, with 2 days to go.

magpie49 Jul 29, 2014 15:56

If I get enough votes in the next two days, I stand to win about $60US worth of yarn, to make more hats for the Valley Youth House kids by winter.
It's on Facebook, so I will completely understand if you don't want to bother. Tell your friends, if you think they might be willing to help. I will be grateful for any support, whether I win or not.
Click ( Read more... )

Home again, home again, jiggedy jig.

magpie49 Jun 26, 2014 19:58

Home from my travels, again. Happy to sleep in my own bed ( Read more... )

origami, travel, ph

Catherine Wheel Stitch Hat, and "Bacon" scarf

magpie49 Oct 26, 2013 21:55

A friend saw this photo of hat and scarf, and asked me why I had bacon with the hat.
( Bacon? or a scarf? )

They should be broken hearts today.

magpie49 Feb 14, 2013 11:55

Farewell Jake.

sad

For Fans of Jay Lake (and/or Howard Taylor)

magpie49 Jan 12, 2013 01:34

There is a fundraiser, intriguingly called Sequence a Science Fiction Writer, to help defray the costs involved in the eponymous sequencing.

I got there through Howard's post below the Schlock Mercenary web comic, and I share with you his linkI want to say something more, but I keep discarding the words because nothing seems to fit the situation ( Read more... )

It's Icon Day 24

magpie49 Jan 09, 2013 19:26

Tod is willing to draw you an icon, just for you, if you ask nicely, and post the request as a comment on the Icon Day thread here:
http://djinni.livejournal.com/469000.html

He's the one who drew my lovely Burd!