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The garden -- Junuary
The weather around here has been, shall we say, not exactly spring/summer-like. It seems like it's been raining and 55 for weeks, which doesn't make for much progress in the garden.
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garden: planted so far
I've already said that I'm not planting anything in the ground for the first year, but that was actually a lie. It's always been my dream to have raspberries in my garden. Growing up, I used to beg my parents for raspberry bushes, but they always had some excuse about Boston, too cold, blah, wrong soil, blah blah. Anyway, now I've got my own ( Read more... ) -
catching up the garden
I bought my house in late September, so I pretty much had all winter to pretend the garden wasn't there and concentrate on getting the indoors in order.
But, since it's already May, this little journal does have some catching up to do.
( The highlights by month ) -
not dead
Well now, been awhile, hasn't it? I maybe have gotten a bit distracted by some of the other pretty sites out there, but when it comes down to it, it's hard to tell stories in 140 characters or less. And I miss telling stories; whether or not anyone's listening ( Read more... ) -
For Little Megan
Once upon a time, at a small college in Maine, I sat down to eat lunch with drivingon9, and was introduced to a girl with an eyebrow ring, furiously writing in Greek. This was lexophile. We'd become friends, and eventually share an apartment for a couple years after graduation.
Fast-forward ten years or so, and lexophile is visiting Seattle. She mentions this fantastic ( Read more... ) -
shiny
In my personal attempt at stimulating the economy, I bought myself a new MacBook. (While I have a laptop that works perfectly well, if a little slowly, I need an Intel-based Mac that can run Windows too -- that way I can telecommute when I feel like it, and I can download audiobooks directly from the library ( Read more... ) -
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There are so many things Tivo does brilliantly, that sometimes I get a little blinded to the faults. But then I try to upgrade to a new, better Tivo that I'm sure will change my life, and the reality of things becomes clear ( Read more... ) -
The Quilt
It may have caused minor injury, but my second quilt ever is done! It's a Drunkard's Path pattern, which is one of the few traditional Amish patterns I can ever see myself sewing. (It was always my favorite of the squares my mom made when she was making a sampler quilt. She never did quite finish it, but then again she was insanely doing ( Read more... ) -
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I sewed the binding onto the quilt I've been working on for months. Perhaps I shouldn't have done it in one sitting, since I've apparently crippled myself in the process. My left shoulder and elbow are both really angry at me right now. Dang. -
All it needs is a wedding
Fifty days after casting on for the wedding stole, it's done! (Vacations are very handy for finishing things up, no?)
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