Our big news here is that we finally got some rain! It has been very dry in southeast Alaska for the last month or so and pretty windy as well. There are some pretty big wildfires burning near Anchorage, and as a consequence we have had really bad smoke for the last several week. Most… Continue reading Rain!
Yesterday DH, my Mom and I all went out the Alaska State Fair for the day! Our big fair food treat is deep-fried cheese curds, which we got and ate as soon as we got in the gate. The same stand sells my DH’s favorite treat – pork-chop-on-a-stick. I get *one* bite of the pork… Continue reading AK State Fair!
We had our day at the fair today, and I am beat! Will do a full report tomorrow. But for today I will leave you with this news from the world of big Alaska vegetables! You may be wondering “Should I spend my precious time reading about big vegetables?” If so, allow me to tempt… Continue reading Yes, We Do Have Big Veggies in These Here Parts
I’m planning on going to a knitting convention next year, and I’m stuck between going to a Vogue Knitting Live again, or trying out a Stitches convention. I know I like VK Live, but the Stitches conventions might be pretty good too. So I’m looking for opinions – have you been to a Stitches? If… Continue reading Decision, Decisions
My Harney & Sons Tea of the Month club just arrived, and as I was getting ready to write this, I noticed I hadn’t reviewed last month’s shipment. Which actually works out fine, because there is a bit of continuity between the two shipments. 🙂 July’s teas were a Rooibos Chai and Blood Orange Iced… Continue reading Tea for Two: July and August
Wow this year is flying by! I normally like to take a look at how I am doing with my crafting plans around mid-year – so this is a little late. According to the plan, 2019 was the year I planned to learn as many new techniques as I could, while still getting some actual… Continue reading 2019 So Far
For those of you who are not up on their condiment-based holidays, this past Saturday was National Mustard Day. In honor of that day, French’s Mustard decided to do something a little wacky. Specifically, they teamed up with Coolhaus ice cream to make a mustard flavored ice cream. Yes, really. I was immediately intrigued. You… Continue reading Ill-Fated Dessert
There’s not much knitting progress to show you today. Clue 4 of the Perfect Blend shawl has not come in yet, so no changes there. The intarsia-in-the-round socks are in progress! I have halfway through the intarsia part of one of them, but right now it looks like a wad of double point needles with… Continue reading A Floral Interlude
I didn’t get much knitting in today, except a little sock knitting at lunch. But it was for a good reason – movie night! DH and Mom and I went out to see Spider Man: Far From Home tonight, and loved it 🙂 It was a nice break in tone from all the high drama… Continue reading Movie Night!
Quite A Yarn 