Finally some decent progress to report! My gansey is really coming along. I’m on the second sleeve. I’d kind of like to finish it by the end of the month, though I don’t know if that’s possible. I’m focusing on it this weekend, so we shall see. My Shark Tooth Tee (Ravelry link) is also… Continue reading Friday FWIPs
Our recent alternating rainy and sunny days have had a great effect on the garden! Our vegetables are all doing great so far, and we recently added some more flowers to the yard. We’ve got banana, bell, and jalapeno peppers all growing away, and a huge amount of tomatoes getting ready to turn red! Also,… Continue reading Agriculture Report
For some reason, this has turned into my year of read-alongs as well as knit alongs. I started out in January with the Read Christie 2024 challenge. This challenge is pretty much what you would expect from the name – read Agatha Christie books throughout the year. This challenge has been going in one form… Continue reading Year of Mystery
The ant invasion of earlier post fame continues, though somewhat slowed down. I am using a combination of methods, including sugar+borax, vinegar, and STEM spray. The exterminator agreed that if it continues to the end of the week they will come back out and do the upstairs. They claim the stuff they used takes a… Continue reading Wednesday WIPs
Guys, I had blog ideas this week, but something has been driving every other thought out of my mind – ants. For some reason, they are invading my office/craft room this week, and I cannot stay in here one minute longer than I have to for work. We had an exterminator come earlier this week… Continue reading Ant Invasion!
Two pies in one month? Madness! But it had to be done. Michele of pdxknitterati recommended this recipe for Atlantic Beach Pie, and I needed to try it immediately. Its a kind of variant on Key Lime Pie with a few differences. First, the crust is crushed saltines with some sugar and butter added, this… Continue reading Baking Experiment: Atlantic Beach Pie
Wow – where did this week go? I think it just disappeared into a cloud of general business. However, I do have some crafting progress to report! On my gansey, I’m halfway done with the patterned part of the first sleeve. That’s a lot of qualifiers, but it’s slow going with a lot of patterning… Continue reading Friday FWIPs
I was in the mood for pie, but didn’t have a lot of special ingredients in the house. So I thought – time to try one of those “depression pies” I’ve read so much about! Depression in this case is not referring to the emotional state, but instead to the financial depression in the the… Continue reading Baking Experiment: Sugar Cream Pie
It’s the end of May, the weather is generally warming up, and I have an agriculture report to share! But first, we have had a frequent visitor to our back yard: This very handsome bunny has been hanging out in our yard pretty regularly. He (or she, possibly) lets us get kind of close before… Continue reading Agriculture Report
Quite A Yarn 