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Sparkling Squirrel Year

• The Yosemite Vegas Reading and Fitness Plan
  Next month, the Mister and I are hitting Yosemite, a place I love and look forward to returning to, and Las Vegas, a place I have never been and am prejudiced against, on the same trip.*Besides general proximity, what do these places have in common?I need to be ready for them, that's what!I plan on being in Half Dome Hiking shape and of a shape in which […]
• Iris, Peonies and the Buttons of the Unwed
  This image from April 2, 2012.Our front (north facing) cottage garden is overrun with bachelor buttons at the moment.  The last tulip there is fading, the irises opened this morning and some cool alliums are in full bloom.Iris along the east facing wall started blooming Monday, almost a full week after the iris along the south facing wall started bloomin […]
• Kites and Crocus
  Happy May Day!The kites rode the hot winds back to town yesterday, just in time to feel the colds winds blowing today and the potential freeze tomorrow.Meanwhile, the second wave of tulips just lost their petals in the hot wind, the north side lilac never bloomed, the south-facing bearded iris are blooming, we planted vegetables and a peach over the weekend, […]

Exercise Before Knitting

• Moody House
  I don’t know about you, but this time of year makes me only want to knit hats and mittens. I have four sweaters, all nearly completed, stewing in my progress basket for now, having been utterly and completely abandoned for hats and mittens. Looking back through my archive, it appears I write this same thing year […] […]
• The Charles Collection by BHK Cooperative
  About a year ago, Amy Herzog, Kirsten Kapur, and I began kicking around the idea of working together on a joint design venture. After all, we share a similar design aesthetic, one marked by clean lines, bright and saturated colors, and flattering, wearable styles. Many people who knit my patterns knit Amy and Kirsten’s patterns too, so […] […]
• Happy Wool Season!
  May the next 6 months of your life be filled with woollen goodness! […]

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