Besides the gluten-free pizza crust I posted on Sunday, I realized I’ve been rather neglectful of the blog. We slogged through a very hot and dry summer like most of the country. Somehow our tomato plants still produced a fair amount of lovely tomatoes in late September almost two months later than normal. Our pepper [...]
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Henry’s quilt
Rarely when I make a baby quilt do I get to see the mother and baby open the package together. This time was special. We traveled to Illinois this past weekend and I was delighted to present my friend, Kate, and her son Henry with a quilt I’d made for him. Henry is about 10 [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Okay, I’m ready for spring
Two posts in two weeks. *Gasp!* This week was long and short all at the same time. On Tuesday, we were blessed with the blizzard that hit the rest of the midwest. Total snowfall 10.5 inches. Both Tuesday and Wednesday, I had snow days home from work, thank goodness. Driving 15 miles to work would [...]
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Many of the flowers in our front garden are in full bloom. This has been a wonderful spring for flowering plants. We have iris, gerbera daisies, pincushion flowers and daylilies. Last year I missed the azalea bushes blooming but they paid me back this year with several weeks of amazing color. The allium was beautiful [...]
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I didn’t sign up for any of the Olympic crafting challenges just because I had enough pressure preparing for my first workshop presentation. My personal challenge was to enjoy the Olympics and craft whenever I felt like it. The first week, I knitted almost exclusively on Bryan’s mittens. They still need a thumb and to [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Winter Absence
I haven’t meant to be so absent from the blog these last few months. With the snow we’ve had this winter, I’ve wanted to nest inside. I’ve been reading a lot, sewing a bit and knitting a bit. In late January, I took an embroidery class that I loved. I think embroidery on small things [...]
Read the rest of this entry »November into December
To say that November was busy is a bit of an understatement around our house. The week before Thanksgiving Break I was beginning to question my sanity and the lack of sleep due to working on projects into the wee hours of the nice wasn’t helping. I definitely enjoyed my Thanksgiving Break and spent some [...]
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