Posted in Family and friends, Garden on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After our lovely, first-time ever traveling without our children weekend, I was anxious to get back to our garden. I was worried what it might look like after no human presence in it for several days. What I found was a basket of happy:
We all munched on peas, beans, raspberries, and a carrot last night [...]
Posted in Family and friends, Outdoors on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This week we kicked off summer vacation by having a “park” week wherein we visited a different park/place every day. And now it’s Friday and I’m exhausted!! We’re heading out for our first EVER trip without our children for the weekend. I’m hoping we return recharged and ready to deal with whatever sibling issues may [...]
Posted in Garden, Outdoors, Signs of the Season on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My garden is growing, and I’m in awe of the changes I see in it. For instance, here is my pea and bean bed on May 21st:
and here it is on June 22:
The seeds were put in in mid-to-late April. It’s amazing to me to see their growth.
Here is my onion bed, same dates:
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Posted in Knitting on June 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Or sleeves–whatever you want to call them. I have two projects with sleeves in progress, one which I just finished one sleeve and still have one to go, and a fourth (not pictured) which has yet to have the sleeves begun because I’m still working on its body. (Don’t dare suggest that I just stick [...]
Posted in Family and friends, My Bliss, Outdoors, Signs of the Season on June 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »
We try to get out-of-door in all the seasons–and in western, upstate NY, we do get all the seasons! Recently we had our first bike-ride to the library of the season. Unfortunately we didn’t take any pictures, but it was lovely. L3 rode his bike all the way there and bike for the first time, [...]
Posted in Crafts, Etsy on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
During my last give-away I had promised that some new produce/bulk food bags were coming soon to my Etsy shop. Then they didn’t. I decided to change up the bags I was creating with my vintage sheets to make them their own line, different from the cotton muslin of my original bags. Over the past [...]
Posted in Crafts on June 14, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I was all excited to write a post about this dress:
It’s Dress E from Stylish Dresses. It was a good challenge to make–bust darts, long front pleats, set-in sleeves, and neckfacing. In the end I was relatively happy with how it turned out with all of those fun shaping techniques in one garment. And [...]
Posted in Knitting on June 11, 2009 | 12 Comments »
At last my Cup O’ Green is finished and photographed! The final product is incredibly comfortable and I love the yarn. First, some photographs for you, then the stats for those interested.
Stats:
Pattern: Buttercup by Heidi Kirrmaier
Yarn: Hempathy, color Vivid Green (017)
Needles: US 4s and US3s
I did make some modifications which can be read [...]
Posted in Environment, Family and friends, Outdoors on June 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
School is almost out here. In many places summer vacation has already begun. The past couple of summers we have had theme weeks to organize our time. This summer we’re having days like “Museum Monday” and “Adventure Wednesday.” We also hope to spend tons of time outside in the amazing park [...]
Posted in Contemplation, Crafts, Family and friends on June 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
For me, that is. I have slowly (too slowly, really) come to the realization that my children get along so much better when they have a cooperative task on which to work/play together. As a social psychologist this should have dawned on me long ago–superordinate goals! But I often find that all of my education [...]
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