This year, my unofficial New Year’s resolution was to work on being more regular in the release of my blog posts. I’ve been doing a fairly good job of this, but I am being thwarted by the interface between Word Press and Yahoo! (who hosts my web page) They apparently don’t work well together. Couple […]
Read more "Hosting Trouble"I love Alton Brown. He is my favorite food celebrity. His mix of science and food is irresistible to me, and his quirky humor makes it fun to watch. He also has some very good advice, which my husband usually insists that I follow. No one trick ponies in the kitchen (other than the fire […]
Read more "No One Trick Ponies in My Kitchen"I’ve been seeing a lot of really nice paper roses around on the net lately. Since I recently bought a whole bunch of tissue paper to make fiesta flowers with my daughter, I thought I would try out one of the patterns on ellinée. I’m still experimenting with good backgrounds and my photography techniques. Last […]
Read more "Flowers for Valentine’s Day"My son turned four this last week, and when asked what kind of cake he would like, he responded immediately and definitely, “A taco cake!” I have no idea what he thought he meant by this, but this is my interpretation. The “tortilla” is sponge cake; the “beans”, chocolate mousse; the “cheese” and “lettuce” (or […]
Read more "Taco…Cake?"It’s two days before Christmas, and I have officially brought in my last handful of tomatoes from my garden. I’ve been waiting to post that for almost two months, but mild weather and a crop of strong producers has kept me in tomatoes. Many of the ones I brought in today will have to be […]
Read more "“Isn’t borage an annual?” and other lessons from a first year garden"I was making my weekly bread this morning, and getting irritated because even though I make it every week, and I created the recipe myself, I still have to look it up every week. I got to thinking that it would be nice to have a decorative way of displaying my favorite recipes in the […]
Read more "Squirreled again!"I was clicking around the other day on Craft Gawker when I found a beautiful and beautifully simple pearl and ribbon necklace posted by Anne Weil over at flax & twine. I hadn’t seen anything like this before, and it struck me as very elegant, and something my little Girly Girl would love, especially if […]
Read more "Pearly Girl"Ok, so it’s been a little while since I posted. This is a difficult time of year to keep up to date because so much of what I am working on are gifts and I am fortunate enough to have very supportive family and friends, many of whom read this. So I have to delay […]
Read more "Fall Wonder"Ok, so I broke down and bought yarn. This is a double whammy for me because not only do I usually spin my own, but I’m supposed to be stash busting right now. Sigh. I couldn’t help myself really. There I was, cruising Ravelry for stash busting projects when I found this face. I just […]
Read more "How Much is That Doggie in the Basket?"Commercial lamp shades make great water color canvas. Who knew? It’s much greener in life. I’ll have to see what I can do with Photoshop.
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