Archive for 2011 October

So, I thought it was still October

But then this happened, and made me doubt myself.. It was quiet and it was pretty.  But then this happened and made me a little nervous… A branch on this tree (you know, the three that routinely tosses big sticks at our vehicles?) cracked under the weight of the leaves and snow and came to [...]

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For the love of Flickr

Remember when I used to post Flickr Favorites on Fridays? Can you believe it’s been almost a year since I did it last?  Yep. Long time. I’ve been favoriting photos since then, but I haven’t been sharing them. Last night I set out to make mosaics of everything I haven’t shared since the last time, [...]

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Sweater help

Ok, so, I’ve been wearing my new Tea Leaves cardigan everywhere, and pretty much every day since I finished it.  I realized maybe I was going overboard when I dropped by my parents’ house last week and my mother quipped, “gee, I haven’t seen that sweater before…”  Ok, point taken.  Heh. So in an effort [...]

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Reasons to be Cheerful: Fall Edition

It’s a yearly tradition for me to go on and on about how much I love the fall, yet here we are in mid-October and I have yet to fill my quota of autumnal gushing.  Clearly this must be rectified at once.  One look out the window (or several errands out in the car) this [...]

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Adventuring

We went adventuring this weekend, following Neil to Maryland for CapClave, and then going off on our own with our friend Jenn and her little girls to see a few of the sights of Washington DC. The boys had never been there before, and had never taken a ride on the Metro (or any other [...]

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