Yesterday saw me baking hamburger rolls for supper, doing two days’-worth of business tasks, and engaging with my overly chatty children. I was doing all of these things at once, but none of them particularly well. By evening, I felt dizzy, and I’d pulled a muscle in my neck. This morning both are better, but […]
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Oh, August
Oh, August. What am I going to with you? Every year it’s the same thing: I see that precious summertime is slipping away and I panic. During the month of July I pass my afternoons quietly lounging in the back yard with the kids and forgetting the art of budgeting my time. I let my […]
Read More: Oh, AugustSome days
Here’s hoping tomorrow brings more creativity, patience & peace, and less Burger King & Mike’s Hard Lemonade… I’ll be back in this space later this week. I’ve got a looming deadline to meet head-on, and more distractions than you can shake a stick at. Good times.
Read More: Some daysDeliciously Dated Giveaway
I got the sweetest little surprise in my PO Box a few weeks ago from a flickr friend. In a Random Act of Kindness, she had sent me two deliciously dated pieces of reading material: A booklet from 1976 filled with knitting projects – mostly big bulky sweaters and a few actual coats Ladies Home […]
Read More: Deliciously Dated GiveawayHandful of Randomness
It’s raining. Pretty hard. What a great morning to sit by an open window with a quilt on your lap, eating the last of the blueberry pound cake, and sipping vanilla coffee. I’ll have to imagine that coffee part, since we’re all out of milk and I just can’t bring myself to drink it black. […]
Read More: Handful of RandomnessThe 1970’s were designed by young boys
That must be the answer. Sarcastically over lunch today, I asked my nine-year-old if he’d like me to make him a fake fur bedspread. “Sure,” he said. Turning to the six-year-old, who I’d hoped had more fashion sense than his brother: “How would you like to live in a room like this?” Him: “ok.” Me: […]
Read More: The 1970’s were designed by young boysThe top to match the bottoms
In keeping with the “things I saw two years ago when I was a newbie sewist and wanted to try but didn’t” theme, I turned to Nancy of Belle Epoque and her Tie Tank Top Tute to make a top to match my new pajama bottoms. Again, I found it quite simple to make, now […]
Read More: The top to match the bottomsA Month of Hands
I’m eager to get into a new daily photography project, and here it is: A Month of Hands. Won’t you join me? Our hands are always busy, always making art, preparing meals, helping children, keeping journals, driving vehicles, holding doors open, tying shoelaces, applying nail polish, picking berries… all of those things and many, many […]
Read More: A Month of HandsHands and nightstands
Becky from Whosies commented on a recent post and let me know about her Nightstand Play Along. I snapped a picture of mine this morning. To be honest, the nightstand is probably the neatest spot in my bedroom (notice how I rarely photograph any other section of the room? Life as seen through the lens […]
Read More: Hands and nightstandsStalemate
My creative space and I are at an impasse. I would like it to be clutter-free and ready to work in. It would prefer to stay messy and completely useless. I have a special button order to complete, but the canes I need are buried in a tub,which is under two other tubs, an ironing […]
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