It is offically fall here, with the temperatures finally getting chilly. Its not chilly enough to turn the heat on yet, oh no, I’m trying to see if we can hit November 15th; although I’d love to not turn it on until December. I do suspect the time will come for a fire in the read more

This: is Flint. Flint is the family llama, who lives with and is owned by my future mother-in-law. Flint is not overly friendly, but he watches over the sheep, and is beautiful. Someday I will spin his wool into lovely lovely brown yarn. And this: is me feeding Flint. I was very excited that he read more

I actually have an excuse for the lack of posting this week. I was/am sick. Caught some sort of a really horrible cold virus and had a really full, painful head with dizziness and a lot of body wracking coughing [my standard sick mo]. Luckily, TheBoy is absolutely wonderful and took excellent care of me read more

No, this is not actually a post about me knitting. It is, however, a post about the word intarsia. When I hear the word, it makes me think of knitting. Colorwork specifically. I bet a lot of other people think the same thing. Turns out that intarsia is an italian word, for inlay. And that read more

1. Pour bowl of cereal.2. Go to fridge and realize milk is old.3. Check expiration date. Hmmm, 9 days past. 4. Sniff. Doesn’t smell like bad milk.5. Ask TheBoy to sniff milk.6. Agree its not worth the risk of getting sick in the middle of class.7. Empty milk into sink.8. Pour whipping cream on cereal.9. read more