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    The slow, cold, lazy summer

      Well, it’s August. And it’s cold. The last few days we’ve been waking up to temperatures in the 50s, and I sleep with the heavy comforter on top of me because otherwise I freeze. I’m horribly bad about storing away my knits for the winter, mostly because there are days…

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    29, then.

    Another year, another birthday. My husband keeps telling me “it’s just another day” and I think he wonders why I don’t look at it as such, but what fun is life if you don’t make a point to celebrate days like today?? I’m another year older, with a few more…

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    Fair Day

    Fair week. The one time a year I get my farm animal fix. The bunnies, the chickens, the sheep and goats and cows… the goats and the bunnies are my favorite. The goats this year were so very sweet. I spent a fair amount of time just petting them (whereas…

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    Jam Pot: Blueberry Muffin Jam

      I’m on ‘staycation’ this week. It’s becoming a yearly tradition, though it’s really less about taking a break from routine and more about the fact that my birthday is right next to the 4th of July and I’m not actually using a full week of vacation by taking it…

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    Tour de Fleece 2013

    Tour de Fleece is here, though I almost missed today’s start. We’ve had a busy day in the big city, with a long drive in some really nasty rain on the way home, and I came home with my usual neck pain that pretty much makes me want to crawl…

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    Frumpy Grisaille

      There is absolutely nothing worse than pouring hours and hours into knitting something you know you’ll absolutely love, only to finish it and realize the final results are not what you expected… in a bad way. Meet Frumpy Grisaille. She’s meant to be a more figure-fitted cardigan, with tighter…