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    Stash Additions

    I’ve been bad. Like, really bad. It’s not entirely my fault, though. My coworker is having a baby, so that meant placing a yarn order for some baby knits. That Ella Rae lace merino? That’s for a super adorable hoodie. And I purchased two skeins of Berroco Vintage DK in…

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    Late Summer Blooms

    The first bloom on the clematis trellis we built earlier this summer, and a second one closely behind on the second plant. I’m very thankful that my raised bed/trellis idea has worked out. The distressed clematis plants we picked up for cheap have done really well in their new home.…

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    Cannoli Friday

    Corn dog for lunch, cannoli for dessert. And, I learned, I can find my cannoli fix anytime I want now – there’s a local pizza place that makes them (which is where I found this – they have a booth this year at the festival!).  So much for that diet…

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    Thursday Noms

    Today was the first of a local three-day festival. When it comes around every year we eat almost all of our lunches and dinners there. It’s definitely one of our guilty pleasures! Tonight’s menu: steak fajita. SO GOOD. And, for fair/festival food, not all that bad for you since it’s…

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    A bit from the weekend

    I spent the majority of my Labor Day weekend rushing around trying to clean the house in preparation for Sunday’s birthday party for the teenager new adult in the family. I really need someone with me at all times to constantly remind me of how bad of an idea big…

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    Katydid

    Found this little guy on my roses yesterday as I was out cutting a few for a little vase in the kitchen.