I love my beat up little Honda Rebel, I really do. It’s great for around town. It isn’t great for long trips, though, or highways. And it’s not something the husband and I can both ride together. So we were due for an upgrade. I fell hard for this blue/cream…
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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 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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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 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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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…