Spring Garden

Early planting has brought a bounty to the salad mix. The spinach took off like gangbusters this week and the onions are taking over the lettuce. Onion soup? I can’t wait to eat my first spinach salad from my own garden. And although it is a week from April, tomatoes are already in at the [...]

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A Perfect Cloudy Day

The sun came out yesterday, but it was breezy, chilly and the most spectacular clouds joined in. It was the perfect weather day.
First, Zephyr & I walked to the cafe for coffee. We stopped to visit Shadow’s tree. It’s getting big; spring buds are showing. The cafe garden is showing signs of spring too. The [...]

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Shineun in the Woods

Okay, I’ve calmed down, a little bit. This photo helped.

This is Shineun. Shineun recently bought these special order wristwarmers from me at Dahlila. It took us awhile to pick the right yarn (nothing itchy) and get the right color, but together we did it. She sent me this photo in return, which is great because [...]

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Weekend forward

I still feel like a vampire sucked the life out of me. Evil flu. By two I managed to go the cafe, get a very hot Chai and take Zephyr back to a safer corner of the park–vigilant of people and dogs. Luckily few were there. I sat and crocheted. Zephyr ate grass. All was [...]

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Ubber Urban Weather Yearning

Well, Saturday is nearly gone. The sun has set. The big V-day showcase was rather a bust. But that’s okay. Preparing is often more fun than arriving (except for making money.) I had a blast making the Love Pouches and if they don’t sell by Valentines I’m going to give them away to the cafe [...]

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