Yay, I’ve made something pretty for my house, or rather two somethings. Two pretty pillow covers for the pillows on my couch. (Actually, from the picture below you can see that I had the bases for three, but I’ve only got two of them complete right now and also only two couch pillows, so that third one might languish, unfinished for…a bit. Not forever, though. It was too very satisfying sewing with such yummy colors; I know I’ll want to…
See Previous | See Next Well, this week it snowed again. It was a pretty slushy sort of snow, that started dripping down and melting almost right away, but it was multiple inches, so the melting and dripping took a bit. In the meantime, new things were still blooming, including the dastardly vinca (annoyingly pretty when it blooms), and the redbud, which does not like the cold, but it forging ahead none-the-less. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years shows…
How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters This is Installment 17 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! Previously… This time Mina did look up, the words ‘oh, grow a bit of fucking stomach’ poised on her lips. But Hedwin wasn’t even looking at her. He was eyeing the tea…
See Previous | See Next (sorry for the late posting – I was having login issues…) So what’s your preference? Apple blossoms or plum blossoms? Frothy and lush, or simple and elegant? Because this seems to be the week for both! Of my three sets of plum bushes, these are my earliest blooming (and much beloved by the bees). I would say that it’s a tad early for the apple blossoms, but I’ve been seeing them blooming all over town,…
How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters This is Installment 16 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! Previously… The roses glowed at her prettily as she got back to her shaky feet again, heart pounding in her ears. And the kraken, as far as she could tell, was simply…
See Previous | See Next Check it out! I have dwarf irises and daffodils blooming! …on the order of 2 of each, but still! More flowers! More flowers are coming! Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years really makes it look like this is the season of flowers. (My actual garden may be a bit sparser yet than this would seem to advertise…) Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years shows the dreaded time of the camera malfunction when I…
How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters This is Installment 15 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! Previously… (And never mind that when Hedwin ate flying fruit he really did bob around, like the steering mechanism for up and down was something well outside the realm of his control. …
Alright. I think it’s about time I tell you all about what might very well be my very favorite movie: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, starring Dwayne Johnson and Jack Black, among many other excellent actors. For those, poor souls, who might not be familiar, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle came out in 2017 and is sort-of-a-reboot-of and sort-of-a-sequel-to** 1995’s Jumanji starring Robin Williams and Kirsten Dunst. In both Jumanji’s, the premise is a game, which turns itself into a…
See Previous | See Next The very red tulips are here, poking up out of the leaf mulch and opening wide in the sun. I look forward to them, and they are always startling. Also, some of my other scattered hellebores are starting to bloom as well. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years shows just how very consistent my very-early red tulips like to be, marching in a straight, red line down the years. The crocuses dance around near…
How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters This is Installment 14 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! Previously… She clipped the flowers, one, two, …five, …. Before she could get to the sixth, a quiet, horrible sound reached her, like iron nails dragging along the side of an iron…