Posted in life on July 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I am incapable of doing well by you right now, my fellow crafties, so I present another flickr favorites mosaic instead:
What has happened is that the Herculean effort involved in sewing together the whole hexagon afghan in one afternoon has borked my already bork-prone right wrist, and the little bit of crocheting I did last [...]
Posted in life on July 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A couple of weeks ago, I packed up my mother’s old sewing machine and sent it to a better home than I had given it for a long time.
My mother bought this machine while she and my dad lived in married student housing. She sewed quilts and curtains and lots and lots of clothes on [...]
Posted in life on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today, two recipes for you, because I have them both ready and because you haven’t seen either before.
First, the turkey kefta. These were a pleasant surprise… I usually make them either with ground beef or, when the culinary gods are smiling, ground lamb. I used ground turkey this time because it was all I had [...]
Posted in life on July 26, 2009 | 6 Comments »
While I potter in my sewing room, Pudding always hangs around. She sniffs into the interesting corners, climbs on the interesting piles, and if I pay attention to her, instantly flops over and gives up the fluffy kitty belly. Given her behavior with the rainbow hexagon afghan, I think it’s fair to say that color [...]
Posted in life on July 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Can you guess who?
Posted in life on July 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I was a hard-core knitter just when it was fashionable to be so, starting around 2004 and tapering off around 2007. I suppose, to be truthful, that I can’t tell if the knitting fad has truly died in favor of patchwork and quilting and crocheting, or if I just began to like those crafts better. [...]
Posted in life on July 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.
~ Henry David Thoreau
Right around now, every year, I start to think–just a little in the back of my mind–that the autumn is going to be nice. Right around now I start to [...]
Posted in life on July 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This weekend I pottered about in the garden taking photographs. The hollyhocks are still nominally blooming, which is incredible. The morning glories are mostly a bust, I think because I added fertilizer to the already-fertilized potting soil they were growing in. Web forums tell me that they may recover from it and begin to bloom [...]
Posted in life on July 19, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Yesterday afternoon I sat down on the living room floor and crocheted together all 32 rainbow hexagons. It took four hours, and my right arm aches today, but at least all the pieces are attached!
The afghan is a good size, the right size to cover the foot of a queen-size bed, or to be a [...]
Posted in life on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the most important aspects of a blog, for me, is that it have yummy, beautiful, edible, plummy, gorgeous photography. Good pictures are worth more than a thousand words… and come on, I’d like all of you hard-core blog readers to admit that you are subscribed to at least one blog written in a [...]
Posted in life on July 16, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I have begun to crochet the hexagons of my latest afghan together. Somebody is really, really excited about it.
Hark! Is that a kitty chrysalis I see?
Posted in life on July 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
All right everybody, here’s a post worth reading: Tuesday night dinner (that was tonight!)
Here is the firecracker squid, marinating. I made this with shrimp last night, and I have to say, the shrimp is better. The rough surface allows it to hold more sauce. But the squid was perfectly tasty. This dish was inspired by [...]
Posted in life on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
*sigh*
*tragic sigh*
*tragicaler sigh*
There is nothing particular for me to blog, even though there actually is, because I don’t have photos to illustrate things for you. I am plotting a string quilt, and a cathedral window quilt, and a marble champ quilt. I am plotting a sunburst granny afghan. I am making tiny strawberries out of [...]
Posted in life on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One night last week, I made another batch of chickpea salad, this time with half black beans instead of chickpeas. Then I sprinkled chipotle chili powder and lime zest over some tilapia filets, broiled them, then drizzled them with Newman’s Own light lime vinaigrette and a handful of chopped cilantro. All of this I piled [...]
Posted in life on July 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Oh yeah!
I am SO glad that I have some hours to myself, this weekend. It hadn’t happened in a while, so I’ve been putting them to good use. Specifically, I finally finished the double hourglass quilt, made from a Neptune by Tula Pink jelly roll.
I just love this collection, and I just love the double [...]
Posted in life on July 11, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Post-wedding, I have been scrambling around trying to re-arrange the paperwork of my life. I changed my name, so I had to change my social security card, driver’s license, car registration, car title, bank accounts (all eight of them!!!), car insurance, house insurance, medical insurance, life insurance, tax information from work, login at work, email [...]
Posted in life on July 10, 2009 | 8 Comments »
I associate risotto with summer, even though it is the kind of hot, cooked, starchy, stodgy dish that flies best in winter. Maybe it’s because of its similarity to risi e bisi, the Venetian springtime favorite… maybe because it’s so good with peppers or zucchini or other summer garden vegetables… and certainly in part because [...]
Posted in life on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There is no shortage of wonderful things in my life, right now. I have my Sparks, my garden, my fabric, my yarn, my kitchen, my Pudding, and our house renovation, and they all make me very, very happy. There will never, though, be so many good things in my life that I can’t wish there [...]
Posted in life on July 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Posted in life on July 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Good news: Sparks is in possession of the wedding photos! Hooray! I will get to see them all tonight, and then do a nice big post with them.
Meanwhile, to keep you entertained, I present yesterday’s culinary triumph: chickpea salad
Mix two cans of chickpeas, rinsed and drained, with one cup chopped parsley, one handful chopped mint, [...]
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