Natural Beauty . . .

To paraphrase. . . . Consider the species tulips in my garden, growing through the trimmed-down tufts of last year’s grass, soon to be overtaken by this year’s blades. . . They neither toil nor…

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Blazing the Casual

I’m wondering now why I hesitated so long to take this Lurex-threaded Smythe jacket out for a spin. I wore this outfit on Thursday and received several compliments — more importantly, no one mocked the…

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From Dogs to Opera to an Art-filled Walk . . . with a few movies thrown in

In case, Saturday’s post wasn’t enough cuteness, I give you Henry, the little guy we dog-sat for our daughter this weekend. Cute as Henry is, he confirmed for us that we will not be bringing…

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Socks and Logs

I finally finished these socks (Yarn Harlot’s Simple Sock Recipe in Noro Silk Garden) to warm the feet of the man whose efforts will help keep us warm this winter. I’ve made socks for my…

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deer me!

Wheeling a barrow full of branches out onto the burn pile on the weekend, I startled this fellow across the road. He bounded down the slope, down the road to join his buddy — yes,…

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Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, all words and photographs in this blog are my own. If you wish to use any of them, please give me credit for my work. And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own. I will take the necessary action to stop such theft. Thanks.