Cashmere Mending: Patchwork, Sashiko, and a Bit of Play

 A week or two ago I posted this image on Instagram: a patch I’d sashiko‘d over a hole in a cashmere sweater, and I had a request to explain the process here on the blog.…

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Saturday Report: City Life, Vancouver Style. . .

I uploaded these photos early Thursday, planning to write the text the next morning before our visiting family woke.  No time for a Five Things Friday, but I thought I could manage a quick What…

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Travel RePort Re Portland. . .

First of all, thanks again to Eleonore for that delightful garden visit and the dramatic story that unfolded as she introduced us to it. I’m so pleased with the Garden Series — when I proposed…

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Five Things Friday

 1. Sometimes it’s the little things.  Simple daily pleasures.  In this case, a beautifully wrapped soap brought back from Florence to be used for daily showers. The same soap that was a lovely amenity in…

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Word-less Wednesday

This is going to be the Least Wordy post I have ever written on a Wordless Wednesday — so much to adjust to here, much of it just lovely (family, especially the grandkids) but some…

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