determinedly knitting toward happiness, one stitch at a time

‘member I was being all chipper yesterday, going on about the richness of life, blah, blah, sincere blah? Well, I’m still aiming at that, but omg, it’s tough when I keep sneezing and coughing and…

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Growth on St. Patrick’s Day — Life is Rich!

That’s green enough for St. Patrick’s day, don’t you think? That’s a ribena sanguinea ‘White Icicles’ bud getting ready to burst into bloom. I was curious to see when it did that last year, and…

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From Horribilis to mirabilis

Well, that was a hebdomas horribilis: overwhelmed with work responsibilities, including two event-attending evenings that stretched my days to 12 and 14 working hours long, I also chipped a front tooth (thus complicating this week’s…

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Rest in Peace, old girl

We had to put our lovely old Golden Retriever, Skeena, to sleep today. She was over 11 and suddenly fell ill. Luckily Pater was able to fly home from work to take her on one…

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Dressing for Comfort, with Bling! No Neutrals Here

Duchesse just posted some practical-yet-chic neutral dresses, and there’s no doubt a versatile background accomodates variety through accessories. The dress above clearly fails to exemplify such neutrality. Way too purple, for one thing, and then…

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