The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear. ~ Lao Tzu Spring can be a very busy and chaotic time of year for many people. When we were nomadic and agricultural based societies, Spring meant migrations or planting. While one may not migrate or need to plant food for the year, modern…Read more April Showers
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Purpura April
If I knew you were coming, I'ld a baked a cake. Purpura is Latin for purple. Now that Malabrigo March is over, the Malabrigo Junkie group is running a color along for the month of April over on Ravlery. Can you guess the color? It's Purple! Purple just so happens to be my all time…Read more Purpura April
Malabrigo March Comes to a Close
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be. ~Douglas Adams Another Malabrigo March has come to a close. If you remember back on March 1, I posted a group photo and listed out my projects. I managed to sneak in another…Read more Malabrigo March Comes to a Close
Love it or Leave it: Socks
I like making string into something I can wear. It's March 31. That means I should have eight completed wips. It also means I'm celebrating the end of the work week. Break out the bubbly, I have eight frogged or finished projects. This month three projects were frogged. All of them were the start of…Read more Love it or Leave it: Socks
Hat Saturation
A piece of magic is a hat. ~ Martha Sliter I think I've mentioned before the British Hubby and I are at the hat saturation point. Naturally, this means I cast on four different hats this month. All four are for myself. I probably should feel a bit guilty about that, but I don't in…Read more Hat Saturation
The Fifth Completed Wip of March
Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts. ~ Winston Churchill Yesterday, I completed my fifth orphan wip project for March. I came dangerously close to running out of yarn. I think there are about an extra 10 inches. It's my Dewberry Dancer from Malabrigo March 2016.…Read more The Fifth Completed Wip of March
Celebrating Life: Saturday Edition
Life is what you celebrate. All of it. Even it's end. ~ Joanne Harris This week has been incredibly long. We're still fighting the never ending cold virus. It seems especially important to celebrate surviving another work week. To celebrate this week, I have another finished Malabrigo March. Here's my Road Less Traveled hat. I…Read more Celebrating Life: Saturday Edition
Vernal Equinox
No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb This has certainly been an odd year for winter weather here in the PNW. We've had more snow fall and cold temperatures than my Midwestern family. The Vernal Equinox was on Monday. It is officially lighter longer than it is darker if you…Read more Vernal Equinox
Endings & Beginnings
What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. ~ T.S. Elliot I'm starting to feel better but the British Hubby had a relapse. We decided to have another low key weekend to beat this cold once and…Read more Endings & Beginnings
Serendipitous Friday
Serendipity: a happy coincidence. It's Friday. Time to celebrate life. I'm celebrating happy coincidences. Today was one of those unexpectedly pleasant days in my working career. I was attending a work conference. Originally, I thought today would be a break from the normal routine and a chance to pick up some new skills. To my…Read more Serendipitous Friday
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