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Puppy's first Easter

 (No knitting content today!)


My scary office

I normally think of my office as a warm and friendly place, with lots of light, yarn cubbies filled to overflowing,


Robin's nest

 I took a photo of this robin's nest because it is so beautifully constructed, and because the eggs are such a gorgeous color-- but it makes me sad every time I look at it.


Of whales and swifts

Last week I visited the New Bedford Whaling Museum for the first time, as a chaperone on a school field trip.


Changing fortunes

Didn't the slips of paper inside fortune cookies used to say vague but portentous things like, I don't know, &quo


Master Holman's Hat

While at Plimoth Plantation on a school field trip last week, we visited the 1627 English village, an


Field trip

Late last week, I took a break from writing up my Onda Scarf or Wrap pattern (more on that in my next post) to chaperone a school fie


Easily amused

The other day I walked into a paint store to pick up some color swatches, and when I spotted this sign taped onto the counter in front of the Benjamin Moore display, I had to snap a photo.  I


Rhodopsin*

I've been doing a lot of swatching in the past few weeks, both for unbloggable projects and for this capelet (thanks,


A day in the life of an expat in Italy

Un giorno nella vita di un' espatriata in Italia