I baked this morning, taking advantage of a relatively cool kitchen. I'm so pleased with how this pie turned out, and I would have loved to have tasted it, but alas, it was not for me: I donated a homemade pie ...Read More

I came downstairs yesterday morning and Basil was actually curled up in the basket liner I made for her last summer. I know in that first post I got a picture of her in it, but that was really a ...Read More

And don't let anyone tell you differently. Yeah, it's a phone, and yeah, it's an iPod, but what I'm loving most right now about my iPhone is that I can take pictures and immediately email them to my Flickr account. They're ...Read More

My husband was looking through the box that came from my upstream sock pal, and was perplexed by the additional little gifts of soap and bunny toy and chocolate (chocolate!). Him: I thought this was a sock swap. Me: It was. Him: ...Read More

They came! They came! My beautiful Sockapalooza 4 socks came! Michal sent them from sunny LA along with some yummy chocolate and other treats. Her struggles in the knitting were worth every stitch. They fit perfectly, avoided the dreaded pooling, and ...Read More

I'm sitting on my bed, watching reruns of Charmed (after Shannon Doherty left the show), and posting to my blog. Unfortunately I don't have a whole lot to post about right now. I got my socks sent off to my ...Read More

I couldn't resist this shot of my dear husband and his cute kitty napping on the couch. Read More

I got my Sockapalooza 4 socks out in the mail today, along with a couple of little surprise goodies. Here they are: This is Nancy Bush's "Conwy" pattern from Knitting on the Road. I used the Fall Foliage colorway from Sundara ...Read More

We spent a lovely hour and a half or so at the zoo yesterday before our traditional Sunday morning grocery outing. We're members, and we like to go first thing, partly because it's before the crowds show up, and partly ...Read More

It seems like it's been quite a while since I finished knitting anything. There was that failed attempt at the sweater made of bamboo yarn, and while I'm making good progress with the new pattern, I'm note sure I'll finish it ...Read More