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Archive for November, 2007

I’m vaguely fascinated by pods and the things that spill out of them when they open. There’s something so alien about them and the way they “pop!” This one is actually pretty enough to be considered a flower. I have no idea what it is -possibly something I’d recognize more easily in it’s spring incarnation. [...]

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If you were a tree, what kind would you be?*

Posted in So that happened..., Teddy, archive, meme, musings, nablopomo, observations, outdoors, photography, photos on November 27, 2007 | No Comments »

I have been tagged to participate in a meme by snarkattack. I’m quite flattered by the attention. I’m supposed to share with you seven random or weird things about myself. Ingrid, however, beat snarkattack to the punch back in May though so I’ll just direct any meme lovers to my responses to her meme. There’s an extra [...]

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Island in the Mist

Posted in So that happened..., nablopomo, observations, photography, photos on November 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »

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The problem with Lifelines…

Posted in craft, gifts, knitting, original, wip, work-in-progress on November 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »

is that you have to insert them before you make a mistake. I accomplished the bit in the photograph early Friday morning. I suppose that this little piece of knitting was doomed from the start. I cast on with size 4 needles, which was entirely too small and then switched to 6. After my posts acknowledging that [...]

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Branches on fire

Posted in So that happened..., fall, nablopomo, observations, outdoors, photography, photos on November 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »

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Off season

Posted in So that happened..., nablopomo, observations, photography, photos on November 23, 2007 | No Comments »

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted in So that happened..., food, holiday, photography, photos on November 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Hope you spent it with special people and enjoyed yourself. Good health, Good friends, Good food, Good times.

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Country Gingham Tea Towel - Update

Posted in Country Gingham, craft, free, knitting, nablopomo, pattern, update on November 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »

I’ve noticed an upsurge in people downloading the pattern for the towel. First of all, thank you! You are awesome.
Secondly, I wanted to let you know that an update in the pattern is brewing as we speak. The update will include the fix for the mistake in the written instructions, expanded instructions for how exactly [...]

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Secret knitting and Pumpkin bread

Posted in craft, food, musings, photography, photos, project, pumpkin on November 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »

I’ve been thinking a lot about secret knitting lately. I suppose because I’ve spent a bit of time deciding which pictures of FOs and WIPs I can post here. ‘Tis the season for gifts and already this season, I’ve blown it. In my excitement to show someone my Ravelry project page, I inadvertently [...]

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