Monthly Archives: December 2012

Beets and pears?

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I would never have thought to put beets and pears together in a salad. Steamed beets, pears, arugula, toasted walnuts, dill havarti, and a squeeze of lemon makes for a fantastic salad!

Santa Faces …

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Jacob’s Ladder quilt progress

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Weekend Reading

Back to the Future With 1970s Space Colonies from Slate.

The Mole Skin that Got a Civil War Widow Her Pension from Slate.

The City of Lights Is About to Go Dark from The Atlantic Cities. “Starting in 2013, Paris will shut off all neon lights between 1 and 7 a.m. Will it kill the city’s famous nightlife?”

Life and Death on the Tracks in New York: Would You Be a Hero? from The Atlantic Cities.

The New Rise of Segregated Schools from The Atlantic Cities.

Stop the Parade! from Slate. ”Should we be wasting our dwindling supply of helium on floating cartoon characters?”

How to Devise Passwords That Drive Hackers Away from The New York Times.

Cavemen Trump Modern Artists At Drawing Animals from The Huffington Post.

Wandering in Japan’s ‘Suicide Forest’ from The New York Times.

When Felines Attack: Do house cats ever kill people? from Slate.

The Big McThink! How TED Became a Consumer Franchise from Wired.

What’s Inside: Southern Comfort Egg Nog from Wired.

How Trusting in Vice Led to John McAfee’s Downfall from Wired.

What are you reading this week?

Ornament One …

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Probably something you would like…

This is amazing. I know people who can’t drive as well as these dogs.

Mushroom Poblano tart

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Here’s a recipe that turned out really well. I thought it had a tapas kind of a feel so I used Manchego cheese instead of Parmesan and I added some  serrano pepper into the mix.

This Morning in Pictures

There’s nothing like a fresh hay delivery on a chilly (ish) December morning.

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Jerry wins by towering over everyone else, eating directly from the top.

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Or from his own special spot, where he’s opened a bit of the netting to get to the scrumptious hay.

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I hope your day makes you happy as a sheep with new hay!


Tagged: Farm, Pets

Ply Magazine

I found a really cool Kickstarter yesterday. It’s a new magazine for spinners to be produced by Jacey Boggs. How exciting is that!

I backed it. I thought some of you might be interested too.

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WIPS: quilt, sew, knit…

Just to fill you in on projects from earlier this year.  My 2012 resolutions still stand for the most part, and my biggest gap is that I may not be able to finish this quilt in time!

Here's my progress so far...



I'm so close, right?  Since I took this photo, I've already stitched in the ditch 60%, but the free-motion quilting remains to be done as does the binding.  I'll keep you posted!

In knitting, I've finished the final worsted weight project in a line for boys' knitted garments... a cute 2-color shawl collar pullover.  It's still blocking and drying.


I'm also halfway through the body of a knitted vest design I'm working on... but more pressing deadlines have taken over since the vest will be a self-published project.


And in the sewing world, I started to lay out the couture dress from Susan Khalje's Craftsy course, but am thinking the full skirt is too full.  So, I embarked upon self-drafting my very own half-circle skirt!  Why not?