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A Skirt For Millicent
It's snowing. Very gently. As in hardly noticeable. I had to look right at the street light to see the flakes falling but they are definitely there. It's quite light. Something to be thankful for with...
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Too Much HGTV
On Tuesday, after lunch together, my friend Sharon and I popped in to Winners. How is it that in the past I could never find anything in that store that I liked and now suddenly I like "everything"?...
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A Thing Of Beauty
It was a busy weekend of painting... and more painting... and more painting... and progress is being made. This is good. I like it. My son doesn't. I had asked him a while back to tell me one thing...
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When Is It A Good Time To Change Your Mind?
Yesterday afternoon, my friend came to knit for a few hours and now I am three button holes and seven rows away from completing the scarf, however... with all my jars of buttons... and as it so...
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A Softer Look At
This morning, we are getting our first heavy snowfall. Cotton balls are falling from the sky and the trees are dressed in fluffy white.There's a quiet hush over everything. The first coat of black went...
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My Smuggler's Dress
Yesterday was the perfect stay-at-home day only I didn't... stay-at-home that is. In the morning, I went to Starbucks to journal and probably shouldn't have. The roads were a nightmare. It was tricky...
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Tights And Toothpaste
Yesterday was beyond busy. Thankfully, I'd arranged to spend the afternoon knitting with a friend. We both enjoyed the move slow, sit still, and chat time. It was ten in the evening before I could have...
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If We Were Born To...
Do you have kids? Then you know that not one of them popped out as tabula rasa, a blank slate. Each came into this world with a distinct and unique personality, an identity so set that you can fling...
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Sleeping In Seattle
It was -18 (Celcius) when I left home at 6:30 in the morning and a half hour later, it was -27. Three hours after that, it was -4 and seven hours later, it was +5. This is far more variance than many...
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Driving East-ish
Every time I happen to be driving in a large city at rush hour, I am extremely grateful that I don't live there. I left Seattle yesterday morning at 8:45 when "everyone" was rushing to work....
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The Smuggler Dress Continues
As a child growing up, we think that when we're finally grown up we will know everything and that will be it. We'll have arrived. And then we find that life's not like that. At least not for me. In the...
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The Well Of The Sleeve
Yesterday was a long and full day in the studio - and a VERY fun day. It's such a gift to have this time with my friend. The Vogue 1410 dress is finished only by the time it was done, it was too dark...
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Part One Of The Challenge Project
When Sheri suggested working on a challenge project together, I immediately jumped on the idea. I like the way challenges can teach you to think outside the box and move in new directions. I'd just...
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For Personal Reasons
A few weeks ago, I received an email invitation to a creative women's get-together with tea and cookies by the fire while chatting and doing handwork. It arrived on a stressful day and sounded so...
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Who Moved The Border?
When I called Howard the night before I left Eugene, he said that Environment Canada had issued a weather warning for the west coast so I looked up the weather on-line and learned that I should expect...
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Details Of The Dress Plus
I've been moving slow these past two days, catching up on sleep and adrenaline from the spectacular ending to my fabulous holiday while gently getting back into the flow of things. I have several tasks...
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Working Down The List
This weekend, I started working down the list of things that I want or need to do before the Christmas or the end of the year. I prefer to start the new year with no unfinished projects and to be...
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A Major Mucky Mess
Right after posting yesterday, I decided to paint another layer on the canvas. I was working my way around the edges when I put the paint down on the surface of the island forgetting that the pressing...
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Your Favourite Slightly Eccentric Aunt
I spent yesterday helping some friends unpack their kitchen. After ten years of "wandering", they are retiring to Kamloops and have moved into a condo quite close to ours. Kamloops is a transient...
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That Lime Has Got To Go
Today just might be the day that I actually get into the studio to sew something but I'm not sure. I have an appointment this morning and a friend coming over to knit this afternoon and a few errands...
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