Bookend

Books—with bookend.



I made it from a hunk of wood I found (somewhere?) and dragged home.





Works good!

Maybe I should paint it tho?

Project

Well, I wasn't drinking, but I think I lost my camera case again.

Making a new one with my new yarn!





So pretty.

Then and now

Skorl nest (with skorl [and bread]): winter.



Skorl nest: late spring!!

Tho the skorl seems to have abandoned it for the season.

Blanket update!!

So, I was telling you about all my different plans for this blanket.

Well, forget 'em!

I am sewing them together in a checkerboard (light/warm and dark/cool)—no blocks.







Looking good I think!

Found last night

Two books with nice covers.

Thanks!

For digging on my blog.

So nice! Thanks all y'all for visiting.

Greggy Reynolds: fly is down!!!

He hates the paparazzi.

Dinner

Beth has a fancy, fancy butterdish. It cost $100, and she keeps it under the counter so her roommates don't break it.



She got it out for us Saturday night!



Also:



Arugula salad so good it made her cry.



Mussels!!



And amazing "no-knead" bread.

Thanks Beth!

What?

Leave it . . . there?

Uh, OK.

Neighborhood yard sale

Bought:


Stationery.


Two necklaces.


Santoku knife (Greg put a new edge on it).


Kitty family!


Figurine.


"Cats in the Sun" postcard book.




Birthday book.

With this inside:



What the— !?!!?!

And . . .



Fabulous luxury yarns!!!!

All for ten dollars.

Best day of my life.

eBay dot com

Set for life.

LOOK AT MY PLANTS . . .

. . . AGAIN!



Tomato flower!



Poinsettia!



Mint and geranium!!

YAY!

Awesome

My friend Carey picked up this awesome swag for me the other day at Book Expo America.

Favorites:



Popeye!!



Krazy Kat!!

Now I SO want the new Popeye and Krazy Kat compilations...

Farmers market

Did you know that this is chamomile?



I had no idea.



This plant grew in the schoolyard at my elementary school. I used to pick the flowers and crush them because I loved the smell.

Post office

Pictures cannot describe the New York post office experience.

I went today to pick up a parcel.




Note: About fifty people squashed into a long line in a small room, all disgruntled. Fluorescent lighting, no air conditioning.



Scratched bullet-proof plastic. Toddler underfoot. Mismatched, confusing signage. Crackling microphones.



And always a sad and/or sordid story of some sort: today it was an illiterate middle-aged woman begging unresponsive customers to help her fill out a form for a money order in exchange for $5.

IT IS HELL ON EARTH!

But why?

This is a typical Canadian post office:



Just sayin.

Envelope!!

So exciting to get an envelope from my friend Craig, who inspires minds at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.



Inside:






















Mysterious photocopied book page.

About a skorl encounter!



!!!!!!!!

Also:



Curlywurly [sic] squirlies [sic]!

This must be British.



Hmm. Are the squirlies curlywurly because they were squarshed by a car? Greg and I devoured them (it?).

Thanks Craig!! This made my day—nay, week!—nay, MONTH!!!!

Skunk friend

No, not my friend (I wish!), but the friend of a random stranger from the Internet.



Do you see the kitty tail?

I love looking at this picture.

Three bucks!

Sold a Life magazine (featuring Paul McCartney) I found last week!

Now

They're all swolled up!



Uh, unsurprisingly.