weekly-ish notes on tending + making
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the sweetest farewell…
My best old girl and her cat. If you’re an animal lover, get some tissues. April was hard. We’ve been managing Magnolia’s mast cell cancer since 2021. Three surgeries and…
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still winter….
The living room is mostly pulled back together. I’m onto cleaning and painting what used to be our dining room when everyone was home. Joe built a small table for…
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indoor + outdoor projects…
Our favorite bakery keeping us fueled while we make some repairs and repaint the living room. Same boring white, but I love it anyway. King Neptune loves his ladder throne.…
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and the quilting begins…
I asked my studio assistant Neptune to help with picking colors, but I think I overwhelmed him. Lol. I wanted something different for Soph’s Sugar Bear quilt back and when…
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wintering…
It’s been our coldest winter since we moved to New York. Lots of barely above and below zero temps. All the animals are getting stir crazy stuck inside with each…
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a stocking for Bo….
I made a pair of stockings for my youngest daughter and (soon to be) son-in-law last year. They adopted the sweetest dog named Bo last year and I got to…
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a whirlwind ending to fall
I blinked and it was winter this year. Garden clean-up coincided with getting ready for my first market in two years – eek! It was crazy, but here are a…
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home…
Home. There is nothing like hands in the dirt to make a girl feel grounded after two days of travel. I was so thrilled the Calendula made it through the…
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post cards from Alaska, part two
I had a beautiful hike in the wild woods with my nephews. I’m forever the caboose on the trail so I can stop to admire all the little bits of…