See this???

I knit it. With my own two hands (well, and 2 different sizes of knitting needles and some yarn). I can’t remember a time I’ve been more proud of something I knit. This took time, it took learning techniques I hadn’t used before, and it took frustration. Lots of frustration. It’s not perfect, I messed […]

Gardening… at last

I finally found myself squishing dirt between my hands, carefully moving earthworms out of the way of my little shovel, and digging holes today. I took some time, and the opportunity to work with damp earth, today and worked on my herb garden. When I moved here, I brought peppermint, lemon balm and spearmint with […]

The Chair Finds a Home

The antique chair and quilts from a few posts ago found a home in my bedroom. They look perfect next to my antique dresser. However, now that I’ve cleaned and organized my bedroom to make room for the chair, I can’t ignore how terrible those floors are. If I owned this house, the floors in […]

Weren’t Sundays a day of rest?

This came home with me today:And because of that, I’m too tired to be witty and smart in a blog post – so please forgive me. Today was spent making room for this barristers cabinet and a huge, wooden drafting table (seen below). The cabinet is for storing fiber (and since I have more than […]

All of the comforts

I’ve blogged recently about what makes a home… I need to add to that list. Comfort makes a home. Big houses will always impress me with their great rooms, huge kitchens and massive bathrooms, but I need a home that hugs me. My last house was very old and of the period where ceilings were […]

When Farmers Go To Market

The Fayetteville Farmer’s Market starts back up on Saturday. I wish I could explain how happy this makes my little heart, but there aren’t enough words and I doubt I have your attention for that long (at least I’m honest with myself regarding blog readers attention spans). But know that it makes me very, VERY […]

The White Flag

I’m sitting here behind my spinning wheel, defeated and waving my white flag. I recently told a local couple that I would give spinning their poodle fur into yarn a try. I washed it, dried it, carded it and started spinning it. All went well for about 10 minutes and then the crazy allergies set […]

I’ve got nothing

I seem to have lost my blog voice for a bit. I’m not quite sure where I last left it. Probably somewhere between being snarky about something at work and writing a really good email to AT&T letting them know how I feel about them (it wasn’t a love letter). Besides losing my blog voice, […]

Having a hobby is hard work!

I’ve mentioned before that people often are amazed that I have time to have a hobby that I participate in consistently. Usually, I’m not amazed. It’s just what I do at night instead of watching TV (or while watching TV if I must be entirely honest). However, sometimes I’m left without any time to spin […]

Tons of things to do…

… but not a lot to say. My mind is going 500 miles a minute, to 14 different places, and I’m hoping my body can just keep up. Shall we take a brief peek into my brain? I’ve been heavily consumed in the thought of going back to school. That thought scares me as much […]