I took the girls to a pottery painting place to make something for their father. E chose a picture frame so V had to choose the exact same picture frame. There were 3 or 4 different ones but nope. Same…
Photo Monday – The Stuff That Grows
In case my previous posts haven’t made this obvious, we don’t exactly have green thumbs around here. M always starts out with good intentions, thinking he’ll water the plants. I know we won’t. The roof has full Sun and gets…
Shawls Totally Work for Summer
Even in wool like this one. It was warm when we took the pictures and I felt fine (except for when M had me face the Sun and I had to try not to squint but that has nothing to…
Photo Monday – The Old Backyard
Or what I really wanted to name this post: *&%$@*# mosquitoes! So, umm, yeah. M ran the half marathon in Ottawa on May 28. My sister and father ran it too and I herded the kids as best I could…
Ikat Shirtdress
I seem to be on a using-my-precious-fabrics spree. This one is ikat from Cloth House again. Cotton, I think. What makes ikat special is that the pattern is planned before weaving. With the help of a bit of math, areas…
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Photo Monday – In the Neighborhood
It’s been a long time since I’ve taken my camera with me when taking V to school. I’ll see something interesting and sometimes try to capture it on my phone but it’ll never be as good as my camera pictures.…
Granville #2
I don’t even remember when I sewed this one up. January or February. I wore it when we went to Montebello so I know it was done then. I meant to get pictures during that trip but never got around…
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