Circular Knitting Pin

I have in my hands a curious little envelope.  My mother found it when cleaning out her basement and my sister thought I should have it. Not to use, but just to own.  (click on any of the pictures for larger images) It must have belonged to my grandmother, who would have learned how to [...]

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Because the Internet Obviously Needs Moar Cat Pictures

I took a few pictures of the family Easter celebration.  Here are the ones whose subjects did not object to being posted online.  These two were at M-i-L’s house   The holidays were very nice.  The oldest came home from college to get in on the baking and egg dying.  My mother declined to host [...]

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In Other Blogs…

I didn’t post here yesterday, because I spent the day running an RPG, something I haven’t done in a very long time. It’s not crafting, but it is one of my very favorite favorite creative outlets. There’s a shared, improvisational aspect to it which just works well for me. I’m also a sucker for world-building, [...]

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Reflections on the Color Red

I’m really pleased with how this picture came out.  First of all, I think I’ve got the color right this time (yes, her hair is really that red).  I managed to capture the personalities of all three of them.  I’m even happy with my own reflection (well, half reflection) in the glass door.  The only [...]

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Getting the Hang of This Camera

First of all, I’d like to thank Sunsetseasanity (of the artismysanity blog) for the advice on the camera.  I had to play around with it (and turn off the ‘idiot proof settings’) but I think I can find the right light level now.  Next step will be to replace my tripod (lost with the last [...]

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Sad Stories and a Picture

As I mentioned a couple of days ago, I got a new mp3 player for my birthday.  I’ve been listening to the backlog of podcasts I’d built up (and there are a lot of them).  Yesterday I got to episode 193 of Craftlit, in which Heather Ordover talks about the Tucson shooting (her son played [...]

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Had a Really Lovely Birthday!

I celebrated my (mumble-mumble) birthday this past week, and I had a lovely time. I went out to lunch with a friend, dinner with the DH and DDs, was taken drinking with other friends, given a surprise cake at our bi-weekly gaming session, and finally a party with my mom, sister, b-i-l, niece and our [...]

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Fuzzy Grass, Fuzzy Yarn

Got some more pictures taken. Here’s  some nice grass gone to seed by the Dorsey Train Station.  I think it’s beautiful myself.  I also took pictures from the train station itself, from the front and the back. I particularly like the Maryland flag on the front and the sunlight through the window on the back. [...]

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Rainy Day

Rainy Day Originally uploaded by efbq Pretty dramatic drive this morning. Nearly took a swim.  Still, it’s a break from the crazy heat we’ve been having. More from the “It’s Got to Go Somewhere” category,  got to watch the replacement of my daughter’s windshield.  It was pretty wild. The guy from Metro Auto Glass was [...]

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It’s Got to Go Somewhere

Well, there was a *lot* of rambling which hasn’t made it into the last two weeks worth of podcasting, and some of that actually involved pictures.   Not that they weren’t good rambles, or good pictures, but I wanted to get something resembling a coherent ‘cast, so a lot of bits and pieces which didn’t fit [...]

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