We’re well into September, and the canning season is coming to a close. Also known as the season of fruit guilt. In fact I’m feeling guilty right now thinking about the plums that are overripening on our tree at this very moment, that I am not making into sauce, chutney, butter, jam or any other [...]

A couple of weeks ago I finally sent out a little care package to two of my nieces. They had summer birthdays and it just took me forever to get these sent out. It’s not the doing of the thing, so much as the idea, that takes me so long to work out. Some pieces [...]

It might be May. But my head is still in April. A few things we’ve been up to:

We hit the Mighty Metchosin Yard Sale this weekend. My one find is pictured above. Really it was the little label that got me. This is part of my new organizing kick. Once I clean it up, [...]

First of all, thanks, knitting gurus, for the magic loop tips. It’s nice to have experienced knitters around to lend some insight. For the time being I’ve switched over to bamboo dpns, but it sounds like its time for me to invest in the good needles. Anyway, I like the dpns, so I’m happily knitting [...]

Starting new projects can be a slow and clumsy process. These are accordian books I made over the weekend, while working on an idea for a photo album/CD sleeve. Let’s say — just hypothetically — that a person was to take a whole mess of pictures at a family get-together and wanted to share the [...]

Okay, people. I’m back home for a while, and I’m ready to make stuff. Let’s buckle down here! I really need to get cracking.
I have a free day today, which has been derailed a bit so far by assorted events, including a dumptruck that flipped on its side in the construction site next door and [...]