Never the swiftest of knitters, I only just finished my Monkey Socks about two weeks ago when my mom was here. Interestingly, I can’t seem to photograph the color of these; it just does not seem to be in the gamut of my digital camera. I think it’s called crabapple, and its a lovely variegated [...]

While my mom was visiting, we finally made it to one of the places I’ve been wanting to see for a while: Botanical Beach, up near Port Renfrew. It’s a little jewelbox of a place, out on the tip of the world where the strait opens up to the wide Pacific. Botanical Beach is known [...]

Where has the last month gone? Into sketching sessions at lunch, birdfeeder stakeouts, digging up the garden bed, riding the bus to work and home again, working my day job, thinking about going to school, taking notes on the garden, catching up at home after the work week.
At Beacon Hill Park, I’ve been visiting [...]