(I’ve posted this before, but it’s at the bottom of a long fibery post and I am trying to go back and make sure all my recipes are single posts so that they are easily found and read. So, if you missed it the first time, this is one of my favorite salads!) You need [...]

Again, mostly for a co-worker of shmoo’s, but feel free to take/use/etc. 3 cups Fresh Broccoli, chopped 1 1/2 cups water 4tbs flour (mix and dissolved in 1/4 water) 2 cups milk 1-2 tbs butter 1-2 cups Grated Cheddar Cheese 1 tsp Paprika 1 tsp Garlic Powder Salt and Pepper to taste. In a big [...]

I’ve not done much in the way of knitting. Just a row here and there, but nothing really to show. I have finally finished my first bit of weaving but have yet to actually get it off the loom, so nothing to show there either. I did take some pictures of our container garden on [...]

This is for shmoo’s coworkers, but the rest of you can feel free to try it too. Fry a piece or two of bacon in your pan. Get it nice and crispy. Towards the end of the frying, put around half a onion, diced into the pan as well, and let it start to brown. [...]

So, April is almost over, so I figured I should post. I’ve spun a little. I’ve knit a little. I’ve grown seeds into seedlings and then had the birds eat them after I put them in their permanent pots and decided that I wasn’t going to have bird feeders on the porch anymore during spring [...]

This winter has been difficult for me. Too much snow. Too much cold. Too much stress. But spring is slowly coming and I’ve been knitting a tiny bit; spinning a bit more than that, and planting seeds like a crazed person. I am exploring container gardening even more this year, and even going to try [...]

So.. it snowed a lot in D.C. this past weekend. LIke.. 3 feet or so. Check this time lapse someone did of all the snow. This past weekend was also shmoocon. Which I wasn’t attending this year, but shmoo was going to, until he had to cover for people not showing up to work and [...]

It’s a bit late, but I was busy cooking like a madwoman all day, and then yesterday was filled up with the Dog being sick. So I hope you all had a lovely and safe Thanksgiving.

First, the spinning photo I am overdue for. DSC00811 From left to right… 4oz Sakina Needles BFL, A batt I got from Caroline(WoolForBrains)’s Etsy shop, 4oz Cloverleaf Farms Merino/Silk 80/20 I got at MDSW 3 years ago. (It has a bright pink and purple hank of yarn waiting to do colorwork with it once I [...]

When we are out on the deck, or have the glass door open, the birds won’t come down, but instead cluster on the branches and fuss because we won’t go in so they can eat. It often looks like this: DSC00779 And soon after we go in, the big feeder looks like this: DSC00775 More [...]