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Flashing with International Flair

No, not that kind of flashing.
Sadly, I have reached that time of life when the hot flashes have begun. Sigh.
But at least it gives me the opportunity to use a couple of delightful gifts I’ve gotten in the past. The fan on the left is one that my father brought back for me [...]

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The Little Tomato that Could

I went “shopping” in the back yard today for some carrots and herbs for tonight’s dinner.
Despite the fact that we’ve had sub-freezing temperatures and snow, my Early Girl tomato plant is still full of ripening tomatoes.The leaves have pretty much all died off, but the tomatoes are still there. The other tomato plants are gone [...]

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Another Red Scarf

Another project that I’ve cast on for lately is another scarf for the Red Scarf Project. The pattern is Palindrome. It’s a quick and fun pattern. I’m doing the cables every 8th row instead of every 6th row, to make them a little more elongated. The yarn is Knit Picks Swish worsted, in Fired Brick. [...]

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Knitting Updates

The Myrtle Leaf shawl has finally grown! I now have 30 repeats of the body done – 10 more to go. It takes at least an hour to knit one repeat. Sometimes considerably more, depending on how many mistakes I make, and whether I rip back to fix them or just fake it.

I also [...]

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Been Busy

Just got back from a whirlwind trip… Drove to Las Vegas on Wednesday. Drove from Las Vegas to Phoenix on Thursday. Wedding rehearsal dinner Thursday night. Wedding Friday night. Drove back to Las Vegas on Saturday, and then back to Salt Lake City on Sunday.
Whew!
The highlights: the wedding of The Pontiff’s niece, road trip with [...]

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