Tag Archives: summer

Cool Summer Knitting

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Carrie

There are only a few rules for summertime knitting: it needs to be portable and it needs to not make your hands sweat.  Preferably, it should also be quick and easy.  Because keeping up with a complicated pattern while also … Continue reading →

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More Summertime Wanderings

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Carrie

Well, the summer vacation is over and it’s time to settle back into the regular routines of life.  Bummer!  But what have I been doing for the last month or two, you say?  Recovering. Here’s the shortlist: We decided to … Continue reading →

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Summertime Wanderings

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Carrie

July is typically our month for summer vacation.  This year we are mixing things up – a few of the same adventures in the area mingled with several new adventures.  Here are some of the scenes from our summer fun … Continue reading →

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Randomly on a Thursday

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Carrie

I hear that summer is in full swing in most parts of the northern hemisphere.  We got a few weeks of summer-like weather, then it turned spring-like again.  That’s not stopping us from going outside though.  (More on that in … Continue reading →

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Hopping

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Carrie

Ever have one of those spots of time where it just seems to jump forward?  I have no idea what happened to the last several weeks.  I was there, I did work, I did the normal non-work things, I slept … Continue reading →

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Restarting

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Carrie

Last week I hinted that I was ripping out and restarting a project.  No, it’s not the skirt project.  That one went into the frog pond so I could ponder how best to proceed.  Instead, I resurrected a different project … Continue reading →

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Tagging Along

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Carrie

Last week I tagged along with Husband on a business trip to San Francisco.  This time I resolved to hit a bunch of the museums that I didn’t have time for on the last trip.  Here’s a look at my … Continue reading →

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In Which I Wander

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Carrie

Summertime is also for traveling, adventures, and wandering.  Right?  Well folks, that’s what I’ve been doing for what feels like the last month.  To be honest, there were days in between where I could have posted, but just felt like … Continue reading →

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Thumbs: Brown or Green?

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Carrie

Spring and Summer are for planting things in the garden, right?  Well if that’s true, then I’m right on schedule. A while back, the Internet circulated a little how-to for making self-watering seed sprouting containers out of plastic bottles and … Continue reading →

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Beekeeper

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Carrie

I have a small stash of fingering weight yarn in two and three skein quantities that I have been saving for small shawls or summer tanks.  I grab them as I come across them in my wanderings, and they are … Continue reading →

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