Made by MeghanThe last few days have not been kind to the garden–lots of rain and lower temperatures. Â Powdery mildew is trying to take hold of the squash plants, and I am seriously worried that what was shaping up to be a bumper crop of tomatoes will now be a breeding ground for blight. Despite that, this […]
This was my first triangle shawl and I absolutely loved knitting it. Â I have done a number of Anne Hanson, Knitspot, patterns now and les Abeilles is definitely up to her standards – well written and so pretty. The colour, Peony, is a big departure for me, as was the yarn; first time I tried […]
First up, a very fun knit from the Early Fall Knitty 2010 – Coquille by Mary Lou Egan. I knit the small size with 2 skeins of Crystal Place Mini Mochi (colour:108 – neptune rainbow), but the consensus on Ravelry seems to be that the shawl tends to take more yardage to complete (both sizes). […]
Just found out that the first act of my feature script LOVE LIES BLEEDING will be read at the Cold Reading Series this Thursday, July 29th. Logline: Pamela just wants to reunite in the afterlife with her dead fiancé, Grady. Problem is, Grady was a secret agent, and his coded emails have infuriated both his […]
Last Saturday we went berry picking at Driediger Farms in Langley. Â We picked strawberries, which were really close to being at the end of their season, and raspberries, which are just at the beginning of their season. Â We also grabbed four pounds of blueberries; already picked… we must have come home with almost 15 pounds […]
Chocolate was the request for this birthday, so I obliged with a fudge chocolate cake, chocolate cream cheese icing, chocolate flowers (from Chocolate Arts) Â and a little bit of fresh local strawberry compote. Here are the two cake halves, the strawberry filling and the chocolate cream cheese icing, which, I must admit, I (heavily) sampled. […]
Tomorrow I will puree this bad boy and the flea beetles plaguing the tomatoes will flee in terror…. FLEE in TERROR…. Muah… ha… ha!!!! Â As a side note, I doubt it would work on zombies, but vampires, now they would absolutely loathe it! Err, yes. Â The recipe can be found on page 117 in Gayla […]
Check out this fun online interview with me about the origins of SiftingRealities in my Creator’s Corner by SciFinal.
A bunch of little seedlings made their transitions out into the big wide world of the garden this weekend, and I thought, as a collection, they made a sweet, though photo heavy, blog post (I think there are too many commas in that last sentence…). I requested a cool three-tier wooden pot to house another […]
This is the sixth episode of my web series SiftingRealities.  At the end of episode 4, Belinda seems to think she’s got this whole “sifting” thing under control, but does she?  Oh, those are shortbread cookies she is making and eating in the final scene… I’ll post the recipe later on today.