Month: August 2010
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end-of-summer
Wrapping up a chaotic August – 2 trips and 2 birthdays, and not much time to spend in the yard. The weather has also been a bit chaotic – some days of hot, but mostly kinda cool. Hence some tomato ripening issues – Luckily some of the smaller ones have had enough sun! This was…
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birth of a quilt
When it comes to big events where a gift is required, I tend to go for handmade things. Collages, stitchery of some sort, quilts. As was the case of a certain recent Bar Mitzvah. When I heard it was a Godzilla theme, I thought “how great if I could find Godzilla fabric and make a…
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little things vs. the big picture
Time is speeding by at an alarming rate, so much going on. There’s been some serious buckling down, trying to get things done while maintaining some semblance of sanity (pretty sure I’m failing at the sane part, given the starting point). So many little details that make up the big deal things. I wonder if…
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where does the time go
Today is August 4th, which is unbelievable to me. Due partly to the fact that our summer has been less summery than usual, even for Seattle. We’ve had one heat wave, and have been wearing sweaters the rest of the time. Every summer starts out with grand plans of fun things to do and eat…
foible and folly 