Garden Street Designs

I was trolling through my own favourites on Etsy, and noticed some distinct patterns emerging. Seems there are a few keyword searches I return to over and over (and over). Some things are even favourited multiple times, so I must be really serious about liking them. Here are some recently added items: continue reading »

In the six months since my last post (egads), I’ve spent my non-working, non-full-out-leisure hours making jewelry, decorating the new master bedroom, traveling here and there, gardening a lot (by which I mean weeding a lot), and knitting. Recently I decided to give sock knitting one more shot, and now I’ve become completely obsessed.

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Forgive my absence; I had Christmas cheer to make and I like a long Christmas. Two thousand and ten (twenty-ten? which to go with?) started off in the most lovely and gentle fashion, though the actual ringing in of midnight was missed as B and I were too busy gabbing with our friends David and Sophie to pay attention to time. But when we finally stumbled out in the early morning, it was into a stunning scene: fresh snow sparkling like fallen stars and the world lit up by the most beautiful full blue moon ever witnessed (I’m sure of it). Happy new year, mysterious and awesome universe. continue reading »