Book Review (Non-Knitting): The Rooftop Growing Guide

Ostensibly, I’d signed up for the Blogging for Books book review program to review knitting-related titles, but it’s been their gardening books that have snagged my interest (you can read my review of The Water-Saving Garden by Pam Penick here). The...

Overdue for One Small Change

I realized I’d neglected updating this for February. Visit One Small Change for details. January was supposed to be about turning off the computer monitor when not in use.  I hate to say I was not perfect, nor even 90, 80 or 70% good on this;  I’d...

One small change…

It’s hard to come up with an idea for a small change.   We’ve done a fair amount of things already: solar panels tankless water heater tore up our lawn, replaced primarily with natives growing some of our own produce in earthboxes on the roof replaced...

Summer Goals

Summer  Knitting and Related Goals finish Curtis’ socks (the first sock needs some surgery, have yet to cast on for the second) finish Helene (currently on the foot of the 2nd)  Done! finish Anniversary Socks finish all the other socks I start!  (Lizzy,...

New Project: Backyard Mini-Meadow

One of the things I’ve felt guilty about is that, with how our house & lot is set up, our backyard is just basically a concrete dog run.  Actually, I don’t feel guilty about that, that’s just how it is. But it is where Rigel goes out to go to...

November 2008 Goals

Knitting/Spinning Finish Dave’s Scarf Finish the other major knitted Christmas present Finish embroidery on Slinky Ribs (otherwise finished & blocked) Finish Gathered Pullover (I’m just finishing up the center motif, working top down) Finish washing...