Snippets
Last night K made a train layout with B’s old Thomas the Tank Engine tracks. She was careful to put the traffic signal piece next to the car crossing one, so the trains and cars would know whose turn it Continue reading Snippets
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3 Days of Art with Barry Stebbings {p,h,f,r}
Pretty: K’s new dress from the great hand me down continuum – it still had tags on it. My new dress adapted from old Burda World of Fashion patterns circa 1996. My back lit tulips from last week Happy: my Continue reading 3 Days of Art with Barry Stebbings {p,h,f,r}
14th anniversary of moving to Attleboro
Today is the road race in Attleboro. Dan just smirked at the car driving around the barrier on 2nd street only to be turned back by the officer on Riverbank at the barrier there. He came in from the sunlight Continue reading 14th anniversary of moving to Attleboro
I can take K shopping – wow.
Apparently I haven’t taken M and K to the Mansfield Country Store ever – because Ben started getting nostalgic for a store with candy, nicklodians, and pretty things were we’d bought presents for his grandmothers, and M had never heard Continue reading I can take K shopping – wow.
Bits and Bobs
I’m coordinating a Barry Stebbings Art Seminar for next week at my church. On the only day the contractor can install the new elevator. The contractor is putting up a temporary wall so the young children stay out of the Continue reading Bits and Bobs
And the Crocheted Hat Pattern is up too
The crochet version of the Library Window Watchcap is available for purchase now. On Ravelry and Craftsy. I actually made it before the knitted version. The top down shape allowed me to try a crown, then rip back when it Continue reading And the Crocheted Hat Pattern is up too
Somethings are easier gf
Quick breads, sorta. Because you don’t have to worry about over mixing them and developing gluten. Right out of the oven, wonderful. After the meal if any are left over, not really. Cookies are just dandy. And pan cakes. I Continue reading Somethings are easier gf
The Knitted Library Window Watchcap is here
You know how I put library fines in the financial category of homeschool? That’s because I know that for every time I return a book a day late and pay $.10, that’s still a living book I didn’t have to Continue reading The Knitted Library Window Watchcap is here
A Work in Progress Shakespeare Seminar
This March, my friend Jenn Roca called on her contacts in the Massachusetts theatre community (specifically the Worcester Shakespeare Company) to put together a master class on staging Shakespeare through A Work In Progress. If you are local to South Continue reading A Work in Progress Shakespeare Seminar
Arnold Arboretum Yesterday
Yesterday was my endoscopy at Faulkner Hospital. Dan took the kids across the street to play in the Arnold Arboretum while I was out of it. I definitely have celiac disease, but my gut shows some signs of healing. I Continue reading Arnold Arboretum Yesterday
We Need to Find some Artists
A few weeks ago, we visited Amaral Custom Fabrication for a field trip. My friend Paula cuts hair for one of the ladies that works there, so we had an in. In the ’90s the market for custom aluminum racing Continue reading We Need to Find some Artists
M’s reactions to Johnny Tremain – spoiler alert
Tuesday at Breakfast, M asked me why Mrs Lapham was so mean to Johnny once he couldn’t work anymore. And why the master smith she was trying to get to marry one of her girls threatened to lock up Cilla Continue reading M’s reactions to Johnny Tremain – spoiler alert