Valentine butterflies
For Valentine’s Day we went butterfly watching. From his college days at UCSB, Ben knew of a butterfly reserve just outside Santa Barbara, a two-hour drive from Los Angeles, half of it coasting the...
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Not a lot of knitting pictures lately, and not for lack of knitting activity. Or I should say knitting related activity, as a lot of what I’ve been doing in the past couple of weeks has been refining...
View ArticleA most unsuitable orchid
Encyclia something An orchid intermission was just the thing to do to tear myself away from the never-ending editing job of putting the not-quite-so-final touches to my pattern, so yesterday we took a...
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When we went to Santa Barbara last week, we brought home another orchid in addition to the Licaste aromatica. This one is a tiny plant with a white flower as big as its foliage and is another fragrant...
View ArticleHome again
Catch up time for me after a twelve-day road trip and close to 3,000 miles. I thought I would blog a few times along the way, but I was either missing the time or a reliable internet connection. After...
View ArticleKnit for penguins
The little oil-soaked penguins of New Zealand need you. I didn't want to steal images, so this is not as cute as the real blue penguins in their colorful sweaters. For those, follow the links in the...
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