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Hydrangea Socks

Bymichelle July 15, 2016August 5, 2022

This is my project for Regina’s Floralong in her Hydrangea Garden colorway.   I cannot get enough of watching these colors interact with each other as I add each round….

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50mm | garden | knitting | thinking out loud

Twenty Ten

Bymichelle May 6, 2015August 4, 2022

Twenty Ten kind of slipped under the blogging radar.  You may remember I began it on the way to Madtosh Fort Worth to see Veera Välimäki and Joji Locatelli.  That…

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garden | iphoneographs | knitting | photography | thinking out loud

Color Change

Bymichelle April 15, 2015August 4, 2022

Don’t you love that point when a color changes?  It could be from winter brown to spring green, from green to blooming, or from the stem to the end of…

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50mm | garden | iphoneographs | knitting | linkage | phoneography

Cafe au Lait

Bymichelle March 24, 2015August 4, 2022

Guys!  I knit a super long lace and cable cardigan out of fingering weight yarn.  If you don’t know knit speak, let me translate this for you:  I rule. That…

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50mm | freelensing | garden | my home | new to me

Freelensing on my Front Porch

Bymichelle July 25, 2014August 3, 2022

(more on my flickr)

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50mm | diy | garden | homemaking | linkage | new to me

It Only Took 13 Years…

Bymichelle July 10, 2014August 3, 2022

Thirteen years ago, while staying in a cabin outside of San Antonio, I collected native air plants (ball moss, I believe) from a trail to bring home and hang from…

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beekeeping | food | garden | homemaking | phoneography | photography

Lazy Beekeeping

Bymichelle November 19, 2013August 2, 2022

I haven’t been writing very much, but I have potential posts stacking up in my evernotes that need to be set free.  So this one is about our honey harvest…

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50mm | Christianity | family | food | garden | homemaking | parenting | thinking out loud

We Will Both Thrive

Bymichelle July 3, 2013August 2, 2022

Planting my garden this year was a small act of faith.  I didn’t feel like working in it, haven’t felt like it for a couple of years, but so hoped…

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50mm | garden | my home | patio | thinking out loud

It’s Supposed to Just Happen

Bymichelle May 1, 2013August 2, 2022

My gardening style is to wait and see what happens.  I mean wait too long and then eventually wade into the mess to assess the damage.   I have been…

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50mm | garden | new to me | photography

Garden Lasagna

Bymichelle February 20, 2013August 1, 2022

It’s not exactly ready to eat, yet, but we’re getting there.  This is the lasagna method of no-till gardening.  Basically it is the lazy girl’s way to compost and prepare…

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