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Goodbye 2009

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

This is one of my favorite photos from 2009. I snapped this shot during a crane-watching excursion with some of my favorite people.
2009 was a very eventful year. K & I had the opportunity to explore Scotland in glorious weather. I traveled to Penland with my mother and explored enameling in depth. [...]

Post-Penland Depression

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

So.  I’ve been back from Penland for nearly a month.  It was an amazing journey.  Ever since I returned home, I’ve been trying to get used to the fact that I now have to cook, clean, and earn a living.   
It’s been difficult for me to realize that my normal life doesn’t include hours upon hours [...]

Featherstitch Fantail

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

I received this package in the mail last week.

It’s the Featherstitch Fantail brooch!

It’s even more beautiful in person than it was online.
Thank you, Bridget!

work in progress

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Keith’s surgery went well and he’s at home recovering. Whew!
I’m back to work and trying to finish some things before I leave to run errands and check in on Keith.
I mentioned that the website is a work in progress, right? Well, this really became apparent to me this morning because we [...]

A new look!

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

After nearly two years of darkness (black background, white text), I finally have a new look for my blog. Keith & I designed the site and Keith built it for me. (Thank you, sweetie!) I’m so happy to have a different look.
There are still some kinks to work [...]

farm share, week two

Friday, June 5th, 2009

Today is a day away from the office.   I work a 9/10 schedule, which means that I work longer days for 9 of the 10 and have alternating Fridays off.  I love this schedule (4/5 would be better, but I’m not complaining now).  Usually I am a flurry of activity on these days off, running [...]

Scotland

Monday, May 11th, 2009

I had a chance to sort through some of our pictures this weekend and have distilled some of our favorite memories into a series of shots. 
Glasgow
We spent two days in Glasgow and walked until our legs couldn’t take any more.  Highlights included:
A guided tour of the Glasgow School of Art;
Cullen Skink (smoked haddock, potato and cream soup…mmmmm….) [...]

Game Book 6

Friday, March 6th, 2009

One of the best presents I received for my 40th birthday is a coupon book from my loving husband.  Included in this book are 40 studio sessions. 
Yep, that’s right.  I have a *guarantee* that Keith will sit down with me 40 times this year for creative time, just the two of us.    It’s truly one [...]

I’m Back

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Well…  I think this is the longest I’ve gone without writing a post.  For some reason, I have not been feeling the desire to write things down.  I’m not really sure why.  The holidays were nice, my birthday was nice…now it’s over and I’m back to work.
I’m debating whether to continue this blog.   I’m not [...]

hems.

Monday, December 8th, 2008

I’ve been busy.   We hosted Thanksgiving dinner this year.   We had a great time and Keith prepared some amazing food.   I had forgotten how much energy it takes to prepare the house for hosting a gathering…ironing napkins, polishing silver…things I just don’t do every week, but consider essential when setting out Thanksgiving dinner.   The more time spent ironing [...]

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