Category: Shop on the High Street
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Lace Leaf Pullover Reveal
When I said I was on a wooly wool kick, I meant it–my latest FO, as the temperatures begin pushing past 100 with depressing regularity, is a 100% merino pullover: The Lace Leaf Pullover! Started in a moment of possession by EZ, finished in a few days of marathon knitting, the Lace Leaf Cardigan is…
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Darndest Thing
Remember how my beloved PowerBook crashed a while back? I finally got the chance to take it in for data recovery, and lo–the very professional young fellows at MacMatters recovered all my data. They did a good job, and were both more courteous and endearing than the staff at the nearest Apple store. If you’re…
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Finishing
Hello all! I’m still here, still taking random pictures of flowers in my neighborhood like a crazy person. These yucca are in our yard, which mitigates the crazy factor. Classes are over, most of the grades are in, and now I just have to finish the many things that went unfinished during the semester. Topping…
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Week 14: All Things Iceland
Has anyone else been watching the saga of Eyjafjallajökull? I set NPR as my new homepage, and so for better or worse, I have been avidly tracking the news of the eruption and the resultant meteorological/transportation phenomena. Although the geology of the event is pretty cool in and of itself, I think the thing that’s…
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Week 13: The Universe, Simplified
That little message when I opened up the packet containing the instructions for my new MacBook Pro. I love it–your set-up booklet is not thrown in among packing peanuts, it comes in its own little sleeve tucked in a recessed section of the tray holding the computer in its box. And when you open it–a…
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Update
1. No pictures (mis apologias). I don’t want to attempt rigging a 2nd camera to this computer, esp. just for another few days. And the iSight camera captures a most unappealing panorama of the most cluttered part of my room. 2. According to the Fed Ex oder tracker, my new computer is on the delivery…
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Week 12: Eventful
For such an eventful weekend, all I have to show you guys is one picture: That is also Event 1: I finished the Little Boy Cardigan, a.k.a. the Garter Ridge Cardigan from Little Badger Knitwear. That was my off-record project, which I finally finished last week, thank goodness. It’s adorable, and the yarn I used…
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Week 11: Beauteous Plague
Everything, and I mean everything is blooming. I took a walk around the neighborhood and was amazed at all the different flowers I was able to find. Trees, succulents, wildflowers, you name it–all the plants are covered in flowers, and both perfume and pollen lie heavy on the air. Hello seasonal allergies! These little guys…
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Week 10: Break/Broken
Last week was spring break. Although I value the restorative powers of a break and feel that at least one is essential in every semester, I take exception to the fact that over the course of a break, all the routine, momentum, and discipline that have taken eight weeks to get in place are irrevocably…
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Week 7: Leaves
Saturday, I went for a hike with Hermanita. The day was damp and overcast–we got rain the next day–so all the leaves were at their best. Everything was so fresh and alive that I went a little crazy with the macro setting on my camera. We caught the little green fuzzies–I don’t know what they…
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