I woke up extra early this morning to wind yarn. ON A SATURDAY. I am clearly insane. On the upside I got to see Tyler Florence making some beignets.

There is a lot of lace-weight and sock weight yarn here…I have sort of given up on sweaters…they are never quite as fabulous as you envision them, [...]

On Monday, I arrived home from work to find this:

The littlest bat on the ledge of my front porch step. I didn’t know he was dead when I took this picture…I mean, look at that clinging claw! It nearly broke my heart when The Man nudged it with his toe, and it toppled lifelessly, lightly [...]

I am no great photographer, so it’s difficult for me to adequately capture the gorgeous garden growing things right now, and what I’ve been doing with them.  Well, it’s probably more important that they taste good, right?
In the garden…

In the kitchen …(links to recipes included)

Strawberry Freezer Jam
Lentil Loaf from the Magic Loaf Studio (Seriously, [...]

I have never purchased a tarot deck.  I never found one that, aside from being pretty, really…”resonated” with me.
By chance, a few nights ago, I found The One.

And just because, I got a gorgeously luxurious little bag for it!

Maybe it sounds a little bit cheesy…that one would expect one’s day to contain little bits of magic in it…or maybe not.  Is  it too much to expect wonder and enchantment from day to day, quotidian existence?
I realized a few months back that I was plowing through my days to get them done and [...]