Mandolin Convention
I’m a bit late on this post but a few weeks back Dan and I took a few days off to attend the Classical Mandolin Society of America’s annual convention that was conveniently being held in five minutes...
View ArticleWinter Crafts
I’ve been feeling pretty crafty lately… My quilt top is pinned to the batting and the backing, now all I have to do is QUILT and add the binding border. This is michi hiding in between the batting and...
View ArticleMonarch Tagging
One of the most fun things we did on our honeymoon on Nantucket Island was tag monarchs. We finally ordered a few tags from Monarch Watch for this fall and went out for the first time last weekend. We...
View ArticleHomemade beer!
We love everything homemade, so we just FINALLY got into homebrewing. We completed our first homemade beer! It is a hefeweizen with coriander (from our garden) and lemon peel. Thanks to help from...
View ArticleConverting A Chest Freezer
Susanna and I have been brewing for about a year now. We’ve been having a great time with it, and have made about 14 different batches. Some better than others, but so far, all drinkable (and some have...
View Article[Failed] Experiments with Natural Dyes: Pokeweed
Last year I successfully died fabric with black walnut, which was my first try at dying fabrics with natural plant material. My end goal is to have about 10 or so colors so that I can make a quilt...
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