it sure doesn't feel like i've just had a long weekend...need more time! but, i'm excited for my first day at my new job tomorrow. i'll keep you posted.

my last day at angela adams was yesterday. it's strange to move on to the next chapter when the previous one was so long. but, here i am, about to start my career in the knitting world at Classic Elite Yarns. I'm very excited!

this beauty was purchased recently at a yard sale for 50 cents. i just need to clean off the crayon and it's good as new.

Toddie and I threw our bikes in the van and drove down to about 2 miles outside of OOB for the 4th. It's fun for about 2 hours...riding bikes, eating ice cream, taking pictures, having an over priced beer and just being out and about. then we want to be home! heard the fire works from inside the house...and that was fine by us.

happy day off. thank you 4th of july.

so Maine.

a wedding shower! so sweet and thoughtful and fun! thank you to my lovely mama and aunties and family and friend (thanks kitty!). so nice. people: send me pictures, please.

the best owl book ever from the library.

lovely sites around the yard...foxglove, hoses & container gardens.

sorry for all the garden photos...it's just so exciting to see our hard work turn into healthy edibles. yum.

morning coffee tastes so good under the great oak tree...

mabel: aka "the hunter"

so many beautiful plants...

i woke up this morning and headed down to check on the garden. little snails were eating our beautiful lettuce! i feel like the garden warrior...trying to protect my little greens. i came back to drink up my morning coffee while perusing an issue of Gourmet magazine that i checked out from the library...dreaming of all the yummy freshness we'll soon be cooking & eating.

lazy kitty feet are so cute.

todd and i drove down to Boston in the grease bug the other day to pick up a new treasure. one that i've been wanting for some time now. a letterpress! i love it and can't wait to get all my ducks in a row so i can begin using it. fort nest is almost complete...i just need to set up my sewing station!

one of the most amazing gifts ever! theresa (my FLO HO co-worker) made a gorgeous garden book for toddie and i. i weep every time i open it. the seeds are all stitched in vellum pockets, the pages are hand bound, and her sweet little cursive instructions will help guide us to grow this thoughtful collection of seeds. our little yard is going to be so happy! thank you, theresa.

also, kitty kisses make me laugh.

good morning. looks like it is going to be a lovely day.

my first post at S.D.

fort nest loves friendly visitors! i think it's funny that the chickadee is perched next to a photo of miles' paws...if photos could come to life, i don't think that birdie would be so happy.

i like my post at flora home today...it's from my last visit.

a recent visit to flora home.

i'm not quite ready for blogging at swatch diaries, yet, but soon. i'm still working on the first issue...STILL.

around the fort...books...swatches...drawings...a bunch of ideas, but nothing finished. another day trip to the library. another day out in the yard - we've prepared our 20'x30' bed and we're ready to plant! so exciting. more on that later. have a cheery day.

still blooming...i love daffodils. happy weekend to those of you who don't have to work.

as i was cleaning out parts of the fort, i found a little bag that i made when i was first learning how to use a sewing machine. my dad found this great machine on the side of the road, i believe, and brought it home, made a beautiful base out of wood and polished it up for me. i made a small series of handbags using scraps of fabric from Grammy Evans. i wish i could find the red & white gingham check bag...it was a little longer and wider than the one shown here. i think it's finally time to dust off the old sewing machine.

swatch diaries!
Hopefully I will begin blogging there in the next week or so.

the perfect skirt for a rainy day such as today

happy spring shapes make happy spring shadows.