Birdie Sling

 My Brand New ‘Birdie Bag’
 
I’m smitten with my new bag!  It’s fairly large, but not so slouchy and roomy I lose everything I own to its depths.  Which has been known to happen with other bags…bags that we’re broken up with and sent packing!  I ‘m also rather fond of the fabric, fun elephants and [...]

Ravelry Super Swap

 For the last few months I’ve been involved with the Super Swap Group at Ravelry and having been loving it!  You really can’t beat getting to shop for others and then receiving brilliant packages in the mail from amazing people from all over the world.  This month’s theme was stationary and of course some yarn as [...]

She Was Such A Good Apple

 
This morning Apple passed away.  For those of you keeping track, she is one of the dogs seized from Kapsa’s Shady Lane Kennels this past winter.  I was her assigned handler and trainer; to say it was love at first sight would be an understatement.  She was everything a person could hope for in a [...]

Dog Days of Summer

Kate and I have been enjoying the cooler weather, lounging in the backyard and basically doing nothing but belly rubs.  Hers, not mine.  Apparently the lack of thumbs makes this impossible for her, although I’ve tried.  She just butts her head against me and then smiles.
This is the tree we tend to hang out beneath, [...]

Cookie Maker from Hell

    Today seemed like it was turning into a fine day indeed.  I had spent 3 hours with my English Shepherds, actually got the entire backyard mowed and edged, and weeded almost all the garden beds.  The kids and I planned a dinner from a vintage cookbook and had rented “Inkheart”  Then Sarah Palin resigned [...]

Just Call Me Miss Mitten Maker

After months of scarves I decided to be daring and try knitting a pair of mittens, something that seemed so beyond my skills and scope.  But, ‘Carpe Knitteim’ (befuddled Latin for ’seize the knitting’) and here it is the very first, albeit misshapen , mitten I have ever made.  I think, I shall keep this [...]

A New Day Is Dawning

 

Happy New Year from the House of the Wild Hare!

I can’t even coherently write about this topic, what sort of person does this sort of thing?  What sort of person decides the best way to spend an evening with friends is by gasing and terrorizing innocent children?  This act was inspired by the film:  Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West.  Here’s an article  about [...]

“We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. 
We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance 
and truly begin to live our dreams.” 
~Les Brown
 
*Such noble thoughts also include trying to get back into the early morning swing of things and accept summer vacation is really over, [...]