Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
James, over at Newton Area Photo hosts a fun meme called Weekend Reflections. Grab a camera and play along. And even if you don’t join us, be sure to check out James’ dazzling photos. Some of you may have seen this one before. I posted it on my spectacularly unpopular photoblog a [...]
When Jientje came she brought gifts. She brought a lovely piece of lace which she designed and created with her own two hands. On the back of the frame she included the original pattern and a hand-written note explaining that the lace was a one-of-a-kind piece that was mine alone. [...]
Didn’t he pose pretty for the camera? Java Finches (sometimes wrongly identified as Sparrows), are grain eaters.  Because of  their love of rice, they have been extensively hunted and are very rare in their native land.  They aren’t, however, on the endangered list.  Java Finch are a popular cage bird [...]
I have been super busy, but it has been a fun sort of busy. On Wednesday I met Gigi at Kincaid’s on the third floor of Ward Warehouse, a really fun mall, which is downtown and has a lovely view of Kakaako Marina. (Gigi’s blog post about our lunch is here: [...]
Tuesday was a fun full day. Amoeba went snorkeling. Joy went snorkeling. I went tidepooling, and my cellphone learned to swim. Well, actually, my cell phone sunk and despite extensive CPR, it did not recover. However, everybody else had a good time! We started out at Waimea Beach. We parked [...]