Rock Garden

Knitting inspiration has been lacking so I decided to try my hand at sewing. I've had my eye on a pattern from Anna Maria Horner's H...

My-oh-my is it ever difficult to get pictures of almost-two-year-olds!! I think they are incapable of keeping still. Trying to get photos of...

I don't know how many of you have heard of soulemama , but I think she is fairly well-known. I've been reading her blog for almost f...

My parents were visiting this weekend and my mother agreed to help me organize my home. I had been so busy with school that I had no time or...

Cast Iron Skillet - I have been seasoning my cast iron skillet this week. It was a wedding gift from my SIL and I had never used it because...

Here is the blanket I made with the baby I made it for!  I had only made two dish cloths prior to attempting this and you can definitely tel...

Erik has a hairy chest. Or more appropriately... Erik has hair on his chest. This is a new development. He had about 5 when we got married a...

Erik and I canned tomato sauce this weekend - it made me think of my family. Canning was always a family affair for the Jansens. Mom would l...

I have been working a lot of night shifts lately and have, therefore, had plenty of time to knit. My patient slept through the night on 3 of...

I am finally able to show you the cross stitch projects I have been working on! They have been done for almost 2 months now, but I haven...

Knitting I mentioned that I learned how to knit a little while ago. This was my first little project. I made a "knitted dishcloth"...

I received a refresher course in sewing last weekend. I once sewed a vest when I was very young. It was beautiful. The fabric was black with...

--> I was home in Surrey this past week. I came down because Erik had to make his yearly trip to Alaska to go commercial fishing f...

I have been contemplating putting up this recipe. I wasn't going to, but it is just too good to keep to myself. I made this bread four o...

I have decided to try sewing. I have been looking around and have found some little things I would like to try out. They are pretty much fak...

It has been a painful process, but I think I'm enjoying cross-stitching. Scratch that. I AM enjoying it. I have pulled apart many miss-c...

For years I have been taught to think rationally and to logically come to conclusions. There has been one correct answer to every question. ...