Posted on June 4, 2019 by mrssmythe
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It’s Iris season! The lovely specimens you see below are currently outside the Smith Museum in downtown Springfield. Happily, I have irises growing in my own yard as well – though not in such spectacular profusion. Here is a yellow “volunteer” that popped up…
Category: Chickens, Crafting, Critters, Garden, libraries, Museums, Week in Review Tags: backyard chickens, backyard turkey, domestic turkey, east longmdeadow library, fair isle knitting, fair isle vest, George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, george walter vincent smith museum, irises, knitting, perennial geranium, smith museum springfield
Posted on March 3, 2019 by mrssmythe
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A pretty slow week here. All of our attention seems to be on either waiting for the snow to leave or dealing with the new drifts that arrive. Most everyone is thoroughly tired of snow and chomping at the bit for Spring. Here, Ginger…
Category: Baking, Chickens, Crafting, Critters, libraries, Seasons, Week in Review Tags: backyard chickens, Chinook, chinook dog breed, DIY bath bomb, Eglu, kitchenaid light rye bread, rye bread, snow, Ursa, winter
Posted on April 2, 2018 by mrssmythe
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This morning, CPT A woke up laughing. I thought he was still asleep and having a dream. I thought he was laughing in his sleep. But, he wasn’t. He was simply looking out the window. It was snowing. Again. And, it’s still snowing. We’re…
Posted on December 3, 2017 by mrssmythe
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Have you started your holiday baking yet? Ginger and I began last week after she received a cookie press for her birthday. The spritz you see here were the happy result. We used the Taste of Home Lemon-Butter Spritz Cookies recipe which made 12 dozen, though…
Category: Baking, Celebrations, Chickens, Crafting, Critters, libraries Tags: berroco kitsap, birthdays, chickens, Eglu, holiday baking, Holyoke Public Library, knitting, mini double-chocolate cheesecakes, Mr. Wa, ski trio hat kit, spritz cookies
Posted on November 21, 2016 by mrssmythe
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I’m still chugging along on that sweater I told you about. The end is in sight, but, last Sunday, I took a break and grabbed a skein of Cozy Wool I’d bought on impulse at Michael’s. It was on sale. I think I paid $4….
Category: Chickens, Crafting, Critters, Garden, libraries, Out & About, Seasons, Shopping, Week in Review Tags: chickens, chickens eating pumpkin, Christmas decorations, Cozy Cabled Hat, Cozy Wool, geraniums, knitting, Old Navy, pumpkins
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