today's guilty pleasure:

Degrassi. Did you know you can watch for free on teennick? Yes, you have to go to a site with "teen" in the name, but the show is still as drama-licious as ever. This is bad, I may have to stay up late.

We Got the Beets

You know what I like about the beet harvest? Even if you've picked them, you can store them for a good couple of weeks in the fridge before putting them by. Of course they're best fresh from the ground, but on a hot day like today, I decided to wait until sundown to can them. Then by the time it cooled off outside, I decided I would rather have a couple of beers, stitch up one of my new patterns (I've been designing like mad lately), and hang.

The Beets can wait till tomorrow.... a

searching for a porpoise...

I own about a million (ok, really a hundred or so) craft books. So why can't I find a pattern for a dolphin????

Why do I need a dolphin? Stay tuned for a pic after I finish the project....

Selling the Stash

Pappy and I are preparing to sell off some books this summer. Although I LOVE my vintage craft cache, in reality there are many that I will not miss. I'll be selling craft books on pickleladyfarm@etsy, and other books (from the HUGE library we have no room for) on Amazon and other book sites.

to dye for

Thanks to Kate and Nancy, my partners in a fun tie-dye weekend. It felt great to be all creative and stuff! I'll try to get some pics to post from Nancy.

Erin Go Braugh

Happy St. Patrick's Day! When a bunch of Americans celebrate the myth of a British man saving the Irish people, sanctified by the Catholics, by drinking to excess.

Made Irish Soda Bread with green butter, apples and cheddar with the Coop kids today. Makes me want to make homemade butter always. I wonder if it would be cheaper? Prolly not, because we'd just eat more butter.

Thinking of you, Krissy. It would be your birthday today.

Thinking of you, Pap Pap. Gonna finish off the night with a toast and a shot just for you. We miss you.

Finding my Voice

I've been making stuff. Lots of Christmas embroidery and plush foods and crosstitch, a needle-felted anatomically correct heart for my Valentine, Death Kitty (Ask not for whom the kitty meows, he meows for THEE!), a pear and a table centerpiece, and some others that have not been given yet, so I can't say what they are...

I want to get Picklelady Farm going on Etsy, but I am looking for something that will truly consume me, that I will love even though it is terribly hard work.

Hurry, inspiration, and don't leave me once you're here!