The calendar played a nasty trick on us this year with two of our regular fall festivals. Instead of the usual week break between the Memphis Pink Palace Festival and the Arkansas War Eagle Fair we only have two days here on the farm before heading back out the door! I thought I’d show you…
DetailsTomorrow is the last Cherry Street Farmers Market for the season. It’s both a relief and sad. No more leaving the farm at 3:45am to be at market on time, but quite often it’s the last time we see some of our farm buddies until the annual farmers market meeting in January. It’s October and…
DetailsThis morning was brisky – perfect for coffee, hand knit socks and even a quick photo shoot to show off the second blocking of the green chapeau from my friend Jessica. I love this hat! It makes me incredibly happy on so many levels. We went out after a late and leisurely breakfast and Chris…
DetailsAnyone who’s known me for long knows my favorite color is green. It’s changed in shades now and then through the past five decades but it’s always green. My kind and generous friend Jessica sent me a hat I’m pretty crazy about it. This photo is after the first blocking – and now it’s got…
DetailsGoing the extra mile (or trek across the farm) is worth every bit of effort. For days I’ve done nothing but work in the studio, not that working in the studio is a bad thing, actually it’s a wonderful thing. But tonight I had a harebrained notion to cast on a wee little diversion with…
DetailsThe Walnut Valley Guitar Festival was, as always, eventful. We arrived on late Wednesday afternoon and quickly sat up our tent in the vendor parking area. The sky began to darken and we thought we were wise to have our tent set up before the ran begun. We decided to skedaddle into Winfield proper for…
DetailsWhat you see are two colorways for fall. In the far back is Anything But Drab in Oak Barn Merino – that fabulous ultrafine merino lace yarn. 1000 yds/90 grams. In the very front is our Wool/Bamboo lace blend in colorway Horsehoes with Van Gogh. The center yarn is more of the Oak Barn Merino…
DetailsI was flipping through the newest LL Bean catalog yesterday during lunch. I love LL Bean, the quality is always good and the lines are quite simple. Not a lot of frill or flounce or gawdiness from these folks. Sure you have to be careful not to pick out the dowdy stuff, but I can…
DetailsThe Pecan Grove Scarf is ready just in the nick of time! Each September for the past few years we’ve attended a large music festival in Winfield, Kansas. For several weeks the groves come alive with music – bluegrass and folk primarily. The evenings can get nippy when wandering the groves moving from campsight to…
DetailsDear 60ish woman at Hideaway eating Ceasar salad, drinking wine, and reading a novel by yourself – – I like your style. This brings to mind something that I’ve got to ask…. Why are so many women so afraid of walking into a nice eating establishment for a meal by themselves? I know women who…
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