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Golden Eagle: Aquila chrysaetos
Just another couple of birds to go after this one, then I think the CrossStitcher series is done! I have been a little busy of late, and finding time for crafting has been a challenge. Weekend before last we went to Seattle to visit some friends, I got to try a Kouign Amann (and think […]
Spicy Roasted Tomato Soup (with Feta)
This weekend we went hiking at Mount Madonna County Park near Watsonville. We were basically hiking in a cloud, then it drizzled, and we were surrounded by beautiful trees. It was just like hiking in Oregon ;o) Afterwards we paid a visit to Birdsong Orchards, a friend of a friend’s farm. This year they planted […]
For Science!
Another busy week, but I made these two little lovelies last weekend, took some pictures, then didn’t get around to posting them. One of my friend Baxter and I’s favourite expression is “For Science!” Pretty much everything in our lives is “For Science!” But then again,……………………….. we are scientists. It is also kinda inspired by […]
Hope and Greenwood’s Pulled Butter Toffee
For a few weeks back in July/August (?) on Friday nights, before Great British Bake Off Extra Slice, there was a show on BBC2 brought to you by those sugar superfans Miss Hope and Mr Greenwood called Sweets Made Simple. One of those show that makes you drool and want to make everything. You know […]
Huffin’ and a little Puffin: Fratercula arctica
2 weeks off from cycling to work? My legs of steel have dwindled in power to legs of……… lettuce. Ack. Anyhow, this little guy I stitched on Sunday, while I was having a completely lazy not-getting-out-of-my-pyjamas-for-anybody sort of day, a day of relaxation so I could finally readjust and recover from the jet lag! Ta […]
Crochet Campylobacter
My new job really gets in the way of my crafting time. But happily, it has not been work getting in the way over the past couple of weeks, but holidaying! Woo! We went back to England for a visit, and spent a lot of time in a hire car driving over a thousand miles […]
Fabric Swap Polly
Last weekend was time again for another meetup of the Bay Area Sewists, so it spurred me to spend a few hours on Saturday evening making a muslin and getting stuck into using up some of the fabric I scored at last month’s fabric swap! For the pattern I decided to try out the freebie […]
Miranda Gore Browne’s Coat Pocket Biscuits
These little beauties I actually made on Wednesday night while watching GBBO (such amazing showstoppers this year!), but by the time they came out of the oven it was late, and so today I finally catch up with myself! Coat Pocket Biscuits Recipe – taken from Biscuit by Miranda Gore Browne Ingredients 250g unsalted butter, […]
Cherry Cupcake Apron
It’s the return of the Great British Bake Off! Are we excited people? I know I am. I celebrated the occasion by coming home from work on Wednesday night, cleaning the kitchen, then baking up a batch of Earl Grey Cupcakes! (It was cake week after all!) I had been speaking to my lovely new […]
My Weekend of Two Halves
This weekend I felt like I was two people, on Saturday we went to California’s Great America (great if you love to queue……….. for everything), and then to help christen the new Levi’s Stadium for San Jose Earthquakes vs. Seattle Sounders F.C.* *But Seattle Sounders F.C., why are you an F.C. when you insist on […]
Baking, Making, and Crafting 