And then there was slime…
Saturday evening, after Jacob injured himself while jumping on the trampoline, and was resting with a heating pad on his back, his father found a recipe online for slime. The…
Archived posts from Nettie’s World Blog.
Reading Agenda, part Deux
~*~*~*~*~ I ordered this book because... well, it's Gene Wolfe. 'Nuff said. Gene Wolfe takes us to a future North America at once familiar and utterly strange. A young man…
Mind your toes…
You never know what will be spread across the living room floor... The Boy decided to take apart his night vision goggles. I wonder if he will get them back…
Out Back Again…
While I was outside being educated in the fine arts of potion making, I looked over to the citrus trees in the corner of the yard, and saw their bounty,…
Out Back
Because there is a boy, and he is The Boy, and he is obsessing over all things both Scientific and Horrible, I found these cute little colorful bottles impossible to…
For Anaise
Found some irresistable colors at Hobby Lobby yesterday, and knew exactly who would be the recipient of my next creation: My God-daughter's littlest daughter, Anaise. So I have this much…
Happy Epiphany!
Aside from celebrating the visit of the Magi, today is the day we take down the Christmas decor. Hum along with Mannheim Steamroller as we do our Christmas decorating routine…
My Cup Runneth Over
Day Two of school, the first Wednesday of the new year... whatever moniker you want to pin on it, yesterday was without question, abundant in its fullness. The new morning…
Reading agenda
Our cathedral Rector, the Very Rev. Fr. John Lankeit, has a book-of-the-month recommendation posted in the bulletin every week, and for this month, it is: Noise: How Our Media-Saturated Culture…
Orchid
The color just grabbed me and I had to have it. Inexplicable, irrational, lovely color joy. I picked up 5 super-saver skeins just before leaving for the ranch, so I'd…