finally!

Snow! I don’t have time to play in it today, but I sort of wish that I did.

potential.

Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to take some photos for my friend Glenna, in a gorgeous part of town. There were lots of beautiful bricks, and the Christmas decorations were up.

And a Segway tour, of course.

For the next few weeks, I’ll be away from home, doing a placement in another part of the country. I’m excited for the opportunity, and hopeful that with a little time trapped with a limited number of knitting projects, I’ll be able to get some of them finished.

Like my grey sweater, which is coming along really nicely. And this pile of yarn, which is going to be another sweater.

It’s possible that I also snuck this skein into my suitcase. I think it’s going to be a shawl.

pie & other things

I’ve been crafting, and I’ve been photographing. It’s the step of getting things onto the computer that’s been taking a bit longer than it should.

A lot of this is because I now have a temporary commute – work is taking me out to the edge of the city for the next few weeks, and I’m not used to being a car commuter. I’m a downtown type of person, and being in a car that much is putting me on edge a bit. I took a bike ride down to the lake the other day, and that helped a lot.

I’ve also been making lots of jam, which is tremendously fun and very delicious. My mom sent me the Blue Chair Jam Cookbook as a gift, and it’s 100% amazing. Lots of jam-making theory and pictures of the various cooking stages, which is super helpful, and the recipes are delicious.

The batches are a bit big, though – it’s a lot of fruit and a lot of sugar in the biggest pot I own. I think I might experiment with halving the recipes, and see how they turn out.

I’ve also been doing a bit of baking, when I get the chance. I made these a few weeks ago, but they’re Bourbon-Peach Hand Pies from Smitten Kitchen, and 100% worth every single bit of the effort. I made a big batch of sixteen and froze them right away, and they keep really well.

I also finished a pair of socks. I think that’ll be its own entry.