Monthly Archives: April 2012

April Knitting and Sewing: Our first projects

Tuesday night, Betsy and I finished our first set of projects.  She made a drawstring bag (from this tutorial) for her knitting projects and I knitted a dishrag that turned out relatively nicely.  Not too bad for our first attempts! … Continue reading

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Spring Break 2012, Mini-Adventure #1

This week is Nik’s Spring Break and Ellie and I are enjoying having him at home with us!  Rather than go on a longer vacation, we’re having a few mini-adventures around Baltimore.  Our first was on Monday night.  We took … Continue reading

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Asparagus is Here!! (And our favorite ways to eat it)

On Saturday, Ed (my favorite farmer at the farmers’ market) had asparagus.  He apparently had even had it the week before.  That’s a pretty solid three weeks early.  I only buy asparagus from Ed and when he doesn’t have it … Continue reading

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