Abigail 7/25/13 Abigail 7/25/13

Bloom

Sitting on the back porch, embroidery hoop, thread and cold beverage in hand: the best way to spend a a July night. Eventually the light dies and the fireflies start their incandescent semaphore, but usually by that point I've shaped a flower with thread and wound down from the bustle of the day.

Oh, Summer.

Abigail 7/22/13 Abigail 7/22/13

Back to School, Puppy

Hey, teachers! If you're interested in using Elissa Haden Guest's Bella's Rules in your classroom, educator Debbie Gonzales has developed a Discussion and Activity Guide for the book. It's a great resource and if you're interested you can download it here.

Abigail 7/19/13 Abigail 7/19/13

Anastasia

Teenage obsessions: getting my bangs to flip up just so, watching the "Buddy Holly" video roughly fifty million times and any/all books that had to do with the Romanov family.

The more things change, the more they stay the same? Happy Weekends!

Abigail 7/17/13 Abigail 7/17/13

Under the Waves

Sketchbook-in' it today. I think she's got the right idea for these temps.

And I wasn't kidding about those berries, proof positive.

Abigail 7/16/13 Abigail 7/16/13

Les Framboises

The raspberries are out, as are the blueberries and (inevitably) the mosquitoes. The combination of all three means I'm eating lots of berries and continuously itching insect-inflicted battle scars. But it's worth it all, a sort of summer badge of honor.

Now if you don't mind me, it's 90+ degrees here and I'm sans air conditioner. Basically, that's a long-winded wind-up to say that I'm going swimming.

Abigail 7/12/13 Abigail 7/12/13