Odette's Obsessions

This morning, there was a barn fire on the next block, up the road.   All morning and half the afternoon, fire trucks and emergency vehicles...

The Bluefaced Leicester is plied and skeined.  There are 2 skeins of it and some sliver left to spin.   The plying went super quickly.  I ...

I've been knitting away at the Godey's Ladies Book Shawl (Nov 1864 issue).  The border calls for 2 colours, contrasting to the mai...

Echinacea Fall Aster Fall Crocus The leafy show of colour increases each day A huge red sun each evening, instead of a su...

This year I actually got to the gooseberries before the Orioles and the Red Winged Blackbirds ate them all.   I've had the gooseberry b...

Two for one photo here!   The second blue rug with the painted warp!  I've about 1/4 of the rag strips left to weave.   This rug is re...

This recipe was a recent challenge on the Westfield Facebook page.  The recipe has been translated for modern usage as well, at abou...