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I am Dani Smith, sometimes known as Eglentyne. This blog is one of my hobbies. I also knit, sew, run, parent, cook, eat, read, and write fiction. I have too many hobbies and don't sleep enough.

The title up there makes it sound like this is a knitting blog. And it is. Sometimes. Mostly I talk about whatever is on my mind, and since I'm a knitter, knitting is sometimes on my mind. When I can find my mind, scattered among three children, a spouse, some tropical fish, and a creepy frog.

Books are frequently on my mind. Almost all of the books I mention on this site come from my local library because 1) I love my local library and its smart librarians, and 2) I don't have enough money to feed my reading habit (or the insatiable reading habit of the three Sonars) with purchased books. If the books come from another source, I'll let you know.

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05Oct2009

A Quarter-Peck of Peppers, Not Pickled

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Monday, October 5, 2009 at 12:36PM

Two quarts of fresh-picked Poblano Peppers from the back yard. Yes, that is a frisbee.Chili relleno casserole, spicy good and partially consumed.

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Saturday

09Aug2008

The Spirit of Sport

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Saturday, August 9, 2008 at 5:32PM

Ok, so Partner Sweater is finished as of about ten o'clock this morning. [grand cheering fills the stadium]

Stealth Project Green is 70% finished (I told you, it's small).

As part of a greater project to move the garden beds in the back yard, Partner gathered the remaining onions and carrots from the back yard. So I've been doing things like this:

And this:

These carrots look a little slimy, I know, but really they're just wet. And then I decided I needed one of these (because I am always ruining shirts by leaning against oily things on the edge of the counter. This one is big enough for Partner as well, who is wearing it in this picture):

And I needed one of these (because the plastic bag I was using just wasn't cutting it anymore):

These last two were made out of some fabric I inherited from a neighbor (and which was almost given away in the famous not-cleaning-out of my craft closet earlier this summer. You might recall that I filled a trash bag with fabric I was sure I'd never use, and I was worried I'd not be able to get it out of the house. And lo, here I am digging through the not-given-away fabric bag for something very handy. Sort of implies that my efforts to get rid of the excess fabric are doomed to fail, huh?). It reminds me of old-fashioned mattress ticking, and truth be told, I have enough of it to make a small mattress.

In between all of this, we watched bits and bobs of the Olympic Opening Ceremonies which we recorded last night. We haven't made it all the way through yet, so there may be other moments worth comment. The ceremony has been incredibly beautiful so far. We really loved the boxes popping up and down, and just as the plum blossoms popped out and we were thinking, 'what a cool computer/mechanical coordination,' I got totally choked up when the People popped out from under the boxes. People, who must have popped up and down about eight-hundred times in the beautifully choreographed presentation. Amazing.

The Sonars really loved the bit where people were walking around on the globe/lantern thing. Oh, and the giant LED screen on the floor. Very cool.

But was anyone else totally creeped out, when the kids in ethnic costumes were carrying the Chinese flag across the stadium (which was very sweet), and then the Chinese soldiers goose-stepped in and took up the flag to put it up the pole? The bobble-heads on the tv suggested that it symbolized the Chinese state's ability to ensure the future of their children. Sure.

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Transitions

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Monday, May 19, 2008 at 2:34PM

The bloglessness of Alert the Pizza can be blamed on this Sexy New Beast--I mean, computer (SNB, for short). It is the biggest, shiniest, fastest computer I have ever had. It is also my first Mac. A great deal of attention has been paid to figuring out where things are, how things are set up, how many music cd's I can rip during one afternoon, and just how many scribbles the Sonars can cram into one KidPix screen.

Already it has changed our lives. We may give away the tv.

We are still poking along on a dial-up connection, but tomorrow we will add a smokin'-fast internet connection worthy of the SNB.

In other news, seven pounds of very small tomatoes are currently undergoing transition into canned tomato sauce. The whole house smells like a ketchup factory. Heyyyyyy, speaking of ketchup. That's what I'll have to do with the next seven pounds. And yes, there are at least seven pounds of tomatoes out there. Quite likely a lot more than that actually.

Seven quarts of tomatoes went into today's sauce (funny how it's about a pound per quart). They will result in seven pints of finished sauce. One pint of edible-looking tiny tomatoes is going for at least $3 at our local grocery right now. That makes today's seven quarts worth at least $42. (Does that seem crazy to anyone else?) We paid just a few dollars for the six tomato plants that produced this seven pounds and at least ten other pounds earlier, and a good many many many pounds to come.

Of course, I could buy seven cans of tomato sauce for a dollar a pop. So, $42 of fresh food can be turned into $7 worth of canned food. (Does that seem crazy to anyone else?)

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