Tag Archives: Holidays

No More Kings

Posted on July 4, 2011 by kaizerin

…but that doesn’t mean we don’t still have princesses–I mean, even Lady Liberty wears a diadem! So I thought I’d show you the birthday tiara I made for my dear friend Rachel’s birthday this year. I don’t think you’re ever … Continue reading →

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Someone’s in the Kitchen…

Posted on March 14, 2010 by kaizerin

We had quite the culinary adventure today, my darling and I. Our green-thumb neighbor gave us a large bunch of wonderfully fragrant rosemary (and invited us to feel free to cut more whenever we liked–nice neighbor!), so we decided to … Continue reading →

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Curses!

Posted on October 11, 2009 by kaizerin

Did you need to curse a blue streak today, only to open your mouth and find no words coming out? Or if they did, they were unsatisfyingly mild, like “darn” and “heck”? Yeah, sorry about that–Ken and I used up … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day

Posted on May 10, 2009 by kaizerin

“Everyone talks about Mother’s Day, but nobody does anything about it.” Wait, that’s not right. Lots of people do lots of stuff for Mother’s Day: they send cards and flowers, they take their mothers, sisters and wives out for brunch … Continue reading →

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White-ish Christmas!

Posted on December 25, 2007 by kaizerin

It’s been such a happy Christmas season, starting with the NY trip and giving ourselves freedom from gift-giving pressure, to our Chicken Carolers (of whom, darn it, I didn’t think to take a picture) and our Zombie Yulesters, to four … Continue reading →

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Haunted Sunday

Posted on October 22, 2007 by kaizerin

The creepiness factor ratcheted way up this weekend: as we were busily preparing the house for our anxiously-awaited Halloween visitors (Hi guys! T minus nine days and eeeeeeee!) these troublemakers dropped by: They don’t look like they’re moving on any … Continue reading →

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Punkins-n-Purl

Posted on October 21, 2007 by kaizerin

Just a bit of fall for those of you needing it: here’s a look this year’s crop of ‘home-grown’ punkins. Didn’t they turn out great? It was a super-easy project–much easier than last year’s, which involved seeds and dirt and … Continue reading →

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Flavors of Fear

Posted on October 17, 2007 by kaizerin

Fear has a lot of flavors and textures. There’s a sharp, silver fear that runs like lightning through your arms and legs, and galvanizes you into action, power, motion. There’s heavy, leaden fear that comes in ingots, piling up in … Continue reading →

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Walk With Me

Posted on October 14, 2007 by kaizerin

I love the neighborhood we live in. I’ve been taking daily walks in it through three seasons now, and although the spring flowers and lush summer gardens were pretty, the turning leaves of fall best them easily. Every day, there’s … Continue reading →

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Feel Free…

Posted on October 5, 2007 by kaizerin

..to envy me for the delicious weekend I’m heading into! Ingredients: Anne of Green Gables (1985) on DVD Mapp & Lucia (Series 1) on DVD Ang Lee’s Sense & Sensibility free on the On Demand channel 3 boxes of Halloween … Continue reading →

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