Garden for Sparrows

Knitting, books, nature, recipes, plants, gardens, art. PhD in Parks and Rec. Currently trying to live my life the way Xena Princess Warrior would want me too.

[heartpeacenquiet]

[littlealienproducts]

Spiderweb Notebook by TheCreepingMoon

[postboxadventures]

Spending Sunday morning making some fancy stamp bookmarks for the next craft show.

[twoweeks]

celineyrs

[blondebrainpowered]

Gold, opal and enamel brooch ca. about 1900

Maker: Marcus & Co., New York

[thecollectibles]

Art by Wiktoria Sonia Sońta

[moghedien]

I feel like I need to share this because idk if Europeans are familiar with the presence of Aldi in the US, but at least especially in my area they’ve been growing a lot recently. Like Aldi bought out some local failing grocery chains where I live (Louisiana) and have opened Aldis in all these somewhat rural communities and small towns, which for the record I’m fine with

But as a result of this they are advertising a lot more in my area and also in many cases, the people in these areas have never been confronted with Aldi or any European grocery store. So the ads that Aldi is pushing out to its new US customer base feature a cowboy shopping at Aldi who is explaining to new Aldi customers how Aldi works. Like this cowboy is explaining you gotta put a quarter in the shopping cart and why there are very little name brands. A cowboy is how they want to reach their American customer base. They gave us a cowboy

[moghedien]

Here he is, the Aldi Cowboy

[gardenforsparrows]

Timberdoodle feet begin to emerge.

[anineillustration]

Forever indecisive about colours, the curse of photoshop

[depsidase]

[gardenforsparrows]

I couldn't find the pattern I wanted so I had to make my own. The contrast between the yarns isn't quite what I wanted but is true to the birds at least!

This is the most excited I've been about a knitting project in awhile.

[json-derulo]

me: what’s it like in heaven?

john denver: you know west virginia?

me: yeah?

john denver: it’s like. marginally better than that

[mildmayfoxe]

1) any stretching is better than no stretching

2) any vegetable is better than no vegetable

3) statistically you will never be the worst person at anything, there is always someone in the world who is worse at stuff than you are

[kosmogrl]

don’t take my defeatism too seriously I will always begin again and again no matter what

[kosmogrl]

I might sound miserable most of the time but at my core I’m a very hopeful person

[ymutate]

Bob Kebic (Canadian,b.1951)

[boobookittenartblog]

Lake Superior by Jef Bourgeau 

[evenlyevi]

Creeping Foxglove (purple version!)