a grown-up at last

i turned 30 last weekend! i'm very excited. luke made sure that i had a wonderful day, with treats and nice weather (luke has special powers) and dinner at babbo. the flowers are from some friends.

something wonderful happened!

i know it's been awhile since i've posted, but i've been distracted... we have big news! luke and i got engaged on top of a mountain in montana while snowboarding in march! yippee!

and here is the ring. it's so lovely.

terrariums are here!

i've made my first few paula-hayes-inspired terrariums and planters, and i'm very excited!

new from wunderkammer

from jessica polka's amazing wunderkammer, a taxonomy of crochet stitches and forms.

sea urchins

the tiny one is a new caledonian sea urchin, then the pink sea urchin, the bumpy one is the sputnik sea urchin and a green sea urchin. at least this is what evolution, the shop where i got them, calls them; i'm going to find their scientific names. colors are natural

dc

last weekend we went to visit krissy and chris in dc. we did lots of fun stuff, including seeing this deer with fangs (i love the natural history museum in dc!), and the botanical garden behind the capital where luke took these amazing pictures.

new cross stitch pattern - cliffy!

my first homemade cross stitch pattern. this is cliffy, from a couple of years ago. i'll more pictures as i progress. it's been kind of slow going; i currently only have one small area in color #3 finished (you can see what i've done so far - it's marked off on my "pattern").