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February 2021 Playlist

Note my extremely creative title of this playlist. Good, huh? I know. It's been a very long time since I've made a playlist, and this one has some songs from my old playlists that I hadn't listened to in a... Continue reading

Posted 6 days ago at Posie Gets Cozy

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Doing Random Stuff

The biggest news in my life lately is that I bought a new duvet cover and king-size pillows. And also these shams. I just felt like our bedroom, which has become my Mom Cave, needed some cheering up. I also... Continue reading

Posted Feb 5, 2021 at Posie Gets Cozy

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It’s A New Year

Happy New Year, guys. Eeeee-yipes, am I ever lazy. That's January. I usually lay around. The other day I stayed in my nap dress and got back into bed and put my computer on my lap to work on my... Continue reading

Posted Jan 11, 2021 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Love and Joy Come to You

Oh, my, the sun is shining brightly through all the windows here today. The light is so beautiful. It makes the high-ceilinged stairwell glow. I've finished wrapping, shipping, and delivering all the presents — except for my poor sister-in-law's, whose... Continue reading

Posted Dec 23, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Into the Woods

Helloooooooo out there! Hiiii. How are you? I'm sitting on my bed. Amelia is crying because she just fell down five stairs while wearing her new slippers and carrying a gigantic toy piano (everyone's fine — that was scary). Andy... Continue reading

Posted Dec 3, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Catching Up and New Designs

Thank you so much for all of your kind words to me on my last post. I really appreciate the encouragement. Man oh man. I am feeling pretty good this week. I have been working a lot and things are... Continue reading

Posted Nov 19, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Not Doing Much

Mostly, I study the map of my side of the city and try to find flat places to go in the woods, thinking there will be solace there. The weather this fall has been so beautiful. Despite these pictures, we... Continue reading

Posted Nov 2, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Eight is Great

We went walking at the Sandy River Delta last weekend and it was so perfect and flat and gorgeous and quiet and beautiful that when I came off Thousand Acres Road and turned into the meadow I just broke down... Continue reading

Posted Oct 15, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Things of Autumn Cross-Stitch Kits and PDF Pattern Now Available!

They're ready! Stuffed and ready to go! Typing this with one hand while holding a kitten. For the Things of Autumn Cross-Stitch KIT, please click HERE. For the Things of Autumn Cross-Stitch instantly downloadable PDF, which includes both a color... Continue reading

Posted Sep 30, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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At the Table

Oh, man. What a week. It's been challenging, guys. Thank you to everyone who wrote in and asked how we were doing. I'm so sorry it's taken me so long to get back here and update you. School is taking... Continue reading

Posted Sep 18, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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School Is Cool!

We made it! We made it through the first week of school, and it was seriously awesome. I could not be happier, and Amelia is over the moon. She's asking to do school on Saturday and Sunday. How sweet is... Continue reading

Posted Sep 4, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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* Meet Agatha *

We got a new kitten. Her name is Agatha. Isn't she adorable????? We love her so much! She is so utterly adorable and sweet! I've never had a kitten like this. You can turn her over onto her back and... Continue reading

Posted Aug 26, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Roll on By

Just two days. Two days that felt like two years and also two minutes. River time is fairy time. You don't know what hour or even what day it is, unless you can tell time by the sun. And who... Continue reading

Posted Aug 4, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Things of Summer Cross-Stitch Kits and PDF Pattern Now Available!

I'm sorry I am so late with releasing this design, but the good news is that all of the kits are assembled and ready to ship right now. I won't be long-winded here today — details and are at the... Continue reading

Posted Jul 22, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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High Summer (and a Plan)

It's truly summer now. It's hotter, drier, dustier, and everything is in bloom. Our weather has been quite pleasant, in my opinion, because it's been a very cool summer here, only heating up this week. All the many troubles of... Continue reading

Posted Jul 17, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Considering

Oh, hello my dear friends. How are you? We are all home today. Andy is in the garage playing guitar. Amelia is smashing something with the pestle and mortar (I dare not ask). I am cutting linen for the new... Continue reading

Posted Jul 6, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Pulling Together

Oh, where do the days go? They slide away, they slide away. It's been three months since our stay-home order went into effect. It's felt long and also short, since the days are all so similar they really do run... Continue reading

Posted Jun 23, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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I took a bike ride again yesterday. This time I...

I took a bike ride again yesterday. This time I went the other way, not down the hill toward the fancy houses but up the flat road toward the high street. It felt like I hadn't been out in days,... Continue reading

Posted Jun 5, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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List of Projects and Not So Much

Hello, dear friends. I'm so sorry it takes me so long to get back here more often. I don't know where the time goes, honestly. I am thinking I need to make a list of projects that I would like... Continue reading

Posted May 11, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Finding Our Way

Hello my friends. How are you doing? We are all home today, in various parts of the house. I'm sitting upstairs on my bed with the computer on my lap. Andy's downstairs looking for our pasta machine that we haven't... Continue reading

Posted Apr 27, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Working on the Yard

Good Saturday morning to you, dear friends. It's a rainy morning here. We've been working on our backyard a lot this week. We started at the back door and have been working our way out. It was a total mess.... Continue reading

Posted Apr 18, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Ride

In the afternoon I ride my bike down to the mailbox a few blocks away. It's sunny and quiet, so quiet. I pedal slowly, looking around. Aimless. Unusual. It’s empty. I could ride right down the middle of the street.... Continue reading

Posted Apr 7, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Keeping On

Hello, hello! I truly hope you are all healthy and well and staying safe. I am thinking of you and wishing you all every good thing right now, wherever you are and whatever your circumstances. These are hard days. Here... Continue reading

Posted Mar 25, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Sending Love

Sending love and endless gratitude to all of those who don't have the luxury of working from or staying at home right now, like grocery store clerks, bus and delivery drivers, airport employees, and especially our first responders, doctors, and... Continue reading

Posted Mar 17, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Our Spring Things

Oh, hello, dear friends. Hello! I plopped all of these photos into this post in one fell swoop. I do that with every post and then Typepad arranges them into some mysterious order I don't understand. Usually I fuss with... Continue reading

Posted Mar 9, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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