Alicia P.'s Profile

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 5 days ago 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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Things of Spring Cross Stitch Kits Now Available for Pre-Order!

Oh, spring! I love it! Here in Oregon, spring is glorious, filled with daffodils, wild weather, blossoming trees, and glistening raindrops. Every little kid on the playground has a pair of colorful rubber boots. Every other yard has a lovely,... Continue reading

Posted Feb 25, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Tiny Flowers Everywhere Now

"Mom, pretend I'm a lost kitten and you found me." Me, setting the alarm this morning and leaving the house with Amelia, only to come out the front door and almost fall on top of Amelia, suddenly squatting in her... Continue reading

Posted Feb 19, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Currently Taking a Poll . . .

I posted this photo to Instagram this morning. I took it yesterday as I was working in my office making a master list of names, numbers, and symbols of all of the floss colors I use in my designs. Currently... Continue reading

Posted Feb 12, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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* Thank You *

Thank you, dear friends, for every one of your kind words. We were so touched by them all, and by your sweet and generous presence here. You are so kind, and I appreciate it so much. Thank you. Thank you.... Continue reading

Posted Feb 10, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Goodbye Bee

We lost our little cat Bridget this weekend. We'd known it was coming for a while but, even knowing that, it was still so hard. She was twenty years old this spring. We found her when she was a baby... Continue reading

Posted Feb 3, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Tiny, Tiny Stitches

Thank you for all of your sweet birthday wishes! I had such a lovely day and it feels like it has stretched into weeks. I've been lazy and lingering and literally soaking up the blissful, fuzzy, languid blur of January,... Continue reading

Posted Jan 21, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to You!

Oh, HELLO!!! Hi! Happy New Year, dear friends! I am home alone in the house here for the first time in many weeks. I'm in my office and have my hot tea and my fake fireplace on. Clover Meadow is... Continue reading

Posted Jan 8, 2020 at Posie Gets Cozy

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At Christmastime

Oh, December! You are filled with some of the loveliest things. Cold, clear mornings and steaming, spicy drinks. Children bonkers with excitement over the slightest things, the picture of a mouse behind an advent-calendar window, a two-cent candy cane, another... Continue reading

Posted Dec 18, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Dovegray Doll PDFs and Some New Clothes!

Well, hello! Here are some lovely patterns for you! And it's about time, too! These first two — Dovegray Doll and Little Peasant Dress, Pinafore, and Lace Stockings — you know well. They are exactly the same as the patterns... Continue reading

Posted Dec 12, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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A Rainy Tree Day

It was so rainy. A true Oregon December afternoon. It was the only weekend day we had available to go get our tree at the tree farm, so we went out. My camera was sopping wet, I have to admit.... Continue reading

Posted Dec 9, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Decembery

Halllooooooo! Happy December to you! It's hard to believe it's December already. I'm not ready. I have so much to do and, really, not enough time to get it done. Mild frustrations. I sat down this morning specifically to answer... Continue reading

Posted Dec 3, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Keeping Warm

Good morning, dear friends! Hello! I'm alone in my office today, drinking my tea and tidying all the mess I've made here in the past few weeks. I'm seriously happy to say that the last of the pre-orders were dropped... Continue reading

Posted Nov 19, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Kits Are Happening!

Yes, we're getting there! We assembled kits all weekend and every minute this week so far and I just got back from dropping off the first load of packages at the post office. These are complicated to put together so... Continue reading

Posted Nov 13, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Night of Magic

The weather we had on Halloween was BONKERS perfect. I could not believe it. It was the most gorgeous night. We traipsed through the neighborhood with the neighborhood crew, minus a few who have either aged out of our raggedy... Continue reading

Posted Nov 7, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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Making Progress

Autumn here in Portland has been cold and crisp and brilliant, but it's freezing in the house today and I am rather cranky. Mimi and I took a walk around Reed College over the weekend and I am missing her... Continue reading

Posted Oct 29, 2019 at Posie Gets Cozy

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