Maybe it’s the wet spring we have had. Maybe it’s the timing or the temperature. But this year is simply splendid for our irises. They are so velvety, saturated in color and unexpected among the spring green grasses and overgrowth.
I can get a little obsessed with beads. I knew I wanted to come up with a recipe for a cube beaded bead but I didn’t know it would take days to get it right. I made patterns using pencil and paper, then I switched to peyote stitch graph paper. Nothing worked as well as...