It snowed last weekend. Not the huge blizzard everyone got all twisted up in a bunch about, but enough to require two good snow-shoveling efforts…

I’m not all that fond of snow, winter, cold or ice not originating from a freezer ice-cube tray. Winter equates to trouble for all things metal (locks on exterior doors) or water-filled (plumbing). So after effectively breaking the tumbler of the basement door in an effort to check the status of the household plumbing, I decided to simply submit to the fact I’d be iced out of my car until it thawed.

Which was good.

It afforded the chance to hone leather working skills as I work on a series of wristlets, clutches and bags, to wrap a few more pendants (of which more efforts have been just listed on etsy), the opportunity to bike into work the last few days (thank goodness it’s under 3 miles round trip) and lastly (but most importantly) made for a pretty nice scene from the “living room” window (note there’s a flatfile in the living room, but no couch).

Anyway, as much as I wish for an ocean view right now, the awesomely blue italianate house next door, stark tree limbs (as if there aren’t enough of those on etsy and my camera already), frost and church across the street did make for a nice view.

L I N K S :
• two new pendant listings