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…poor little thing, this little blog.  I haven’t had any time to write or make anything or share anything.  My old camera gave up the ghost (this was a $350 fancy shmancy digital back in… 2001 or so) and I had nothing to share.  With grad school, as I predicted, I’ve had no time to make anything.  My desk is a mountain of paper, most of it probably junk mail and artwork from M’s school, and my sewing machine is under there somewhere, but when will I even find the time to clean it off?  Maybe this weekend.  But oh yeah, I just signed M up for a free music class on Sundays.  Maybe someone else… a magical nanny… will take her.  Actually, scratch that, I want to take her, maybe a magical cleaning lady will come and clean my house.

But the big news that’s got me checking in with the blog is that I’ve got a new camera!  A good little fancy schmancy digital point and shoot that has all sorts of nifty features and best of all, a really good macro feature!  Seriously!  For real!  (That’s M’s new expression, “for real!” all the time.)  I am very excited about this.  In addition to keeping some record of my child’s life, I might also be able to take pictures of things I make (even if they’re tiny scraps of projects) and post them.  Or, I might actually be able to take nice enough pictures that they might be worth sharing in and of themselves.  Wow.  I’m getting all geeked out about it like I did when I got my first real camera, a Pentax 35mm, in 8th grade.  I love that camera, still do.  Maybe I ought to get that out one of these days too.

Here is one of the very very first pictures I took with this new little camera:

I mean, natural light, closeup capabilites, actually clicks when you want it to instead of 2 seconds after.  For real.

OH!  I actually did make something, though – something very simple – a tweed wrap skirt using the pattern from Sew What Skirts.  It turned out great.  I actually didn’t sew on the closures yet, I just pinned it shut in 2 places and wore it today and you know what, it looked great!  I actually might not sew on the snaps because then it’d be more flexible and forgiving.  It’s just got a fringed waist and hemline, it was super easy to make, and it’s a great color, a tweed inbetween gray and taupe.  I wore it with black tights and my new black merino turtleneck, and felt pretty dang pulled together.

Ok.  So.  See you soon, little blog.  With more pictures!  Really!