by Suzann Thompson | Jul 7, 2011 | Earthen House, Life, Retro Blog Post
Around Christmas 2010, my brother Eric and family visited. We put them to work on the house right away! No, they wanted to work on the house. Really. Alanna, Ella, and Marshall worked hard in the mud department. They checked our slurry by emerging their arms up to the...
by Suzann Thompson | Jul 2, 2011 | Earthen House, Life, Retro Blog Post
This was the northwest corner of our earthen house before we started to work on the chilly Thanksgiving weekend of 2010. Our goal was to build up the walls between window openings on the north side of the house. The short wall spans between windows were just the right...
by Suzann Thompson | May 16, 2011 | Crochet, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Green Yarn Lost and Found I crocheted for my new book just about everywhere—at basketball games, at the Tuesday quilting bee, and at Dairy Queen. Maybe I’m the only person who crochets at our local Dairy Queen, because when a green ball of yarn was accidentally...
by Suzann Thompson | Nov 5, 2010 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Four years ago this month, we visited beautiful Alpine, Texas. My husband drove and I sat in the passenger seat, designing the Ray Flower (pages 31-32 of Crochet Bouquet). Next week, I’ll be going to Alpine again. This time, it’s for a crochet and knitting...
by Suzann Thompson | Oct 14, 2010 | Earthen House, Retro Blog Post
We were still putting away tools and straightening the building site after our Labor Day work session, when someone moved in to our new house. She made herself right at home, making a home in our new home! It’s fun to watch these bluish black wasps dig in the...
by Suzann Thompson | Oct 9, 2010 | Earthen House, Retro Blog Post
September and our northwest wall started about the same time. See the tab that sticks away from the wall, behind the small pallet of bricks? It is one side of a divider-wall that will join its larger counterpart over an arch later on. My brothers Eric and Van and...
