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This week’s edition of our weekly show-and-tell is being written at 4 a.m. after three long, fruitless nights of barn checks. Be kind.

If you haven’t read any of the mystery fiction of Josephine Tey you should. I hate to even call it mystery fiction because it’s so much more than that. Tey creates fully realized worlds and characters that stay with you forever. I’m rereading Brat Farrar right now. Earlier this week I read Miss Pym Disposes and The Franchise Affair. Tey died in 1952 and it used to be difficult to find these books- my copies are used hardbacks- but they are in print again in paperback. 

Made me laugh.

Man who knitted and crocheted himself a motorcycle cozy. Or it might be an April Fools joke. Either way the pic is cool. 

We don’t wear our shoes in the house, a habit I picked up when I lived in NYC and couldn’t stand the thought of the City invading my sanctuary via my soles. I’m always looking for cute inside-the-house shoes though and I may have found them here.

I have a bit of a bag collection. Not necessarily because I like bags overmuch- I’m just always looking for the magical bag that holds everything in just the right way. I love this.

Like cakewrecks? You’ll love passive-agressive notes.com. Do not read these at night when someone in the house is sleeping. Turns out, people HATE being woken up by the laughter of others. Go figure.

Interesting article about women knitting bandages for victims of leprosy. I spent several months at a Hansen’s Disease Center making a documentary about the people who lived there, and let me tell you, these people have been hard done by. I like the idea of anything that might bring them a little comfort.

Carol H. sent me the link to this great Nightline piece about my secret crush Jamie Oliver. Worth watching even if he doesn’t make your heart beat faster. Oliver had used his fame to change the way school children eat in the U.K. and the kid’s test scores have gone up and missed days have gone down as a result.

This really spoke to me. I’m going to print it out and put it on my fridge. I love “allow endings.” (Via SwissMiss)

I spent my sleepless nights watching every episode of the Australian Kath & Kim. So very funny. 

Check out FiberCamp, the latest creation of Common Cod Fiber Guild’s creator Guido. I’m really impressed with Guido so I expect big things from FiberCamp.

Our friend Jean, a.k.a. ScottishLamb, found this cool project to help understand what’s happening to the bee population. You plant a specific type of sunflower seeds and, when they bloom, spend half and hour counting the number of bees to visit one flower.  

I love these felt egg warmers, and these two mobiles. 

Shareholder Dom created a chat room just for FoFF (that’s Friends of Fiber Farm) over at Lingr and it’s very cool. There’s a secret password- it’s the name of the goat that Erin walks on a leash and you can find it on the Lambcam page. 

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