Tabi

Tabi on the floor

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These are my new favorite vegan shoes.

tabi toes

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They’re outdoor tabi. They’re made of cotton, and they have a thin rubber sole. They split between the big toe and the other four toes. They have virtually no support, which some people like, including me. I think it makes your foot work harder and develop muscles. When I wear them, I feel the ground I’m walking on.

tabi hook and loop close up

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They fasten with hooks and four rows of loops. You connect with the row of loops that fits you best at each hook, up to your mid calf.

I like to wear them under jeans, and I like to wear them with a black dress.

Outdoor tabi on Amazon

Several tabi styles, including violet tabi, at Jika-Tabi.com

Published on October 1, 2009 11:47 am.
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Red cushions for the Morris chair

Published on June 2, 2010 9:50 pm.
Filed under: Keeping house

Monday’s lunch came from the garden.

We planted potatoes by setting a few old potatoes with lots of eyes on the ground and dumping buckets of dirt over them.  Potato plants grew and then died back. I went into the back yard with my gardening fork and lifted these out of one of the dirt mounds. I think there are still twice as many left in the ground. I figure they’ll keep well there, and if they sprout more eyes they will already be in the right place.

These artichokes grew along the side of the house. I served them with lemon juice from a neighbor’s lemons and my favorite California olive oil from Beyond the Olive. I’ve never tasted artichokes this fresh before, and they were so tender and flavorful that they almost didn’t need a sauce.

Monday’s lunch

Published on May 12, 2010 3:27 pm.
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Antelope Valley California Poppy Preserve

At the Antelope Valley California Poppy Preserve

Published on May 10, 2010 5:30 pm.
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Front door

Published on May 9, 2010 10:03 pm.
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Artichokes at Arlington Garden.

Artichokes

Published on May 8, 2010 10:56 pm.
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Hummingbird Sage

Published on May 5, 2010 2:31 pm.
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I’ve been sewing bright colored seam binding around the edges of my cleaning rags, which are mostly retired washcloths and squares of retired towels.

I like the way they look when they’re hanging on the clothes line. They used to have ragged edges, and they would fray in the washer and dryer or look embarrassingly messy drying on the line in the back yard. These look pretty. And if they get mixed up with the regular laundry, it’s easy to keep retired washcloth cleaning rags from being confused with washcloths in good standing.

Cleaning rags

Published on May 5, 2010 2:19 pm.
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Nasturtiums

Published on May 5, 2010 1:49 pm.
Filed under: Garden

Boysenberries in the making

Published on May 4, 2010 9:06 am.
Filed under: Garden

I ate this strawberry today

Published on May 3, 2010 10:41 pm.
Filed under: Garden