Video of the week: Dear Kitten. Life lessons from an older cat. Photo series of the week: Pit Bulls Photographed As Lovely Fairy Tale Creatures. Comic of the week: Penny Arcade vs. the Mash-Up Tee. Been There, Done That: Why We Keep Retelling Fairy Tales. How To Be A...
Taking Stock
Taking a page from Pip's book and using this list to do a life snapshot. Making : a few more prints for this weekend's craft show. Cooking : nothing at the moment. Will probably have leftovers for lunch (spaghetti). Drinking : water. Reading: The Furies by Mark...
Tuesday Treasure Trove
3 Ways To Say No To People Who Want To Pick Your Brain Americans are overworked but aren't taking time off. What gives? 3 Ways to Earn More Money from Client Work 7 Weirdest Things About Working From Home. #1 so much, though usually it's to Sienna, not myself. This...
Tuesday Treasure Trove
Photo series of the week: 10 Tree Roots Winning Their Battle Against Concrete. Earthily beautiful. Squee of excitement video of the week: the official Outlander trailer (starts Aug. 9 on Starz). Thought video of the week: Can Babies Tell Right From Wrong? Children...
Right Now
Right now, I am... still in PJs. It's only 9am here, so I don't feel too bad about that. Plus I'm waiting for Ian to get out of the shower. considering firing one of my clients. The pay is good and I like the company in general, but the new marketing person that I...
Tuesday Treasure Trove
Art round-up of the week: Tor.com collected 170 drawings and paintings of dragons through the ages for your viewing pleasure. More dragon-related stuff: The Dragonriders of Pern: The Best Series We May Never See Filmed. I would love to see this series make it to...
Tuesday Treasure Trove
Adorable video of the week: Just Seven Kittens Reacting in Unison to a Shiny Object. Funny gif of the week, for you Game of Thrones fans. Fascinating project/experiment: Meet HitchBot: The Robot That's Going To Try Hitchhiking Across Canada This Summer. Behold, the...
Tuesday Treasure Trove
Video of the week: the quickest, no-mess way to separate egg whites from yolks. Art series of the week: 18 Empowering Illustrations to Remind Everyone Who's Really in Charge of Women's Bodies. Pick the Pit. So you think you know what a pit bull is? How To Tell A Loved...
Tuesday Treasure Trove
Cute/full-of-feels video of the week: My 11-Year-Old Pit Bull Beat Cancer, So I Gave Him A Birthday He'll NEVER Forget! It's Time to End the Prejudice Against Pit Bulls. Agreed. My Sienna is 75% pitbull, and she's a sweetie. New Guidelines For Readers. Summary: pretty...
5 Things Friday
1. Currently sitting in my office while the A/C guys put in a whole new air conditioning system. Yeah. It crapped out Wednesday, only blowing warm air. Not the ideal situation when it's 90 degrees outside every day. We have (had) an old system to begin with, and any...
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Hi, I’m Amanda!
I’m a self-employed graphic designer by day, and a crafty hungry bookworm by night. Dragonflight Dreams is where I write about books, recipes, internet goodies, life things, crafty projects, Austin happenings, and more.
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