Author Archives: Dianna Dann Narciso

I made it all by myself! Sewing favorite tees…

I think I may have finally created a t-shirt pattern that works for me! I used my favorite tee, copied it twice, because I wasn’t happy with the first time. Made one. Messed it up royally. Tweaked the pattern. And … Continue reading

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The elusive red-cockaded woodpecker…

I spent all day Friday at Quilts & Lace in Melbourne with It’s Sew Easy‘s Angela Wolf. I really thought my shirt was prettier than that. It probably is, in person. Oh, in case you can’t tell. That’s me on … Continue reading

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The Narciso Family Cookbook…Great food, hardly any bugs*

Rice Cake was perplexed when he realized I wanted to take a picture of him with a potato. My sincerest apologies for not blogging last week. I forgot. Seriously. I just forgot. I spent that weekend over in Lakeland at … Continue reading

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They key to confidence…BE the idiot

This is so embarrassing. I’m a nitwit. I freely admit it. I have done some of the most embarrassing things imaginable. When I was in early high school, I went to the beach with my family and a friend and … Continue reading

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Sewing: Knocking off my favorite t-shirt pattern…

I’m about to do a knock off. I don’t really want to kill anybody…exactly. Though sometimes I feel like I could hit a few people. Better to knock off a pattern. Fewer bad consequences. Here’s the thing. I go through … Continue reading

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Dead dolls, Bookish Meets Boy, and some bird pictures…

Creepy doll head. Viera Wetlands. Feb 2017 You know how when people find dead bodies and at first they think what they’re seeing isn’t real, because what are the odds, right? And then they realize it’s real and they freak … Continue reading

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Goosebumps, books, and birds: our weekend on Amelia Island

Sea birds on Fernandina Beach Yep. We spent the weekend on Amelia Island! Our primary purpose in being there was (meaning, we wouldn’t have been there if not for) the Amelia Island Book Festival. I take part in the Author … Continue reading

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I’m just a sucker with no self esteem…

You really shouldn’t leave the house, you know that? photo by Andrew Butitta via Flickr I just got back from Publix and on the way home there was this song on the radio and I was, like, this song is … Continue reading

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My Tom Brady, Patriots conundrum…

I thought you said football season was over… photo by Ivva via Flickr Bill Maher recently went off on the Patriots. He would normally not care for football, from what I gathered in watching the clip. But Trump has caused … Continue reading

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My Florida backyard…

I think it was the painted bunting that did it. There we were, in our car (because it was freezing!) driving around the Viera Wetlands, when we saw a volunteer with an enormous lens, photographing something on the ground. As … Continue reading

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