Pleasant View Schoolhouse

"An artist in New York is famous for her dinners. And they are all based on stews! She has collected stew recipes from all over the wo...

When I first started  baking sourdough bread  (wow, over two years ago!) I had feeding several more people and baking several times a w...

 A chunky vase full of apple tree clippings--and two twigs of bridal wreath. The buds are fatter every day, inside and out.

Pieced at the end of summer  and just now quilted. My mother is calling this one of her favorites. She did the quilting, and for some r...

Today moved at Little Baby Speed. You probably know that tempo--it's the way time moves along when you're caring for very small...

In my last bout of quilt-buying I found this gorgeous finished quilt, quite old and in great condition. What I really liked about it wa...

Blackberry cobbler for thirty tonight (church dinner). These two pie plates, plus two big rectangular dishes. An excellent way to use up...

First the stilts, now the harmonica. If she gets a coonskin cap we'll have done an entire 1950s childhood.  We stopped at the v...

This beauty is finished and spread on a bed! It just took a week because I didn't put a lot of quilting in it--just outlined the squ...

I've always known this type of blanket as a utility quilt. I think another name is "whole-cloth quilt." The top is all one...

It's a treat to have Felix and one of his roommates here for the weekend. And why? Because they eat cake. This time I made a coffee-...

I started quilting the third and last quilt top from the  series  started back in December. I found this top to be the least compelling ...

Malt loaf from Jane Brocket's Vintage Cakes . It's sweetened with three syrups--molasses, malt syrup, and sorghum (my take on d...

An "Eyelet Doily" is a very doable way to dip your toe in the water of hand-stitching jersey. I made mine from a little whit...

Here are all our coats, which accompany us for every outside moment, unlike during other winters. Other years, we'd just dash to th...

I happened to pick up Uncommon Beauty at the library this week. Two things: the title has nothing to do with the content, and also, I ...

Ice, again, but still beautiful.

Pretty much the whole time she's awake. I like best after bath, when she's in her flannel nightgown and her sleeping cap with a...

Felix came home with a housemate this weekend, which is always a treat and something I like to bake for. They ate two cakes and a bunch...

We go to a small church. We used to feel kind of apologetic that it wasn't bigger.  Not anymore: I'm actually excited about it....