Pleasant View Schoolhouse

I continue to love my Filofaxes. I have a Original Nude Patent for work, this Original Duck Egg Patent for personal projects, and a ras...

Saturday night a raging thunderstorm rolled in. At 1:00 a.m. I heard the loudest crack of lightning I ever remember. A few minutes later...

 There were five of these Dresden plate quilt blocks in my stash--not six. So I just embroidered the outline of the last one. I ...

Our barn-raising weekend started the night before with plenty of hot tea and love from Sister. Then it was up early to build a ba...

A gift for a friend who just graduated from his master's program in public health, heading into medical school. "...

Whew! I have been fully occupied with a houseful for the last few days. The young adults gathered over the weekend for a barn raising o...

This is the  Simplicity 8186  pattern I wrote about earlier. It's comfortable, cool, and practical, and I'll make it again. ...

The little back porch off the kitchen now has six pots of lavender in bloom, a blooming jasmine vine, and a big blooming tangle of honey...

I forgot I even made this crazy striped quilt top--I had sent it to my mother and she quilted it beautifully. It's really, really in...

Everything blooming in the garden right now is pink--phlox, fairy roses, spirea, salvia. In other news, I posted my entire collecti...

I was winning the Sister lottery this week as she had chosen my velvet chair for her naps. Sadly it looks like things have moved to ...

I'm always on the lookout for a good wrap dress. I've made some spectacular fails (now living as quilts or skirts) so I approac...

I'm very happy with my current system--a notebook that sits out on the corner of the kitchen island. On Sunday afternoon I write out...

Our Young Adult Lunch this week was for 17 people after church, and I fed them all chicken curry using  this favorite recipe . I used o...

The wisteria has grown so thickly that the arbor it's barely visible. It's a plant that requires very regular cutting ba...

Here's what the Schoolhouse looks like from the drone's perspective. These aerial shots are so incredibly beautiful--I'm in...

Let me bring you up to speed. Felix and Molly have finished their work in South America and have decided to settle RIGHT HERE!! Felix i...

 Coffee-Walnut Sponge Cake Deviled Eggs Cucumber Sandwiches Scones with Crushed Raspberries and Thick Cream Chocolate Macaroons De...

Daisy's baby rabbits are impossibly cute. Chunky, rounded, healthy, bright-eyed, and active. It strains the imaginati...