Pleasant View Schoolhouse

Dress from the thrift store last week. Early nineties vintage rayon, with tiny buttons and a wide sash

(Let's hope she likes neutrals!) * a silver-gray silk--"she had white hair, and the effect was beautiful" * a black s...

This is what I found at the thrift store today. It's in absolutely perfect condition. I did a moment of internet research and am gue...

I wear these every single day--and take them out every afternoon to swim with Daisy (4:30, be there or be square). These were my gr...

 On Wednesdays, we make sure that we are all caught up on putting our laundry away, and that the laundry room is empty, tidy, and cleaned...

That's right. After much thought, I believe I have achieved a perfectly useful dress.  I want my jersey dresses to work for everythi...

"My day for the frilly gowns of organdy and lace is over--henceforth I must wear the richer hues and materials of the matron. But I ...

These are the shawls Felix brought us from Cusco. They're all alpaca, so soft and silky.

Daisy got her Second Annual Spring Bob. Ignore that surprised look on her face--I think it has to do with macaroons. That she's eati...

Felix put together a festive tie-vest-tie pin combo. Pink and red flowers to brighten the sitting room. Bella and lemons. ...

Felix and his friends troll the thrift stores for large and ugly sweaters to study in. Lounge sweaters. Felix brought this one home an...

" . . . She now knew what one ought to wear and exactly how to accomplish it on a very small income. She had learned that the most exp...

A quick stop in a Goodwill to get some aqua t-shirts to cut up for an applique project, and I glanced at the coat rail and saw this. ...

Felix came home for the weekend wearing his thirties' style hat (from his most recent visit to NY), a tie, and carrying his banjo. L...

Bella's been curling her dreadlocks. A spritz of water the night before to dampen them, then they're twisted up in three or four bun...

The real last times won't come until August, but already some of her Life Til Now is wrapping up. Last symphony concert this weekend. Fo...

I found this unbelievable ensemble at the thrift store last year. An incredibly tailored silk/wool blend dress and coat--every seam is eithe...

Felix hit the hat jackpot when my mother offered her father's carefully stored (original Dobbs hatbox) hat. Everyone who knew my grandfa...

"Remember that furs are a state of mind, a symbol of affection and a mirror of luxury and femininity. I doubt if even diamonds can comp...