Pleasant View Schoolhouse

I checked on my pots of hyacinths and narcissus, and all the bulbs are up! I've got an enamel pan of hyacinth bulbs on the fridge, and s...

Yesterday was cold but beautiful, so in the late afternoon we ditched our inside plans ( I skipped the cleaning!!) and headed out into the w...

Felix has added a new feeder to his inventory, and it's proving to be very popular with the front-yard birds. He dug through the dumpste...

We spent the afternoon and evening with the Composer's parents at their cabin up on a creek in the hills. It's a beautiful one-hour ...

Once we had a sweet family over for dinner, and when the salad was passed, the dad said, "Oh, none for me, thanks. I tried salad once a...

We went overboard with the Thanksgiving pies. It was my mother--she brought five. I had made two. Together we made another. That's eight...

. . . and not only is she lovely, she has learned to say "Bad cat!" to our most annoying pet.

I finished Bella and Clara's aprons a couple of weeks ago--they are completely darling! These pictures don't do them justice. Both ...

I spent much of my weekend in the flower garden. I was trying to dig up all the perennial weeds that had crept in, but ended up multi-taskin...

Daisy sat second chair today as we finished up making the fruitcakes. Actually she sat on the counter eating an apple and jabbing a wooden s...

Today I began on the Marzipan-Dried Fruit Cakes I'm making for Christmas gifts (thanks Nigella Lawson for the recipe, which I use with s...

Back in April or May I picked up a package of tuberose bulbs at Lowe's and stuck them in a pot, and put the pot out in a flowerbed. I do...

Tonight I felt the need for some comfort cooking. I had a hard morning in court that didn't last long, but felt ugly. The best thing to ...

My flower garden has been sadly neglected the last two years--that whole new baby thing. Fortunately it does have some mature shrubs and per...

Now that it's not swimming weather, I walk every day for about two miles. I have two choices after I go down the driveway--left, or righ...

How cute are these? I've been making the lower right apron for Clara and Bella this week. Clara's is done--I used a pale pink retro ...

The little road we live on is outside of town, and quite short--about two miles. And not built up at all, so not that many houses. So far, f...

Yesterday was Kitchen Day--cleaning and extra cooking. It feels good to get caught up in the kitchen. I cleaned the countertops, microwave, ...

This is the stuffed animal Clara made yesterday completely by herself--I'm so proud of her. She bought the polarfleece and cut out the p...

I found this delightful book today at the vintage bookstore. It answers "the ever present question: What Shall We Have for Dinner?...