Pleasant View Schoolhouse

•Sleeping in til 8:05. •Puttering in my sewing room while Felix lolls on the landing talking about birds. •Baking a maple cake and oatmeal c...

I made this this week in a pale pink cotton with cream polka dots. Having never fitted with princess seams before, I thought it would be wis...

While re-reading a vintage Nancy Drew first published in 1932, I was struck by the syndicate author's fascination with all things drivin...

Our strawberry bed is new-- I decided this year that I am only buying organic strawberries after too many news stories about the nasty chem...

According to the Composer, he and Felix hit the right wildlife reserves at the right time to see great quantities of birds. Felix added more...

" 'You are the lady of the house. Every mistress of a household has her parlour. . .Your temperament, my dear, is reflective, as mi...

We had a beautiful Saturday here with lots of time in the garden, much of which was spent multi-tasking (digging/weeding/planting while at t...

The pink-flecked white peonies are in bloom this week. I'm especially fond of these plants because they were planted by my mother more t...

I couldn't resist Giles' photo of Hurtneck and Pearl in front of the barn with the vine making them look like they're somewhere ...

This is McCalls 4759, which I used on my housedress. I particularly like the darts in the bodice--both horizontal under the bust, and vertic...

Here is a glimpse (if you can get past Daisy's profile) of a most successful dress I have made myself. I got this fabulous silky cotton ...

From a 1903 book with the delightful title Millionaire Households and Their Domestic Economy by Mary Elizabeth Carter: "No one can do ...

My lovely daughters in their Easter dresses. They are not always looking down; here they are hunting for Easter eggs. We had such a beautifu...

Ham in Coca-Cola Corn Pudding New Potatoes Roasted Salty Asparagus Steamed Carrots Green Salad with Cucumbers and Violets Wheat Rolls Pineap...

This was a quick sewing project designed around the fabulous denim my mother gave me to make girl clothes with--can you beat pink with purpl...

I'm not much of a container gardener, but we did put together a few pots for the front porch this year. This is my favorite--white petun...

. . . does this if I fail to brush it down neatly after bathtime. Here you see her in her beloved Purple Jammies, used as daywear for a spec...

Old mirrors are lovely. I love the little scenes they set up--their little reflected worlds look so inviting and so much more magical than t...

This is such a fun time of year to putter in the gardens--the perennials are filling in and doing the work for me, and the vegetable garden ...

Yesterday while I was folding laundry I looked down and was horrified to see that the sapphire in my engagement ring was gone. It is such a ...