Pleasant View Schoolhouse

Felix's obsession with ducks, leading to a larger and genuine interest in ornithology (it took time; be patient, young moms!) made me ch...

My dollar a piece roses from the grocery store displayed in one of the old drinking glasses I had put away with the vases when the set got t...

Today I went in the pantry and excavated a can of coconut milk, which changed my boring dinner plans (which had been baked chicken pieces, ...

Giles and Felix went out in the woods this morning and brought back these jewels--I've already made one beautiful batch of jam, and more...

I spent much of today driving through little forgotten towns and bright green farmland, under a large turquoise sky, and returned home exhau...

Yesterday was our big Sunday dinner and I usually get out the fancy china anyway, but we had a big crowd--eleven--so my mother pulled some o...

I did my rounds in town this morning and found this bowl, perfect for decanting laundry detergent into now that my Sam's Tide comes in a...

I had prepared a big bowl of cut-up strawberries and raspberries for a dinner side-dish and went to my china cabinet to find something I did...

I am challenging myself to a week of pulling out the beautiful and beloved treasures I have in various cupboards and shelves and using them ...

Today was Felix's 13th birthday and we had his birthday cake out on the deck tonight right before dark (that was a chocolate cake with v...

I never get tired of seeing the different way light comes into my house. Here's late afternoon light on Clara's cello. Such beautifu...

My best cousin Sally reminded me of this publishing company , which has allowed me to become the proud owner of the entire Beany Malone ser...

Bossy has established himself (apparently long-term) just behind the couch, where he knows the sidelighting from the windows will do him jus...

"They always had flowers of some kind on the dinner table . . . it gave the one little festive touch now that showed a woman had been a...

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I have stumbled on one of those dishes that is far more than the sum of its parts, and takes thirty seconds to throw together: Slice cucumbe...

Where do I begin on my list of the many reasons I love this dress? The square neckline, the portrait collar, the inset band around the skirt...

Beautiful against the red of the house . . .