Pleasant View Schoolhouse

My girls and I are off to Colorado this morning! Back around August 15.

As the Composer had the older children with him all day at an out-of-town film festival, Daisy and I were all on our own today, and I enjoye...

We had sunny skies after all for Bella's party which was attended en masse by her lovely friends. We ate three pizzas, a big bowl of che...

It seems like I am caught in a Perfect Storm of household projects and plans, between the following: •Birthday swimming party for Bella and ...

I know it's July but I just made this apron because the Christmas fabric was cute and marked down and at the front of the store. I used ...

Today being a day to putter in the kitchen, I baked four loaves of bread, two pans of cherry buns (see above), made a pot of chicken broth, ...

"The more simply a little girl is dressed--sweaters and skirts in the winter, Empire-style cotton dresses in the summer--the more chic ...

That's a very happy girl, who's only gotten happier the last seventeen years!

Summer menus should get you through the week without turning the oven on, except for Sunday's biscuits; take advantage of all the goodie...

(detail of painting) My cousin Sally asked me *months* ago to do a painting for her and I am ashamed to say that I didn't finish until t...

I have never been very interested in Laura Ingalls Wilder's adult life, since The First Four Years is so profoundly painful to read. Bu...

This morning's baking project was a peach pie, made with some of the *many* peaches we buy at Farmer's Market every week. It has a b...

It was a big day for the back yard. The huge pile of cement rubble by the pool fence, the one I quit noticing a few years ago, has gone to l...

I don't know if I enjoy eating the fruit more or looking at it . . .

In celebration of Daisy's birthday and enjoyment of summer in general, we headed for the lake today. The Composer was out of town, so we...

". . . the primary duty of a woman in a home is to see that her family is well-fed. . ." -- Grace Livingston Hill, The Honor Girl