Pleasant View Schoolhouse

The camellia tree is in full bloom outside Giles' bedroom window, and Daisy's . . .

A big pot of homemade soup makes a lovely cold weather supper, but I sometimes feel ungracious presenting *just soup* for dinner, especially...

Felix has taught us not to hang suet out in warm weather, as the heat melts the fat and tragically it can clog the birds' nostrils (!). ...

Giles took this great picture of the mud room door today. Behind that door lurks a very large woodpile, brought inside in advance of the sno...

It's time to: •clean out the dryer vent hose •wash the ironing board cover •wash the laundry basket liners •wipe down the laundry supply...

We had our traditional Sunday-after-Thanksgiving-at-the-cabin. I love the understated beauty of winter there. The colors are so subtle--the ...

Another sunny, leisurely day--we had a birding outing this morning at a wildlife refuge in some hardwood bottomlands at the river. Felix inf...

Bliss indeed to have a day where the only things on my to-do list are sewing a dress for Bella, reading to Daisy, making cookies, biking wit...

Now this was a nice Thanksgiving Day. We made our pies yesterday--pumpking and pecan. I love the restfulness of planning Thanksgiving dinner...

Here is the finished hat I began knitting on a sunny morning in October . It only took a week to finish but I never did get around to knitti...

"I never made a list as important as this one, [Betsy] thought, writing at the top, Rules for Married life . 1. Handle Joe's money ...

Yesterday afternoon we hosted a wedding shower here at the schoolhouse. The bride's mother is such a wonderful lady--one of those women ...

I am a big fan of invisible zippers in my sewing. Truth be told, I have never installed a regular zipper--I went from complete zipper ignora...

Bella and I made many, many muffins today. First we made cranberry (love the crackly sugared tops): Then vanilla (these are miniatures thoug...

Yesterday, on the spur of the moment, I invited a neighbor to come over for tea and knitting. I wanted to serve something to nibble on with ...

Henry celebrated his six-month birthday today. He is a real bright spot in my day--every time I walk by Felix's room, going down the hal...

The girls and I made donuts this afternoon after putting our loaves of bread together. I accidentally used all whole wheat flour in the dou...

What can I say? The dire predictions came true and during Clara's last rehearsal I went to the yarn shop again, this time with my mother...