Pleasant View Schoolhouse

Daisy got it in her head that she needed to go fishing. No doubt due to watching Grandpa take the boys out in the boat *with snacks*. Fortun...

"Automobile travel permits the smallest and most easy-to-care-for wardrobe, especially if you use car cases that hang straight in the b...

Today the Schoolhouse was Studiohouse as the Composer shot a music video on the dining room stage. We moved *everything* out of the way (oh ...

Yes, this is the blue I had in mind. Walls are done, and Giles began on the white trim today. Lovely!

Love the extra step in this recipe of simmering the raisins beforehand to soften and plump them. I actually substituted dried cherries for t...

Memorial Day is such an undemanding holiday: praying for our soldiers, sometimes a trip to the cemetary with flowers, and dinner cooked on t...

Doesn't sewing leave you with tiny bits too beautiful to throw away? I've taken to storing mine in the jars from our Bonne Maman jam...

We made a host of cupcakes today for Clara's solo cello recital tonight. How to decorate them when I have no cake decorating skills? The...

Some people might try to tell you that one bonnet is enough. Those crazies! Anyone can see that two bonnets are better. I made Daisy an ent...

Soaking the morning glory seeds before planting. It takes less than a day for them to pop open and start sending out little white stems. I...

I've strayed happily into the realm of more of a straight pale blue than a blue-green, and I'm content to stay here with Benjamin Mo...

Snack for a beautiful Saturday afternoon: cheesecake and decaff coffee. On my dogwood tray!

Never getting tired of this line of vases down the dining table--this time with roses from the Composer.

I cut down my wrap dress pattern to make a blouse. The fabric is an unlikely sheer wool gabardine that I bought a couple of seasons ago bec...

. . . to truly be Mabel from Pirates of Penzance . Having no bonnet experience, I extemporized. I had a toddler sundress pattern with a brim...

Having completed his freshman year of college, Giles has moved on to his next project--painting the kitchen for me. He seems to be having a ...

In conjunction with International Migratory Bird Day, Felix had his big all-birding, all-weekend adventure. After flying together, we parted...

I'm off in the morning to pay a visit to my dear cousin Sal out East. She has outlined a plan of thrift store hits, bookstore stops, and...

When it's time to decorate a gift package I love opening my plastic storage drawers full of goodies from the thrift store. I always kee...