Pleasant View Schoolhouse

Here's Daisy with an extensive set-up fanning out from the piano. At its heart, the Composer's giant German-English dictionary. Don...

Nothing could be finer than to head to Georgia under a blue sky to bring a boy home from college! A boy who loves his choice of school, lov...

Chocolate-cherry biscotti from this recipe (I subbed the cherries for the nuts, as someone around here with dreadlocks doesn't like nut...

A lot goes on behind Felix's door. A lot of thinking and research and lying on the bed looking at the ceiling. Last week he got the news...

These might look a little familiar! Shopping is right here .

I'm about to get busy with this , a great opportunity to sew directly for children in need of clothes. Anyone interested in joining in? ...

You knew it was coming. Bella's scrap quilt is done in blues, like the one for Felix , but with a slight shift of the color wheel I left...

I bought a sweater at the thrift store, then hacked it up to make a bed jacket. In my deconstruction, I cut off the sweater's ribbed wai...

Rapturous day! Clara finished her very last school project late late last night, and today was her first day of leisure. Her schoolwork had ...

A big thank you to all my etsy customers of the last week. Remember how I said every shopper's name would go in a hat to be drawn for a ...

I just realized how easy it is to make a corsage--as long as you have a flower and some tape, even if it's just gaffer tape from the Com...

. . . are a most beautiful vegetable. (New goodies in the shop!)

Bella leaves the focaccia for its first rise. And heads back to shape it for the second rise. It was very good, with plenty of rosemary.

Is there a word sweet enough for this year's honeysuckle? It's everywhere, lush and deep and smelling like heaven.

I've had the pleasure of tying up many loose ends over the past few weeks. Can I share? • Felix finished his school work. Actually, Feli...

Deciding not to spend any more money on plants is the best thing I've ever done for my garden. It has caused me to *finally* do the desi...

Busy stocking my etsy shop with many odds and ends. Vintage books, Grace Livingston Hill, clothes, collages, and more! Shop here if you'...

A new discovery at my favorite thrift store: the office supply shelf! How have I been overlooking this for so long? This week I got two fab...

I thought this pattern was adorable, mostly for the button-on apron. Although when I came to cut it out of my chosen fabric, I didn't ha...

So we love pink a little . . . makes it easy for the girls to dress in coordinating outfits for a distant cousin's wedding!