Pleasant View Schoolhouse

Several of these lately: crib quilts pieced in a log cabin pattern, using various neutral colors of linen from thrifted clothes. Inspired by...

Many many teens headed my way tonight for dessert and games, so I made two kinds of cupcakes. A straightforward yellow cake recipe for the v...

An exciting morning with Bella's new pasta maker! Also a Christmas gift--she had long had her eye on one of these, and we got her an Ita...

Bella got Mad Hungry , by Lucinda Scala Quinn for Christmas. Score! Perfect for Bella because of the gorgeous photography, straightforward ...

Having spent the entire afternoon scouring thrift stores with Giles and Felix (what? it was only two hours? it felt like more!), I find thi...

Cook, cook, cook. Wrap, wrap, wrap. Think about being grafted into the olive tree. Thankful for the deliverer that came from Zion.

Old window. Early morning.

The girls were in charge today, and had the gingerbread dough chilling when I got back from town. Then we all got in on the rolling, cutting...

Photo shoot day for Clara's trio. Giles did great! Especially on telling us that turquoise accessories were the way to go. You'd hir...

Clara usually helps Bella with her voice practice, accompanying her on the piano and working with her on good practice technique. She decide...

Definitely a go-to pattern for Bella's dresses. Something about the pert collar and sleeves and the tailored cut is just right for her. ...

Finals are over for everyone, at last. Clara had her first college finals (Freshman Composition and advanced Spanish) and got her grades tod...

These owls are so much fun to make. Every stitch is such an important part of the story--the eyes, the feet, the little V-shaped feathers . ...

Slightly obsessed with the barn owl's charms lately. Here's a pillow with a barn owl in a tree on the night of the winter solstice. ...

For days the living room has been filled with coffee cups and laptops. Everyone settles in with a notebook and a Bible and his current C.S. ...

Feeling very festive this year, but also wanting to keep the house understated. It's so full of festive people it hardly seems to need d...

Because she thinks everyone should have a Christmas-themed waist apron that *fits*. No messing about with a grown-up sized apron. I found a ...

Giles just got in from a road trip with some school friends. Judging from the photos, they focused on their main travel interests--decaying...

So many birds with one stone--I used up all the red and green sweaters from my stash, found a project Daisy could do the sewing on, and made...