Pleasant View Schoolhouse

These are the shawls Felix brought us from Cusco. They're all alpaca, so soft and silky.

My mother finally left the hospital Monday, after the surgery that didn't go as well as it should (actually the surgery was fine an...

I am downing this by the pitcherful. I make up a new combination every morning and keep it chilled in the fridge, and drink it without ice. ...

Clara laundered her sweaters this morning, and they dried outside in about an hour. Guess it's warm enough to put them away for the...

The sitting room is my new "office": I make all my phone calls from the low chair in the corner so I can lean forward on the ...

Oh my, with the ruffles and the kitten. The pattern size is too big for Daisy but we decided to go ahead with it, lounge about in it t...

It's a matter of common knowledge around here that Giles is a wheeler, dealer, mover, and shaker, so we were not surprised when ...

Finding linen at the fabric store is such a treat; I *will* buy it. Got this dark teal linen this summer and as soon as we got home fro...

A year ago I would never have thought I'd get an iPad, but for a number of reasons late last summer I just went out and bought one at W...

Somehow this year, the deer forgot to eat my hollyhocks. I don't mind.

  "Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend ...

Clara knit herself this Ribbed Lace Sweater from Sarah Dallas' Vintage Knits . The pattern has short sleeves but she made it sleeve...

A set of little matching zip bags in my etsy shop  tonight. Perfect party favors, or treat yourself!

I pieced this quilt in the spring and left it with my mother for quilting. I was really on the fence about whether it worked or not--it ...

It's good to be around our own table again.

We spent our last two days in Regensburg, an ancient and beautiful small city on the Danube. It's center is a two-spired cathedral, ...

Who can believe this lake? We took a cable car to the top of the Herzogstand, a great mountain to walk down. Our sunny day! We made the ...