Pleasant View Schoolhouse

I don't have cake-decorating skills or even a functioning pastry bag, but give me a stack of Oreos and I can make a chocolate cake ...

 The birthday girl opens her card and reads the riddle . . .  and thinks . . . and thinks . . . and finally realizes sh...

Hurray, I've got my tiny tiles in place and walkable. And vacuumable. And the Composer has trimmed out the floor in one of the bath...

I don't have any photos yet, but I can tell you that Clara is making her crinolines from these  instructions for a crinoline . They...

Clara has decided to bring the crinoline back. A little fabric shopping today, and now she's ready to sew up crinolines in emerald ...

I've stencilled the "Bloomers" pattern in an intense green paint, over grass green fabric. Now I'm couching each shap...

I know, I know, orchids again. But I've moved the whole set of blooming plants on to the wood stove and when the late day sun comes...

We have a little bathroom that's sort of the public bathroom--it's downstairs and not in anyone's bedroom. It was sadly in n...

This afternoon the girls and I hopped over to a neighbor's house to help out. Lisa was finishing going through the last of her parents ...

We were the first ones at the lake this morning. I do adore these CCC gems dotted all through our little mountains.  This one is sp...

One of the very first Alabama Chanin designs offered, "Bloomers." I've never worked with it in the multitude of repeats (...

Daisy's been lost in her tiny world for several days, set up in the mouse house (still not finished, but good for play), with he...

With a jello cake, three friends, and a pile of presents, Daisy turned nine. A cool evening swim, candles and flowers,  a...

Clara knitted Daisy the  hedgehog  from Purl Bee, for her birthday. She has another one on the needles that's destined to be the mas...

House concert time again! This big wooden room is perfect for sharing with performing friends. The Composer filled the living r...

Now, I thought I had captured this morning's fog perfectly, and then the Composer told me my photo was just out of focus. Pretend w...

Daisy always plays the song. And this year she made a crown. It's not every day a girl turns eighteen. Happy ...

Clara put this bouquet together last week. This week it's not as bright, but just as beautiful, with the hydrangeas starting to rus...

Bella put together gluten-free pizza for the family* yesterday, by making a  polenta crust  for the base, then loading it with potato s...

*Mexican Hot Chocolate Ice Cream* This works perfectly to celebrate the 4th of July, or indeed, any holiday that involves either eating fo...