Pleasant View Schoolhouse

What's catching my eye this summer? The particular yellow of the cornstalks in the still-green gardens. Other things are still growi...

It never fails--when Felix comes home from school he engages in a battle with the couch, and loses every time.

Assorted sizes and shapes, and especially textures, of milk glass. 

It's the last part of the summer, when no one has the time or inclination to swim except for Daisy and me. We have a standing pool ...

This is the simple six-gore tank dress from Alabama Studio Style .  Made up in Alabama Chanin cotton jersey in a single layer. The ...

Over the tub now, a mountain scene! A nice, big, paint-by-number from the thrift store. I popped it out of the frame and plan to mount a...

 Clara left for school having worked her way methodically down her list of preparations, from the neatly bagged ingredients for tea l...

From an issue of Jane Austen Knits , Clara's linen apron. She did the whole thing on our two-week trip to Germany. The ...

Felix comes home tomorrow after first a semester in Peru, then a summer working with at-risk kids in NY. We're ready for some of...

The Composer and I had the day together and decided to spend it driving slowly around back roads. Stopping for stone churches an...

I was at least twice-lucky on our camping trip--not only did Carol take the kids to the amusement park while I stayed at camp "work...

I'm currently slightly obsessed with the " Diane" Kimono Dress  and here's why. It doesn't use any zippers or but...

  I thought this crib quilt was about the two strips of deep-toned scraps I put together with natural linen. But when I picked it up f...

"I learned from my mother . . . that everything at home can be made more beautiful with some thought, a little care, and extra attenti...

This is the shelf above the tub in my newly-tiled bathroom. It used to have an array of vintage rosy tins on it but I'm strongly dr...

David was over swimming with Daisy today, and they sorted through the skimmer baskets as usual looking for whatever, including several ...

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 ...