Pleasant View Schoolhouse

I've just stocked my shop  with a bunch of goodies that have been waiting to go in, and why? I'm working on an Avocado Fund. ...

I finished this very large quilt this weekend. The quilting lines were so close together that it was a massive undertaking. ...

Remember the posts on  late bloomers ? Malcolm Gladwell has this lovely thought: "Late bloomers' stories are invariably lo...

I found this needlepoint at my favorite thrift store. It's even more awesome up close, with the butterfly's raised body, and th...

The hills are starting to look smoky and purple and the light is coming in lower, but the flowerpots are still full of summer.

I've decided to put this one in  my etsy shop  because the house can only hold so many quilts. Remember, all sale proceeds go...

Oh my. See the flesh tones mixed up on my palette? I'm painting a picture with THREE PEOPLE in it, and I don't think I've e...

Hello again, after a trip with Clara to NYC to visit Giles. Like last time, I failed to take any pictures at all of the good times we had--...

4H continues to bless Daisy with opportunities to get out there and do new things. Like show her chickens in a poultry competition. ...

Last week's painting straight from real life . . . now that I see it photographed the greens look a little harsh or heavy. Green is...

The Barred Rocks still aren't laying--any day now--but the Araucanas are very faithful, and the Cinnamon Queens do their best.

"There is a point to travel that is very much like the point of seasonality: it helps our mental organization of time, breaking it up,...

Daisy still loves and works hard at the piano, but wanted to add an instrument to her repertoire that would allow her to play in an orch...

(Just in time for cooler weather) I have made myself the lightest of lightweight housecoats for the warm months. I found this beautifu...

Several months ago a truly generous reader and fellow quilt lover sent me two vintage quilt tops. The smaller one was these cheerful p...

" . . . good enough and and done is a smarter choice than perfect, and simply making a choice is often a sign of maturity, balance, a...

Clara gets the credit for these rows. These diagonals are hard! It's harder to steer, and we're doing the rows an inch apart, ra...

We are all getting our money's worth out of Sister--endless entertainment as well as softness.  In this house her paws are known ...