Pleasant View Schoolhouse

Catholic • artist • gardener • seamstress • lover of all things domestic • and sometime attorney

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Roger's Afternoon

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Roger had quite an afternoon. When I went out to garden I heard him calling from the barn, but he often calls to us when he hears us co...
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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Sister at the Foot of the Bed

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From October (kitten days): Sister crouching at the foot of Bella's bed, which is tucked up under the white eaves. Possibly the bes...
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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Clara Embroiders a Waistband

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Clara is making herself a summer dress from sage green dotted Swiss. She used the wrong side of the fabric for the waistband and is embr...
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Monday, March 28, 2016

Easter 2016

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I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end He will stand on the earth.
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Friday, March 25, 2016

Infrastructure: A List of Smaller Blessings

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The big blessings are easy to name. Today I was thinking about the ones a step down, built into the infrastructure of my small-town...
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Thursday, March 24, 2016

Purple Tulips in the Green Room

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

White Tulips in the Blue Room

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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

No Soft Dinner for Sister

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I've only ever purchased soft cat food for one cat--and only had one cat diagnosed as being slightly too plump. Same cat. No mo...
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Monday, March 21, 2016

Out of Hades' Clutches: A Springtime Feast

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You know we gave the Composer's parents a Christmas gift of a dinner party--they invite their friends, we provide the venue, the fo...
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Friday, March 18, 2016

The Pretty Side

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The other's side's not quite as done. But we are moving along! Four of sixteen cushions covered, too.
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Thursday, March 17, 2016

Re-Imagining the Compost

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It was my friend Carol's idea to use a vintage ice bucket on her countertop as a compost container. Yes, please! I have several ele...
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

A Grace Livingston Hill Reading List: Home Makeover Edition

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Oh Grace Livingston Hill, you make me think I can do anything! And that's why I'm upholstering two sofas at once, while simulta...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Oil Painting: Daffodils

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Daffodils from tonight's painting session.
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Monday, March 14, 2016

Bella Studying + Redbud Branch

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Saturday, March 12, 2016

Song Without Words

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Friday, March 11, 2016

Spring Rain

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We're in the middle of a long, slow rain, and every time I step outside the frogs choruses are singing. The pansies are triumphant,...
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Wednesday, March 09, 2016

Another Kid for Daisy

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Daisy had been wanting another kid to bottle-feed, for her 4H Record Book. Fortunately, her friend Lanie's goat gave birth to four ...
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Tuesday, March 08, 2016

Sister and the Forsythia

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Monday, March 07, 2016

Romaine, Waiting

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Daisy and I were at the feed store and I picked up a couple of boxes of romaine lettuce babies. I had planned to plant them today but my...
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Friday, March 04, 2016

Clara Tackles the Floss

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Clara dumped out the plastic bin filled with wads of half-used embroidery floss skeins. That was yesterday. Today she's got almost e...
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