Searching for a Balance

the little landscape round was green and woody, and refresh'd the eye*   Summer is moving along too fast. I've worked extra a number...

 Well, my time off has been lovely; a friend was over for lunch Wednesday. But then yesterday I felt like I might be coming down with someth...

 There is a very nice shop in town, and I like to at least go there before Christmas, when they have a good sale.  This year I noticed that ...

 I was very excited today to finish off the new living room curtains. The curtains I made years ago  were impossible to salvage another day....

 See the rope? It's making sure nobody can take down the tree. See that furry one there? It's the reason for the rope.

I have been slowly, very slowly removing the wallpaper in the bathroom and painting the walls - just the upper half of the small room, the b...

I don't think it's overkill to have a throw on as many chairs as possible.

I made new curtains for my brother's room today - his old ones were torn. I used a sheet from the thrift store. I guess I was p...

Well, why wouldn't she? It shows her off so well.

It's strange to see a bare floor in the living room - the cats are probably glad to lay on the coolness of it. Settling on a suitable ar...

I desperately needed a decent dust ruffle, and I found a used one on ebay. A Laura Ashley, supposedly one hundred percent cotton. The tag ...

except there isn't any pea under there, just a few magazines. (illustration by Edmund Dulac)

"Nobody has a right to be bored in a half-made home. A home which is not a fair expression of us at our best, a home which lacks what i...

Now that I've put away the Cuddle Duds and tights, there's breathing room in my drawers again.  I'm determined to empty each on...

And this is for Val , whose birthday was today, and who seems to find hearts wherever she goes -

Whatever cats' understanding is of the busyness of humans, I can say that Dolly definitely has my bed-making habits pretty well figured ...

This picture doesn't really need a caption, does it?  The bottom of the cabinet has a door (where the china is kept) and I'd pr...

I've been painting in the kitchen. This corner cabinet used to be blue, a pretty sky blue color.  But you know how the knots in the woo...

It's been six months since I made a valance for the window over the kitchen sink .  After a bit, I made another for the other windo...