Searching for a Balance

It was quite foggy and rather gloomy around here all day - but, with the tree on and Christmas music playing very cozy within. May y...

an old friend, and a new one!  Atmosphere, good food, charm. Pretty Christmas trees. Thank you.

I've been {happy} with my new garland  I used a rich yellow cotton with little white dots, which is why I also used yellow for the tr...

I was at Home Goods a few months ago and saw a non-stick oven skillet for thirty dollars in the clearance section. I also had a gift card wi...

church making Anna's fruit salad Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols on the radio from Cambridge, England kitties and lots of paper...

"There have been many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited, I dare say,... Christmas among the res...

I saw this yesterday on Ann Voskamp's site "He was poor, that He might make us rich. He was born of a virgin that we might be bo...

with George C. Scott.   (of course)

"Behold, I send my angel, and he shall prepare the way before my face. And presently the Lord whom you seek, and the angel of th...

This quote from Edna O'Brien is in the current  Country Living   - "In a way, winter is the real spring, the time when the inner ...

As I said the other day, the bright red cloth under the tree had to go - it showed the white fur too much.  I found a piece of pale yellow ...

The Expectation     by Richard Lawson Gales "Over the apple trees with their red load In world's-end orchards, over dark yew w...

with cinnamon chips and spices, and golden sugar "nuggets" on top. For the library's Christmas Cookie Sale.

Getting depth of field with my point-and-shoots has been a challenge, but I've acquired another camera which is doing it for me I'...

I'm not meaning to be an ad for Crate and Barrel, but. The cover was just too cute to throw out. I stuck it on the fridge. I mean - th...

I found this maple syrup bottle in the basement, and put it in the kitchen window with some red berries from outside. My brother had to p...

The other day my brother came home with this from a customer, and it's starting again. This Polish lady is one of the best bakers I h...

Dolly (in the dark) listening to a bit of Count Basie

I had a birthday the other day, and my friend Cyndi gave me something {funny} - two notepads kinda cute, isn't it?   And this one, to...

Lately I've been captivated by the beauty of these backyard trees, as seen through the bathroom (!) window. especially the light ...

I'm joining Ginny's yarnalong today, making another crocheted bag to use up my yarn.  The pattern is so simple and enjoyable to w...

My Aunt Helen had a birthday last week. She is my late mother's sister, two years younger. When my mother was ten years old, their moth...