Searching for a Balance

I've made this twice since Thursday. Here 's the recipe.

Sunday we visited a park which is devoted to roses - pretty  would be a gross understatement. If you can imagine ...

I just got around to washing the last of windows, and it's almost July. I think this is the latest I've ever been with them. (well,...

"Hmm. I think I'd like to do a bit of sewing." "..but I do so enjoy the internet."  [sigh]

after a storm

I never thought I'd be buying one of those big cans of olive oil like Auntie Adeline always had at her house. She was my father's y...

"It was a quiet morning, the town covered with darkness and at ease in bed. Summer gathered in the weather, the wind had the proper tou...

I just started getting  Organic Gardening , and got my first issue the other day.  They have an article about how easy it is to make freeze...

During the past week, I've been working on binding my quilt, which is a conglomeration of some pretty  fabrics and colors my stit...

from the farmers' market. Like eating sweet juicy sunshine.

I spent the better part of a half-hour trying to photograph fireflies out my bedroom window tonight.  Nothing. "There is certainly so...

Walking along my street the other day I noticed this little red flower. It's growing out of a miniscule crack along the side of the c...

About four weeks ago I got tired of wading through fabric and firmly told myself to use it up ; as quilts are large, a few of those would d...

I was minding my own business in the living room eating an apple, when Dolly accosted Henry. Well, she does it regularly - to keep him aware...

I used to listen to an herbalist on the radio; she talked about making "better butter".  You mix softened butter in the ble...

Yesterday we took a little road trip with friends to an art museum which happens to be alongside a picturesque river. A big old home where...

My boss needed a mobcap, so here's what I figured out. This is not to be worn to a reenactment of any sort - it's just a quick, eas...

with an emphasis this week on coronation music, in honor of the queen.  I wonder if she ever leaves her bed unmade when pets are on it...

In view of rainy days ahead, I decided to pick some of the chives along with the drying blossoms. (And a bit of grass mixed in.) So...

My soul doth magnify the Lord. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid; for b...

trying to stay cool, I guess I think she's learning some new habits from Henry.

Remember, Lord, the fallen Who died in fields of war, In flaming clouds, in screaming crowds, On streets that are no more, That we today...

"Today, O Lord, through the mystery of Pentecost, You sanctify Your church in every place and nation. Pour out the gifts of the Spirit ...

a day for hot kitties in the window, and breezy summer curtains in the living room.