Searching for a Balance

All living things upon the earth, green fertile hills and mountains, sing to the God who gave you birth; be joyful, springs and fountains...

I'm not hooked up to Pinterest - I use Clipterest!  Never heard of it, I'll bet.  bags, bags and more bags! I don't de...

(up high away from the cats) and we took our presents and went. To a beautiful ceremony and many happy people. (painted my toe...

I haven't seen this before, I don't think.

I've been slowly working my way through a dress, and it's nearly finished. Hopefully I won't mess up the placket - not sure I...

In the middle of sewing a dress for myself, and decided the bodice needed a lining. The neckline isn't so curved that I would have had t...

on an afternoon wall. So hard to capture.

Season two. Episode one.  (excuse the mess)

using some much-loved fabric which was a jumper in a previous life, a length of eyelet trim waiting many years to be used, and matching c...

just a little bit like Maxfield Parrish.

My quilt is done. The machine stitching lines are not as parallel as I'd hoped but it's good-sized, it's colorful, it wil...

Tall stands the tree beside the stream, where living waters flow; Wide flung the branches, cool the shade, where all the weary go....

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...