Searching for a Balance

(Prince being the cat-next-door)

Here we have Henry taking a drink of water.  He dips in a paw then licks. Apparently some cats do this if they don't...

For a patchwork quilt, twos together, three inch squares and a whole lot of 'em.

"He [God] has fashioned a law for us that will train us for eternal happiness. It is the law of love. Our life's work is to hear an...

Dolly turned ten years old today!  She started off her day by having breakfast in bed, then a nap. Before lunch a little digestive, th...

Caravaggio came to town at the museum in the city - but we couldn't take pictures. a section where we could Look at tho...

A new mug which is getting along very well with the blue glasses.

God of myst'ry, God of mercy, God of glory, hid in light: Let your face shine on your people Where we dwell in dark of night. P...

In the little bed beside the front steps were weeds and things I just couldn't get rid of. So in the fall I did what I'd read about...

Back when Hurricane Sandy was threatening, I stocked up on a few useful things, and one of them was a carton of oat milk. Well, I just thou...

"There are times when the burden of need and our own limitations might tempt us to become discouraged. But precisely then we are helped...

Ah, finally - how dilapidated the old ones were. I've done two so far, each a little different. And with more ideas on how to improve t...

A day warm enough for sandals -

"What will separate us from the love of Christ?"                         - Romans 8:35 "Stern as death is love, relentl...

I got interested in an Amy Butler quilt from her book  In Stitches , a throw made of heavier weight fabric of her own design, but which I i...

making time after work for finishing the last side of a quilt binding

My mother usually made lamb chops for Easter. It seemed appropriate, with its relation to Passover and everything.  So after she was gone I...

new life

Pretty , and Happy Two projects almost completed - a cheerful skirt for Easter wear, which is now hemmed; and a quilt that I've ...

(Jesus is Laid in the Tomb, by Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynn ) Be still, my soul - the Lord is on thy side! Bear patiently the cross ...

"When Jesus took bread, blessed it, broke it and gave it to his disciples, he summarized in these gestures his own life. Jesus is chose...

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

This morning it came to me that some of the grass is beginning to look green - a real green-ish. Later, while with my sewing machine, I r...

How convenient it is to machine-quilt when you use gingham fabric for the backing. Just follow those lines!

Can you imagine a scene more appealing than this? I don't know where my mother got this decorative plate - tag sale, probably. ...

"On the Street Where You Live" Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian

"How do we wait for God? We wait with patience. But patience does not mean passivity. Waiting patiently is not like waiting for the bus...