Searching for a Balance

potted plant forsythia cherry leaves

There is something about saying  " we always do this"   which helps keep the years together. Time is such an elusive thing that...

I have been determined to make this one for a while now. A pudding of sorts, but more mousse-like; with no dairy, although you could use mil...

Well, since there was some interest, here is the dress with a ruffle basted on. I won't know how well I like it till it's done an...

Trisha came by yesterday while I was out; she had made these seed-covered bagels with the story hour children, and she brought me some!  ...

I had started on another dress like this  - scoop-neck, a-line - then I a-lined it more, and after two interruptions where I had to drop it ...

After four years, I just realized something today about Henry - I've never heard him make that "eh eh eh eh eh" staccato sound...

" Very often the reason we're uncomfortable is because we've not been praying for the right thing, and on some deep level we kn...

My brother had a birthday the other day. No near-disasters , just a cheesecake, because that's always been his favorite. He's a pu...

A tree post of another kind - After several months of wondering what to do with our wounded cherry tree , my brother decided to just saw t...

Because like Val , I cannot resist the color whether it's sunny or cloudy, whether the leaves are bright or an old gold, like this tr...

He does seem to prefer classical.

Com e,    said the wind to the leaves one day, come o'er the meadows and we will play. Put on your dresses of scarlet and gol...

You can't beat one of these machine tied quilts for a relatively quick shower gift. One of my three cousins who got married last year...

The souls of the just are in the hands of God, and no torment shall touch them.  They seemed, in the view of the foolish, to be dead;...

I hadn't realized Oscar de la Renta passed away last week. This Google image exemplifies what I think of in connection with Osca...

With all the Cindy-related issues around here, I am appreciating Henry's placid temperament more than ever before.

I really have no liking for Halloween, but I can't resist these little ghosts Trisha gives to the story hour children every year. A...

God be in our thinking, always as a guide; God be in our yearning, high and deep and wide; God be in our caring, with us intertwined, ...

The youth group at church was selling (donated) pumpkins for a dollar. And the little ones for fifty cents!  Perfect for the small shelve...

When Valerie  pinned t his recipe  I knew I had to try it right away. A cake which contains rye flour! Couldn't resist it. I had canned ...

I don't know about you, but when a recipe tells me to peel a pumpkin or large squash, I say no way. I did try it once a long time ago - ...

"I am still determined to be cheerful and to be happy in whatever situation I may be, for I have also learnt from experience that the g...

The maples this year have been incredibly colorful - I don't remember so many colors all on the same tree at one time, so showy even on ...

I got an idea that my black linen dress  was roomy enough for a jumper, so started looking for something of a thin fabric that I could wear ...

In fourteen hundred ninety two Columbus sailed the ocean blue He had three ships and left from Spain He sailed through sunshine, wi...

Today is Cindy's third birthday. Cenerentola is Italian for Cinderella. I know this because Rossini wrote an opera by that name, an...