Searching for a Balance

Our dear little cherry tree is blooming hard. There's a dead branch which needs to be removed, but the rest of it is adapting as...

The library throw is all done, except for an identifying patch of some kind we want to attach. It's really hard to get an accurate pho...

Rain on the green grass,   and rain on the tree, Rain on the house-top,   but not on me. from Mother Goose .

I tried again with parchment paper underneath the fabric, but it still stuck in the machine, so today I made a buttonhole by hand. It wasn...

Glory to God! The morn appointed breaks, and earth awakes from all the woeful past; For, with the morn, the Lord of life awakes, and ...

I am very happy to say that my robe is almost completed - I need to hem the sleeves and I can wear it tonight. The buttons - which I ...

living outside. But she really doesn't pine for the rough life, and she's adjusted to being a house cat when I never thought sh...

My Easter was so quiet - my brother was sick, so no company and almost no cooking; I heated up the lamb chops I had cooked ahead the day b...

What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul! What wondrous love is this, O my soul! What wondrous love is this That caused the ...

See, my servant shall prosper, he shall be raised high and greatly exalted. Even as many were amazed at him - so marred was his look beyond...

'Twas on that dark and doleful night, When pow'rs of earth and hell arose Against the Son of God's delight And friends be...

They're hearing confessions three evenings this week and we were there last night. On my side we were lined up along the wall, and we ke...

The forsythia is starting. And the grass is brilliant green. And today it was 80!

Holy Week begins today - I always want matzoh. Rejoice heartily, O daughter Zion, shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem! See, your kin...

I'd bought a quilt from Garnet Hill to throw on the back of a couch. It was a great sale - a twin size, all cotton. Because of that, it ...

"The wicked said among themselves, thinking not aright:   Let us beset the just one, because he is obnoxious to us; he sets himself ...

We had some sun today. I wanted to prune the roses, but we are expecting a "wintry mix" tomorrow - I'll wait.

My beloved robe is wearing very thin in places, near the shoulders especially.  Yesterday I laid it out on the floor to draw a patt...

I finished a third Dottie Angel frock - I had bought fabric for three of them last fall. I'm terrible at sewing bias binding around edge...

For some time, I've been making overnight oats for my breakfasts on work days. There are many recipes online, but mine is always the sam...

"I myself will look after and tend my sheep. As a shepherd tends his flock when he finds himself among his scattered sheep, so will I ...

I wasn't going to post today, but I was just on Gretchen's site, and she briefly mentions dear St. Patrick . A commenter there provi...

Dolly, snug inside the folds of a quilt, didn't want to come out to eat although it was clear she wanted the food. So of course...

We had snow today. We're still having it. It was a blizzard in some places- not here. Snow did fall all day, it became very windy a...

This seems to be the best I can do to show the knit dress on. It's very comfy, as one would expect of that material. I didn't...

The library afghan is increasing, but not even a square yet, so I still don't know how big I'll make it.

It snowed today, and conveniently fell on the ground, and almost not at all on the road. It arranged itself perfectly on this fir tree,...

I don't know how they get anything done.

It was a year ago when I posted about this dress , and I guess I never said another word about it. Well, I added that other layer of the p...

Of him who did salvation bring, I could for ever think and sing: Arise, you needy, he'll relieve; Arise, you guilty, he'll fo...

"The reason trees share food and communicate is that they need each other. It takes a forest to create a microclimate suitable for tree...