I have dreamed as long as I can remember of having a very old farmhouse with an attached barn. Here in Maine they’re rather common, usually with an ell that connects the house to the barn. They may not have been a necessity, but I’ll bet it surely… Read More »The House with the Attached Barn
We’re in a bit of a rainy spell these last few days, but I took advantage of being stuck inside to do a room shuffle. Again. It does seem like we do that a lot here. But then again, living in a smallish home with a largish family… Read More »During the rain
We’ve had a few rather rainy days lately, which is great for the gardens, but not so great for the children who are spending a lot of time inside. Sometimes we’re able to find creative ways to spend the day, and other times the Littles ask too many… Read More »Making Books
I just finished knitting Silas’ new sweater, the Elwood sweater, and before I barely had it done he was wearing it. No surprise as he had been prompting me to finish it so often. Every time he saw my hands sitting idle, he’d bring me my knitting, “Here’s… Read More »Silas’ Elwood Sweater
She’s been counting down since January – “How many more days until my birthday?” This weekend it came. Finally for her, too soon for me. Most of our birthday celebrations are pretty low keyed. We go for simple and easy over lots of bling and expensive, and that’s… Read More »Nine
We’ll start with the good, yes? We’ve entered full on Spring here (finally!). I’ve been enlisting the help of the whole family to try to get some of our gardens in order. Spring chores are always much easier when we spend time cleaning things up in the Autumn,… Read More »The Good, the Sad, and the Ugly
Poor Sophie did something to her toe on Monday. I’m not sure exactly what happened, but it ended up with Emma nearby and Sophie on the floor, both complaining (Sophie rather loudly) that they were hurt. Whatever it was, Sophie was much more injured than Emma, who was… Read More »Tiny Tim Visits
I’ve had a doll living in my head for a long time – a year? two years? Longer? I’m not even sure. I tried once before to create a pattern so I could make the doll, to get it out of my head and into my hands, but… Read More »Failed Attempts – Fairy Doll
(Sorry for the picture heavy post.) After getting a lot of outside work done on Saturday, we treated the kids to ice cream sundaes and then got to work dyeing eggs. Over the last few years I’ve seen more and more amazing pictures of naturally dyed eggs, some… Read More »Easter Weekend
“Mama, are you using this?” “Mama, can I borrow that?” “Mama, do you like this color?” “Can I have that when you’re done, Mama?” That was Emma, at my elbow, hopping in front of the sewing machine each time I got up, using the iron in between my… Read More »Emma’s Sewing