My Things To Do lists are pretty legendary in our family. I make these crazy long lists of what I want to get done and everyone jokes about the time frame because what I tend to expect to complete everything quickly. I’ve adjusted my expectations the last few years, but I still make lists that make my husband and… Read More »Lists, Floors and Paint Colors
I never did get my vegetable garden in this year, and I really missed gardening. I did get a few herbs in, and when I heard that we had a frost warning for last night, I ran out to pick and preserve what I could so that I had at least something to show for this year’s growing season. I… Read More »Harvesting Herbs and Small Acts
After enjoying a beautiful stretch of unusually warm weather, we are finally feeling much more seasonal all of a sudden. The air is crisper and cooler (though I think it may still be warmer than usual), the angle of the light has definitely shifted, and the trees are moving towards full foliage colors. The earlier sunset means we have precious… Read More »Finally Fall
One of the reasons why I wanted to get a new dog was to give me a good reason to get outside more. I know I shouldn’t need another reason to go outside, but there are a lot of things that keep me in – children, housework, schooling, etc. and I would often let those take priority. With a… Read More »Finds While Walking
It’s no secret that I love all things miniature and fairy, and I also love all things Tasha Tudor. So when I can combine the two it’s so much better. I saw the pattern to make boxes like Tasha Tudor’s Sparrow Post on her family’s website, and had to make some for us. It was super easy. I traced the… Read More »Making Fairy Post Boxes
I’ve been revisiting making rope baskets this week. I’ve made a few here and there, and have put a few in my shop (and need to restock). I love the meditative quality of stitching spirals. One of the baskets I made recently is a type of harvest basket. It’s large-ish and has comfortable handles for carrying over your arm or… Read More »The Link Between Driving and Baskets
With seven children in our family, the chances of having two birthdays close together were pretty high. We got that out of the way pretty quickly with our first two children, whose birthdays are three days apart (and four years, lest someone misunderstand and think they’re twins). Our next three children are a little more evenly spaced throughout the year,… Read More »The Cluster Birthdays
We’ve been working more on the kitchen. The pictures aren’t pretty, but they’ll show you the current state of things. Our new stove is in and working. It’s a 36″, 6-burner stove. I love the extra room I have and can actually fit my two largest pots and pans on the stove at the same time. Dinner prep has (almost)… Read More »The First Week of September
We had an abundance of Queen Anne’s Lace growing in a garden that really needed some weeding. As much as I love Queen Anne’s Lace, I don’t love it growing rampant and wild in my perennial beds. After I pulled it all, Silas set to helping me remove the blossoms from the rest of the plant. He looked like he… Read More »Gathering, Dyeing, Making:: Queen Anne’s Lace and Needle Books
We started renovating and adding on to our kitchen a long time ago. Three years ago actually (I think). We’ve gone through so many different design plans and modifications and changes to the plans and changes to the modifications and thinking we’d just scrap the whole project only to return to it after a couple of days of “this kitchen… Read More »The Kitchen Project Progress