All Things Home and Family
We're in the last half of July. How quickly summer has flown by, and we've barely seen The Lake. We stopped Sunday evening to watch the waves. These harebell flowers are clinging to the rocks, their roots in a crevice, happily dancing in the breeze with the lake. Please don't notice that Elv is looking… Continue reading The Blue Flower Days
Yarrow, mullein, bergamot, bird's-foot trefoil, and daisies collect along the road right here in our little village. There's a patch of old forgotten black top in the midst of this wild flower patch. Forty years ago the old hotel was razed and the woods and flowers are taking over. We took our walk during the… Continue reading Summer
A perfect Sunday begins during the week prior. I thank Martha Zacharias for this tip. She would prepare double of Thursday's supper menu and freeze half of it for Sunday's main meal. "We should start thinking about Sunday on Thursday." Good advice for anyone. Actually, our Sunday stood all by itself, perfectly. The table, set… Continue reading A Perfect Sunday
Well, that was fun. I flew out to Idaho for a quick visit with my people. Mom had her eightieth birthday, so I made excuse and went. All the best things happened. Mom's party, visits with siblings and children, and walks with Mom and Dad. Mom inspired me, again. I often think about this after… Continue reading Inspiring At Eighty
This is what you get when the rain dumps all the rose bushes down on to the ground right at blooming time. The smell is enchanting though. Glorious imperfection.
On my table this morning. The local advertiser which we seldom look at because FB Marketplace, right? Last year's escrow activity from the bank because we own this beautiful old stone house in the Northwoods. Classy napkin rings because sometimes you have to lay a lovely table and breathe a bit. The very last, last… Continue reading Summer Tablescape
We had a rainy week and cool days. So I found an excuse to light candles during grey hours. And there was time to do a bit of sewing. One day I baked cookies in Amy's little kitchen for her cookie jar, well ... really the cookies were for Tim and the boys. The frequent… Continue reading Gracious Living
We took a little trip to see the Nebraska part of our family, taking two granddaughters along. An evening hour in the pasture after a busy day was relaxing. The children were pulling up masses of these flowers and wearing them in thick ropes on heads and waists. It was almost surreal. Sweet clover and… Continue reading Our Rich and Varied Life
It's that time of year. Peonies are blooming. Ants are invading our house. The garden is up, ready for hot sunny days for leaping into full fledged plants and crops. The grass is always in need of mowing. The patio is all set for sitting and we're too busy and so are the mosquitoes. Same… Continue reading Peony Blooming Time
Sometimes we are asked about our cabin. People wonder different things about it. We try to explain that it's off the grid and rather unfinished. We realize in those moments that we don't have ready pictures either, though we have ten plus years of pictures, actually. So I'll attempt to do a little show and… Continue reading The Cabin
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