All Things Home and Family
Yes, we're having Christmas at the store already. Come in for your thoughtful, beautiful ornaments. Some of these are handcrafted by artisans in India aiming to alleviate poverty. Some are made right here at home in the USA and the proceeds go to help orphans. These are not of the usual glitz and glam for… Continue reading Autumn Selections
I really wanted the title to be: "When Stupid Happens"; but decided that I also want to be more dignified than this. Especially when others in my life are implicated. I really don't want to be tacky like what's just been done or said feels to me. However, I seem to be out of control… Continue reading Things Happen
I'm always up for something new about music and here we are with two music projects on the burner. I am excited about singing with Laura and Kristine this fall. We're going to share some song at the ladies retreat. The whole business is fun: finding music, learning it myself on the piano, getting together… Continue reading New Music
We finally got out on the water for the first time this summer. Water Willow blooms in banks of drooping swags with pink flowers that the bees love. Bees were here, too, in the pickerelweed. The whole body of water that makes up the channel between Grindstone and Couderay lakes is lined with pink flowered… Continue reading Summer Channel
I have always needed a garden shed to store the rakes and hoes and things. A non-over-lapping-with-Elvs-tools-and-projects space. A girl space sacred to lawn care machines. And the fencing paraphernalia. The reasons seem obvious to me. So this spring when a ton of thought and dreams materialized into a shop for Elv; I saw my… Continue reading Summer She Shed
Honeysuckle Blooms and Berries Sunday afternoon is often a dead moment for me; unless I intentionally fill it with reading, writing and playing the piano. Yesterday was easier because Sawyer and Dawson were here. For lunch, Elv grilled marinated chicken tenders while I set the table with bread, butter and jam, veggies, and baked potatoes.… Continue reading Summer Sunday Afternoon
I prayed for this Monday day this morning. Because the last two Mondays have been hard work. It just seemed like they were uphill days, all day. I don't remember what all happened but I haven't forgotten the frustrations and maybe even some tears. So this morning, I talked to Jesus about it and asked… Continue reading Summer Days
This picture of our house is from the play ground across the road. While the grandsons played; I realized that I rarely see it from this perspective. Yes, I'm still in love with this old pile of stones. We've stacked up a lot of love and memories inside these walls in thirty-five plus years. The… Continue reading Summer Cottage
My piano collects things. Without intervention and intention, collections would keep on accumulating. Mostly I like to have minimal surface clutter, but honestly, in this moment I like what's happening on the piano... for now. The family picture canvas came first. That's the only wall that it fits...the only wall space that is big enough.… Continue reading Clutter
The dear old Franklin sits in rustic non-splendor in the little town of Milford, Indiana. Elv's brother Tim owns it, sort of. The truth is, this old machine holds a lot of memories for Elv's beginning years as a logger. It was old and ugly then already. Honestly, we wonder how we even made a… Continue reading Portraits
Stone House Scribblings 