Here is a picture I took down at the lake during the ten minutes it wasn’t raining, raining, raining last week! Thank goodness for an obsessive indoor hobby. I can tell I’m crushing it by how many bobbins… Continue reading

      I have settled into a beautiful summer routine of veggie gardening, chicken tending, and sewing, not particularly in that order. So one day just flows gently into the next. Blog writing has not been in my rotation… Continue reading

     Last week was like being a kid again at a summer camp in the wilds of Maine! Up at dawn, big breakfast, outside to play, afternoon visits to the craft cabin, and nightly kayaking on the lake… if… Continue reading

      I love the summer! The smell of mown grass, the long days, and cookouts.. the weather is finally acting the part–we had a blistering hot day of 85 after barely getting out of the 60s all spring. I… Continue reading

      I’m happy to report the black cloud over my mind has lifted. A combination of beautiful weather, a big spring clean of the house, and massive sewing time this week has done the trick! Planting bulbs in… Continue reading

      I took three days last week to travel to see my son and help work on his bathroom renovation. I love a good home improvement project. Best of all, my DD, the artist-in-residence came along.    … Continue reading

  I read last week’s post to see where I left off– I guess it was supposed to rain the whole week and I thought I would just be sewing– well, it didn’t and I wasn’t! We are having some… Continue reading

      The creative sap has started flowing again, but spring activities have reduced the available time! I am really enjoying watching what comes up in my meadow in the first spring here. There are dozens of daffodils in… Continue reading

     I am always reading things about how to write catchy headlines– I got you with this one, didn’t I! Well, here it is!      In just five weeks, my cute little chicks temporarily housed in my future… Continue reading

      Well I have to admit while the sap may be running, the creative juices are not! It is a terrible admission for a person always used to being a fountain– I’m afraid I’m a bit of a… Continue reading