Spring is here!     We are starting to have some beautiful sunny days in the high 50s as I emerge from my cocoon, feeling a little pasty-faced and weak from too many winter hours spent behind… Continue reading

      It was about six months ago, I read somewhere about the coming eclipse and was delighted to see we were just inside the path of the moon’s shadow. Good thing it came to us– Mr. SFO and… Continue reading

      I am in a high good humor, way too happy for a person who suffered another foot of snow and another twelve hour power out this past week! Why, you ask? Because celestial and earthly events have… Continue reading

      So the day after my last blog post, when we were expecting 12″-18″, we got 20″! Time to clean off the cars again. Fortunately, it was the lightest, fluffiest snow I have ever seen. Not sure why… Continue reading

      It’s true, and it’s time! We’ve been up here for a year and a half, and so far, my social life rivals COVID– for some of us, we were living our best life in isolation, weren’t we?… Continue reading

     Just a short post today to wish you a Happy St. Patrick’s Day and to share our shenanigans and maybe hear about yours!  The brisket is in the slow cooker… (I have never soaked beef in water for… Continue reading

      A number of years ago, I found this blog where the goal was to see how many quilt blocks you could make each week. It wasn’t a competition, and you didn’t have to commit to a certain… Continue reading

      The wave of company has come and gone– we had a wonderful time! Lobster dinner, a bonfire, and brilliant night skies provided the perfect Maine experience for our southerners. Best of all, the sap is flowing and… Continue reading

       A little progress this week, but a lot of shopping– that does not make for  a good start vs. finish ratio! Let’s start with the shopping– did I not say I was done with cross stitch for… Continue reading

   It was a nice, quiet week here– the kind you think you’re gonna have before all heck breaks loose– but nothing happened here except a ton of sewing!      The Haberdashery quilt is finished…      The Fromage… Continue reading