Togetherness
Having lived away from my family for several years, I try to make the most of being back at my hometown. What a blessing to be able to sit on…
Our Home: Before and After
I am a homemaker, and the home I make is in a small, sometimes cluttered, old house that we love. I found these photos of it before we moved in….
Making House a Home
This was my favorite summer cottage in Maine. Like the ultimate playhouse, it has so many of the surface elements that I love packed into one camp house: cedar shingles,…
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First Argus Lens Photos
Taken with two different cameras (both only $15.) The first shot is with my clean argus 75, and the last with “as is.” Now I have to make a contraption.
Blanket’s Done, Dude
Only my second baby gift to knit ever, and I’ve been knitting about 7 + years. But it turned out great in superwash wool. I want one now for my…
Just One Hitch…
Yee-ha! We got our pop up yesterday. This was something we’d wanted to do for a while but seemed out of our budgetary reach. But you know how a chance…
Woman At Home
I read another blog about homemaking today with the best vintage illustrations and was reminded about one of my favorite books, Woman at Home and how it gave me just…
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Another Happy Ending
Finished our small budget recycled patio in time for the fourth. We used broken chunks of concrete from old foundations that we picked up on the side of the road…
Still Life
That’s what I need every day- a little bit of still life. No screens, no requests, no complaints, no lists, no dishes, no self-motivation, just a quiet rhythmical motion. Maybe…
Nunya Bees…
Yesterday was my first day to really handle the bees. It was late in the day, which I heard was a no-no, but I was tired and wanted…