Author: piecelove

hollyhock & friends

hollyhock & friends

So, we’ve got the chickens, the ducks, the dogs, the cat, the little garden, the ridiculous internet and phone connectivity, the well, the propane tank, …

 

Wishin, Summer

Wishin, Summer

In my dreams I could give away one of these pups on my blog every year. {Electra “Daisy” via here} {Electra “Tree of Life” via here} {Electra “Gypsy” …

 

What Do You Do With Middle Schoolers During the Summer?

What Do You Do With Middle Schoolers During the Summer?

And that’s not a rhetorical question. Please tell me.  What do you do with middle schoolers during the summer?  Because all I know is what I …

 

Free Apron Sewing Pattern

Free Apron Sewing Pattern

I thought it would be nice to make a cafe apron, vintage style. {I wanted to hold something kitchen-ish in the pic, but I didn’t know …

 

barre

barre

Her room gets the last ten minutes or so of direct sunlight in the day. And her ballet barre the last of the last. She was away …

 

upcycled yardstick

upcycled yardstick

I wanted to try some of the frenchknotness I saw here. Of course mine is lame compared, but I had fun. Oh, and if you need to …

 

lovely mess

lovely mess

It rained and petals came off. What a lovely mess.

 

a vintage day

a vintage day

So. Messing around with some photos. My five-year-old niece likes my umbrella, I guess, because she said, “Oh, I like that.  And soon it’s my birthday.  And …

 

shadows

shadows

I’m listening tonight to Mat Kearney’s Learning To Love Again and Taylor Swift’s Hey Stephen.  Stuff like that where nobody is yelling at me and …

 

Of 7-Eleven Weenies and Such

Of 7-Eleven Weenies and Such

I suppose all of us are different types of shoppers.  I am probably what you would call a strange sucker?  I’m definitely not an impulse …