It was a dreary rainy Saturday but that didn’t stop us having a wonderful time together. It was a special day to celebrate Mother’s Day but the truth is we get together often but today, this particular day it was just the four of us; my three daughters and me. We dressed up a bit for the lunch. We went to…
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Summer refresh of our living room was needed so I added a rug. Actually, it is for all seasons but a few more things were done to make this summer refresh. For weeks I pondered how bring a refresh to our living room. Without costing LOTS of money! What was needed to bring out the color from our Chinese peasant…
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Saturday Table with Soup Plates Saturday morning breakfast are a big deal in our house! After a busy week this is often the only time we linger over a meal. When the big kids and their families are here it is a relaxing meal time. It’s more fun for the little ones too. We over run the kitchen…
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Tucked in a hillside in the Pennsylvania Laurel Highland’s is Kentuck Knob, one of the crown jewel homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, premier American architect. ‘No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other.’ Frank Lloyd…
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I love these beautifully painted wooden eggs. They are called pysanky, the Ukrainian word meaning ‘to write’. I bought them years ago at German flea markets and bazzars when Jim was stationed there plus the family. People from eastern countires were bring handicrafts and other goods across the border after the Berlin Wall collapsed in November of 1989 to sell….
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