This month Sophia and Olivia learned about and listened to six pieces written by Aaron Copland. Background Copland (November 14, 1900 – ...

At the end of the first week of the April, I have done the following towards my three goals in the 3 in 30 challenge : 1 – Prepare and hos...

This week for Take a Stitch Tuesday (TAST), the featured stitch is the satin stitch. There are so many beautiful examples of this stitch o...

This week's theme for the fourteenth week of P52 is Foolin’ Around . Today, as I walked around the yard I noticed butterflies (the first...

For the fourth book in the  Heartwarming Animal Stories 2012 Reading Challenge , Sophia found a book that she thought I’d enjoy reading sinc...

Each month this year I have done the 3 in 30 challenge by setting three goals to accomplish in a one-month timeframe. For April, I have the...

This week for Take a Stitch Tuesday (TAST), there were two mini-challenges. One was to combine 3-6 stitches in a sampler. I did this with ...

During 2012, Sophia, Olivia, and I are doing a special challenge that we've named 12 in 12. We are doing 12 different activities that he...

For March's embroidery journal project I adapted parts of four different patterns into a new one. The four parts are: - the outli...

Details  is the theme for the thirteenth week of P52. During the past week, the unseasonably warm weather coupled with periodic rain has tra...

This is the final week for the three March goals that I set for the  3 in 30 challenge .  This is the progress I made during the past week ...

This week Sophia made Yogurt Cups from the Alpha-Bakery children's cookbook. The cups were a clever way to hold the yogurt, and made th...

Over on Love My Little Flower , the author has a Shaking Off the Bonds of Stuff schedule for the 40 days of Lent. The plan was originally w...

This week for Take a Stitch Tuesday (TAST), the featured stitches are the barred chain stitch and alternate barred chain stitch. To do th...