Gold threads, the real deal, on wooden bobbins. Most likely from the 1800s. Found at the brocante. I know how to sew but don't. Never could I sew as beautifully as I have seen on altar cloth that I…

Where is French Husband? On a journey on his motorcycle riding along the backroads discovering the countryside of Vietnam.  

…put it in a pumpkin shell and there it kept very well… A planter with succulents. Such a clever idea.

My niece Marie hugged me, so my niece Molly joined in and soon thereafter Kate joined in I laughed saying, "Group hug!" Chelsea came over with her hands full of pie-crust-making-crumbs and Patti leaned in with baby Gabriel. My mom…

  Late Autumn days sunshine beckon us to stay outside. We have spent countless hours sitting around the wooden picnic table talking, cracking walnuts, eating pomegranates from my mother’s yard while visiting family and friends. Happy place !