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Natural Beauty: Barley Water
Lately I’ve been seriously looking into homemade and natural alternatives to beauty products. After last summer’s horrific run-in with some laundry detergent I had a violent reaction to (I still have marks from it, and it’s been 6 months now) I’ve been on a mission to find alternatives to chemicals I’m putting in and on…
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Sailor’s Valentine
Wishing you a happy and sweet St. Valentine’s Day filled with tea and chocolate, and a pirate’s treasure worth of loveliness 🙂 I’m painting sailors today and enjoying a quiet day with the sun finally out shining. My sweetheart says he’ll bring me dinner and watch Downton Abbey with me. What more could a girl…
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Snow Day
I peeked out the window at dawn today and wondered if this was going to be our brief interlude with winter. A little crust of snow fell in the night, and school was cancelled due to slippery rural bus routes. It’s very gray outside, and chilly. I still need to brave the morning to go…