a sunny saturday morning full of birdsong and hanging laundry. the cats are getting used to a new one amongst them, for we are keeping my parents cat while they are away. it's really my cat who stayed behind with my parents when i left their house for the second time, so she's comfortable with me, but not so much my menagerie. i'm making the guest room her domain for her stay with us.
i wake up thinking about liv's goats. they are intoxicating. their expressions. the way they communicate with a gaze. there will be more goat photos here, i'm sure.
but the day is in full gear. i need to finish last nights dishes and make magdalena feel at home here with the other cats. and then over to the studio.
our sale is tomorrow. sunday april 15th. the little white house at 55 mowat ave in portsmouth village. we'll be there from 10 - 4. it will be a lovely day, i'm certain of it.

these are a couple pieces from our guest artist on sunday. tina roeder makes incredible sterling silver jewelry, taking personal drawings and handwriting to make amazing pieces to be treasured for a lifetime. i think these would make the most lovely and touching gift for a mom....and mother's day is just around the corner. but her work isn't limited to mom gifts. she covers sterling cuffs with song lyrics, pendants with illuminated initials, and then my faves.....anatomy drawings transferred to sterling pendants and charms.
we're setting up for a fresh new look on sunday. i have been making tunics for spring, as well as new lightweight eternity scarves, aprons, and of course, quilts and napkins and all my regular fare. tracy has been branching into new areas and i'm excited to see what comes from her in the weeks to come.
so, come see it all on sunday. the little whte house at 55 mowat will be busting at the seams with gorgeous-ness. sunday april 15, from 10 until 4.

i fell in love today. she claimed me. and i was smitten. the insistent gaze of a goat named sharon stole my heart.
tracy and i headed out to liv's early this morning. out to her beautiful little farm with the lavender doors. we were looking forward to a visit with liv, buying soap, and finally meeting the goats and their five little babies. we floated through the morning with the goats and their babies, a magical little herd of 20. and i've come home with my heart full of goat love and my shop full of beautiful goat's milk soap.
come on sunday april 15 to the little white house at 55 mowat and share the beauty. i'm carrying liv's soaps, her lovely goat's milk soap. and tina roeder with her etched sterling jewelry will be our guest artist, ready with beautiful mother's day gifts.

i made demie's ice cream on the weekend. my parents came. meagan and naomi were over. sunday dinner was smooth and relaxed. afterwards my dad stretched out in the comfy chair and tom sat on the couch with edgar as they watched the last couple hours of the masters. meagan was at the dining room table with her laptop doing stuff for her new job. naomi and my mother lounging around the fire in the dining room, looking at books. naomi had hours of fun drawing portraits on the whiteboards that sit on the kitchen counter for messages.
and then we had homemade ice cream. a while ago, demie posted on her lovely blog 'my paraphernalia' that her mother had come from greece with a simple homemade ice cream recipe. simply whipping cream and condensed milk. beat them together for a minute or so and pop it in the freezer over night. i've been planning to make it ever since. and i'm so glad i did. it is wonderful. i added a container of liberte mediteranean lemon yogurt and fresh blackberries. and it was perfect ice cream after being in the freezer only 5 hours. and it made a special weekend even better.

and i'll start reminding you all that this coming sunday, april 15th, we are having a studio sale. tina roeder is our guest for that sale. her work is etched sterling jewelry which is simply amazing. the little white house at 55 mowat in portsmouth village. we'll be there from 10 until 4.

cats are sprawled in the sun, one in each room. and a couple on the porch. i'm cleaning the floors and getting ready to start making easter dinner. my parents will be here soon. naomi is playing basketball with tom in the yard. and she just came running in to go to the bathroom. i told her to be careful on the wet kitchen floor. she bounced through and stopped in the dining room and looked at me. "it smells so good in here". she was staring, trying to figure out what she was smelling, why it was familiar and why it made her happy. and then...."it smells like POOL. it's the pool..." she was hopelessly happy at being taken to the pool with the scent of my watered down bleach concoction i use on the kitchen floor.

the sun is bright. the light holiday feeling is in the air. we've opened our yard to summer. the porchswing has been unwrapped. the barbecue is fired up. friends are dropping by. children chasing cats through the yard. the tire swing is once more the cause of giggles and shrieks. the house feels open. i puttered around cleaning and doing the extra little things like wiping down the baseboards. the sun shows me just where i've missed some winter dust. edgar is happy on his outdoor bed in the sun. it won't be long before tom has the horseshoes out.
tonight we have all the rowdy boys over on the porch to start the summer off the right way! and then tomorrow a family dinner for easter with my parents. the sun and the bright crisp air coats everything in a layer of ease.

i haven't been ignoring you.....it's just i can't find the moments of quiet to spend at the computer lately. and this morning i'm at the studio yet again, but i decided to open the doors and put out the open sign. afterall you may want something to pretty up the house for easter. or a new tunic dress. or a little easter gift.
so come by.....the little white house at 55 mowat ave in portsmouth village. i'll be open from 11 this morning, until 5 or 6 this afternoon.