Happy Hearts At Home

This spring weather is perfect for getting out. Our summers are just too hot for hiking. Yesterday, we spent a few hours at a 465 acre natu...

Elizabeth made this simple naturalistic feeder and bird bath recently. See here for instructions. I would make this in a minute if it weren...

Handsewn flowers and buttons on one of my sleeveless white T-shirts. The tan tee was too low, so I added a little valance and a clip-on $2.0...

Ahhh, just what I was looking for to liven up two of my tired white T-shirts! I'll go a bit less and angle it onto the corner of my larg...

Made from pantyhose and wire ! I'd like to make one of these for my niece.

From a children's turn of the 20th century geography book found in public domain at Google Books. Click to enlarge and save. Charming an...

The other night I tried Tammy's chili recipe, but used shredded chicken instead of ground beef, diced celery instead of green pepper, l...

This is a partially self created recipe(base recipe from More-With-Less Cookbook on my sidebar), so measurements are approximate. You can sh...

There is an interesting war-time biography on Hitler(free) at the OTR widget on my sidebar today.  More vintage educational history broadcas...

I found this public domain children's book page at Google Books. I'm just learning how to use Gimp(freeware) to manipulate images. ...

Click to enlarge and save. From Marge's blog :

We have another week to ten days left before we are done with all homeschool subjects that were scheduled for the fall and spring terms. It ...

From the More-with-Less Cookbook(on my sidebar), Yogurt Popsicles: Stir together: 1 pt.plain yogurt 6T.(1/2 small can) frozen orange jui...

Reposted from last summer. We will use our homemade sunscreen again this year. ------------------------------------------------------------...

"In the early 20th century, the first haircut usually had a more profound affect on all parties involved than it does today. A hundred...

It's mid-May and we already have a good number of mosquitoes in the yard. Even though it works very well, I try to avoid insect repellen...

Pages 700-703 , St. Nicholas: a monthly magazine for boys and girls, 1915. Modern additions could include Inexpensive pool liner(recycled ...