Dewey's Treehouse

It happened again this week. I thrifted an otherwise-nice blouse that turned out to be too tight under the arms. Blame the lack of fitting r...

Here are the questions to this week's Hodgepodge. Answer on your own blog, then hop back here  to add your link to the party. See you th...

I've been looking at tables and racks of used stuff, one way or another, for the past fifty years. I just came across a blog post from a...

Here are the questions to this week's Wednesday Hodgepodge. Answer on your own blog then hop back here to add your link to the party. Se...

  1. July 5th is National Hawaii Day...have you ever been to Hawaii? Any desire to visit or make a return trip? Pineapple, mango, or guava.....

The thrift stores re-opened here two weeks ago (again), so we've resumed our regular trips to look for stuff for Mr. Fixit to fix and ot...

  1. Something you've seen recently that's 'cuter than a June bug'? Well, it was going to be a photo of the nest of baby rob...

    1. Realist, idealist, optimist, pessimist...which one are you? Elaborate.  I am optimistic about my realistic pessimism. 2. What's s...

Arthur Lismer,  A September Gale, Georgian Bay (1921) The weather, finally, is getting dependably warm. She knows she could get along all ri...

  1. It's like my mama always said, "______________________________________________."  Go clean your room? Our youngest Squirr...

 This is  Fashion Revolution Week, hosted by  FashionRevolution.org . "In an age of ugliness, a work of beauty is an act of defiance...

Back when her kids were young and she homeschooled them, she found out that she was good at two things: turning yard-saled books and random ...

This is  Fashion Revolution Week, hosted by  FashionRevolution.org . First, a bit of an "imaginary heroine" story from The Vivienn...

First posted April 2011. Edited slightly. The weather here is still on and off--mixed snow, rain and general gloom.  Sore throats and genera...

      1. What is something you currently find 'taxing'? Going to leave that one aside this time. The big things are the too-obvious ...

First posted April 2006 (which makes it fifteen years ago); edited slightly. The Apprentice was fourteen, still homeschooling that spring, b...

Why call it frugal? Because most of the clothes and accessories shown here were thrifted, some of them for a dollar apiece. The two scarves ...

  1. March 9th is National Get Over It Day...what's something you need to 'just get over already'?  Do you want a serious answer...