A profusion of pink roses bending ragged in the rain speaks to me of all gentleness and its enduring. ~The Collected Later Poems of William Carlos Williams The arbor is covered in pink roses right now and I am so delighted! Last year I thought my antique climber, Cecile Brunner, was dead and gone. We...
“Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.”-Anais Nim Oh, how I agree with the quote on luxury is not a necessity but beauty is! My bathroom is not luxury…but maybe just having a bathroom is if we get to thinking about it. Our main bath in our old home...
My granddaughter and I went for a walk the other day and stopped by a shop in town to see a small Christmas tree in the window. The tree was decorated with little pink vintage balls, just perfect to sit on a table. Olivia is four and adores pink, so she was quite smitten with...
I don’t fight the crowds shopping on Black Friday. No matter how great the bargain, it is not worth the crowds to me. I do something much more fun…I decorate for Christmas! I start with the porch and put out the red and white plaid and bring the sled and skates out. I love these...
“Home, home, sweet, sweet home! Oh there is no place like home.” John Payne Welcome to my sweet cottage home! Come behind the gate and I will show you the entryway of my old home. I actually live on a street called Cottage, and we are the first cottage right in the heart of a...
