We stood still – eyes locked, playing the game of who will blink first. The bear and I. I was closing up the chicken coops the other night when I looked up and there she was – Mrs. Bear in all her growly big self. I can tell you, I blinked first. I wanted to …
Grey. Rain and snow fell from the sky most of the day. It is cold and it feels raw. Mostly it feels never ending. *********************************************************************
Everything is covered in raindrops and hues of green, yellow, orange and red. Rooftops and stacks of old wood and piles of construction debris. Even the scrap bowl for the chickens.
There is a certain beauty to it
Yellow, orange and red.
Corkscrew Swamp isn’t a swamp for all the cork from my wine drinking. Mr. Cottage and I along with Father Cottage took a vacation back in the fall of 2016, we journeyed to South West Florida. During our time there, we went on a day trip, just east of Naples, to The Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp. A …
These seed packets jumped into my shopping cart the other day. I’ve been reading the seed catalogs and dreaming about what I will plant in the garden this year. Ah spring, I’m looking forward to welcoming you. Right now, though, it is very cold out and we are under a blanket of snow. Our pipes …
Life has been happening all so fast and full lately. Some good, some not so good. That’s life, isn’t it? How about with you? Are you out in the garden? Making art? Taking care of your animals?
I go to nature to be soothed and healed and to have my senses put in order. John Burroughs
Mango, Papaya and Coconut experience their first snow day.
I thought at long last I would be posting about the excavation this weekend of our house addition.
