Life in our little cottage in the country
Thank you, my friends. Your sweet comments are such a comfort to me. Riley is a bit better today and for that I am grateful.
Watching over Riley was my priority yesterday, but I did manage to go out and do a little garden clean up. The timing was right because I saw this:
A symbol of change, metamorphosis, transformation. And just plain beautiful.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for being such great, supportive friends. I have been so touched by all the comments I have received about the article in Romantic Homes. Don and I can’t wait until we get to buy some copies at the bookstore. Would 20 be too many???
I’m still flying high…although I can’t fly too high in this horrendous humidity! We’ve had an incredibly hot, humid weekend here in the Northeast. Yesterday, I went along with Don to Woodstock where he played his music as part of a Concert on the Green.
Okay, I know I’m biased, but isn’t he cute? He did a bang-up job but by the time he was done I was ready to swoon from the humidity. I do not do well in humid weather. I could never live in the deep South. Although it seems more and more like the South here in New York this summer.
Continuing on in a somewhat random fashion, I was hanging laundry on the line the other day and I encountered this – also hanging on the line.
It’s the exoskeleton of a cicada nymph. (I had to do some research before I could tell you this.) Apparently the nymphs live underground until the nymph is ready to escape the exoskeleton as a winged adult. They dig their way out of the ground and climb up high. You can see the split in the back where the adult escaped. I was fascinated by this exoskeleton and the fact that it was still tenaciously hanging onto the clothesline.
Let’s end on a pretty note. Here is the surprise gift I received from my friend Joy of The Vintage Rabbit.
What a sweetie Joy is! You can see that there is a necklace in the pretty bag. Want to see it up close?
Could it be more perfect for a theater girl like me? Thank you, Joy. I miss you out there in California.
I gathered these shells when I was at the beach last week. They will go home with me to be added to a glass container I keep in the bathroom. Each time I am out here, I add more shells to the collection. The plate came with the apartment – I would have loved to use a prettier one, but I must work with what I have.
I think this qualifies as a heart-shaped rock, don’t you? To the right you can see a little piece of sea glass. Sea glass is so beautiful – I’ve never found a piece until now. I hope to gather more.
Peony bouquet #3. Pink and cream with a ruffly edge. Gorgeous. These remind me of one of our bushes back home – which are blooming, by the way. I have requested, perhaps a better word is ordered, Don to take a photo of them soon- stressing that their life span is short.
Have a wonderful day.
