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Content in a Cottage
Chatham, New Jersey, United States
Lifelong collector. Content in a Cottage (happy and/or satisfied). My interests include antiques, art, architecture, antiquarian books, natural history prints, gardening, photography, graphic design, humor, real estate, interior design, renovation and restoration, + more. I promise never to bore you with the frequent blog posts that reflect my personal taste. I hope you will find them to be inspiring and visually delightful! Best, Rosemary Beck
con·tent (kən tent′) happy enough with what one has or is; not desiring something more or different; satisfied; pleased.
William Morris Quote
My Dream Garden Bench
VIDEO 'PERFECT DAY' SONG ABOUT BEATRIX POTTER
A view of my kitchen
Georgian Meat Domb
fall is full of color
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"This award is bestowed upon a fellow blogger whose blog content or design is, in the giver’s opinion, brilliant. This award is about bloggers who post from their heart, who oftentimes put their heart on display as they write from the depths of their soul." Thanks Tracy. I can't say all that applies to me but the strong arm holding the hammer certainly does!
*1917 House for $12,500*
Find Your Shelter Pet
webster, wonder dog
Peter the Bulldog, 1925
MidCentury Modern Pug
Smile for the camera.
Antique Watercolor
Painted Floor w/ Dog
ANTIQUE DOG POSTCARD
Clingstone Sea House
my photo, maple leaf
"The greatest wealth is to live content with little." Plato
"When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence." Ansel Adams
"Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor." Benjamin Franklin
"Poor and content is rich, and rich enough." William Shakespeare
"Content is a kingdom, and I wear that crown." Thomas Heywood (1570-1641)
Beatrix Potter Toy Cat
my own monogram, RB
M is for Manicure
MEET My cat Tabitha
Rabbits' Christmas Party.Beatrix Potter
Red Honeysuckle
Abraham Lincoln
"Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatever state he is." Daniel Boone
"Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content." Helen Keller
Seed Saver Packets
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"Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it will content your spirit for the moment." Mark Twain
"Be content to seem what you really are." Marcus Aurelius
WWII Poster
"Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground." Alexander Pope
ANTIQUE POSTER
"Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content." Samuel Johnson
Shakespeare Quote
Quote
Waiting for milk.
"He who distributes the milk of human kindness cannot help but spill a little on himself." James Matthew Barrie, 1860-1937 Creator of Peter Pan
Wisdom Quote
Life's Little Instruction Book
SMALL ANTIQUE BOOKCASE
MY Illustrated "QUOTES"
My antiquarian books
my bedroom book wall
A Good Book
"Books to the ceiling, Books to the sky, My pile of books is a mile high. How I love them! How I need them! I'll have a long beard by the time I read them." Arnold Lobel
"A room without books is like a body without a soul." Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC) attributed
"Wear the old coat and buy the new book." Austin Phelps
Wish or Work
"I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it." Thomas Jefferson
"There is no substitute for hard work." Thomas Edison 1847-1931 American inventor
"You'll never succeed in idealizing hard work. Before you can dig mother earth you've got to take off your ideal jacket. The harder a man works at brute labor, the thinner becomes his idealism, the darker his mind." D. H. Lawrence
Painted Floor Cloth with Mariners Compass
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