Life's little Instruction Book, pages 112 + 113 . . .

...To be continued...

I was tempted to change 376 from wife to spouse but didn't. Don't forget this book was written by a father for his son. Have a great day. It's raining in New Jersey and we need it. Thanks for stopping by the cottage. ♥Rosemary

Seed Saving Envelopes | Free Download . . .

I created another seed saver envelope as a free download for you.

I am still working on seeds from last summer. My friend Lynn brought me some of her black eyed susan tops from the Berkshires and they are nice and dry now. Later on today I plan on dealing with them and putting the seeds in my new packets.

Click on the image above and then print it. I wanted these envelopes to be somewhat smaller than my previous designs and I wanted two to a page. Enjoy.




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Sweet red cherries are the best . . .

I ate so many of these cherries over the weekend. They are perfect plain, but I do prefer them chilled. I wouldn't even consider doing anything else to them. Cherry pie is for fall; sweet stemmed cherries are for summer. YUM!

An amazing video to entertain you . . .

This is a video story in stop motion. The people shot 60.000 pictures, developed 9.600 prints and shot over 1.800 pictures again. No post production! Watch it and be absolutely amazed!


The PEN Story on Vimeo.

Photographs that inspired me in some way . . .

No captions necessary. I hope you enjoy these photos I saved while browsing the Internet this week. Have a great weekend. Thanks for stopping by the cottage today. ♥Rosemary

Some snapshots from my cottage life . . .

Some random photos from my camera.

My beautiful mother walking her cat on a leash.

Tabitha, the best cat in the world.

Catnip in bloom...like miniature orchids.

Garbage can lid.

Door handle on the bunker.

Beautiful weeds. I am starting to embrace them.

We are having our first hot, humid weather and I am in the middle of a cleaning frenzy. Bad timing indeed. Too late now...I have to finish what I've started. My mower is in the shop so I've decided to focus on the interior for a change. I've polished all my silver trophies and rearranged some "smalls" for a fresh new look. If you don't do this every now and then your things become invisible to your eye. Now I am seeing everything in a (clean) new light.

Happy Friday. Hope your weekend is wonderful. Thanks for stopping by. ♥Rosemary