Content in a Cottage

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Vote Earth! Switch Off Your Lights For Earth Hour . . .

Earth Hour: everyone has a vote. Tonight for one hour 8:30PM - 9:30PM turn off your lights to protest global warming.

Image by Shepard Fairey

This YouTube video is only 31 seconds long. Please watch!

I will be taking part and hope you will too!

Life's Little Instruction Book, pages 56 + 57 . . .

...To be continued...

Friday, March 27, 2009

My Monogram "RB" . . .

You are in luck if your initials are RB. I bought a fabulous 19th century book at a small antiques show recently.

It has every imaginable combination of initials and a beautiful monogram for each. I love mine. It reminds me of the engraved initials on antique sterling silver hollowware.

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Silence has its benefits | Mother Goose nursery rhyme . . .

I can relate to this totally. I am not that talkative, but I'm a great listener.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Heirloom flower seeds are being planted now in Colonial Williamsburg . . .

In the Garden -- Hands-On History Lessons
You will want to get in the garden and start digging after you read this great article!

The garden beds at the Lewis House in Colonial Williamsburg are being seeded right now with heirlooms. Larkspur, corn poppies, wallflowers and many other flower seeds need this early start. Stephanie Oberlander photo for The New York Times

Calendulas, or pot marigolds, like many early bloomers, need sufficient periods of cold for their seeds to germinate. They are accents in not only the garden but also the kitchen; high in vitamin C, they can be used in soups and salads. Barbara Temple Lombardi photo.

THE quince hedge was already covered with salmon-pink flowers the day Lawrence Griffith, the curator of plants at Colonial Williamsburg, planted 19 varieties of heirloom flowers from seed. Read more...