Fabulous Setting In Washington State

I'm so liking this contemporary house on Dabob Bay in Washington State. Wouldn't you spend all of your time looking and/or being outdoors? What a spectacular setting.
The Dabob Bay Residence by Bjarko|Serra Architects


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Happy Easter 2010

I love the image on this vintage Easter postcard. It reminds me of my early years when every single thing I put on to wear to church on Easter Sunday was brand new and sewed with love by my mother. When did she have the time? She made my brother's clothes too as well as her own. She and I always wore white cloves. So much has changed, hasn't it? We have more free time but we get less done. Happy Easter everyone. It's a beautiful day here at the cottage and there's a ham in the oven. Yum.




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Lovely Foyer: Less Is More

Lovely foyer. Understated and nice.


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Vintage Easter Postcards

I love the message on the last vintage postcard:

A HAPPY EASTER

May every cloud above you

give way to skies of blue,

And on this Easter morning

let only joy shine through.

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I Found A Broken Bird's Egg

I found this broken bird's egg on my early evening walk with Webster last night. I photographed it against the end papers of a book illustrated with feathers and eggs. I'm glad it wasn't a blue robin's egg. It was out in the middle of an open field with no trees nearby. How did it get there? Did a bigger bird rob the nest? Boo Hoo. Have a nice Easter. My Lens: Nikon 18-200 zoom with vibration reduction.

My Camera: Nikon D-40 digital SLR. 

Time To Clean The Greenhouse

If I had a greenhouse it would be full of seedlings ready to plant outside as soon as the ground is warm enough and the danger of a killing frost has passed. That date is usually the weekend after Mother's Day but I think it will be earlier this year. I already have my geraniums outside after wintering over in the house. I can always cover them at night if it gets cold again.


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Hammock Time Is Here

I've looked and looked and can't find mine. It was a nice Pawley's Island hammock that I haven't seen since I moved to my cottage in 2004. This photo from Country Living really makes me want one. Maybe I'll locate one at a garage sale in the near future. Fingers crossed. I love the screened-in porch too.

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Easter Bonnets Circa 1921 by Norman Rockwell

Mother and Daughter Singing in Church by Norman Rockwell | Magazine cover 1921 The Literary Digest




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Good Friday

“Pietà,” 1476, by Carlo Crivelli, Italian Painter
Early Renaissance 1433-1495
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York




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