Late Garden Season Color

Hello everyone

We are still enjoying beautiful warm

weather here and have not had a heavy

frost here yet so the garden still has some

late season color.

The Japanese barberry looks good with the

pee gee hydrangea.

The burning bushes are starting to turn

brilliant red in various places in our

garden.

There is still a few blooms on the clematis.

I love to see some roses still putting on

a little show.

The Sweet Autumn Clematis is just starting

to bloom and it blooms very prolifically

with small white fragrant blooms.

We have over a dozen large hydrangea shrubs

blooming in the garden.

Fading blooms on the Polaris rose bush.

It was just a quick look at some of the late

season color in our garden today.

I enjoyed my treasure hunt at the 70 mile

yard sale but didn't bring home as many

treasures as I have in the past but I did

get a few pretties that I will share with

you later. 

I hope your week is going well!

Carolyn

Tea and Roses

            Hello everyone,

    It is a beautiful sunny day here today

and it is predicted to be warm and sunny

for the next several days which is a good

thing as we are expecting our good friends

Linda & Midge

from NFLD for a  few days and on Sat.

I have a  lovely wedding to go to plus this

Saturday is the 70  mile yard sale.

The 70 mile coastal yard sale is always a

fun event with so many treasures

big and small to  enjoy.

I picked a small bouquet of Polaris roses

from our garden as they are putting on

a late show.

Polaris is one of my favorite roses in

our garden as they are hardy,bloom well and

they are pretty shades of pink before turning

white.

Love this pretty aqua teacup with

the vintage tablecloth with roses.

I recently found this chintz teacup

at our local thrift shop and since

I don't often see chintz here I

grabbed it.

                                                        Well, it is time for our morning walk
                                                                   so a little sea glass hunt on the beach
                                                                   and then a walk in the park to see the
                                                                   four big cruise ships that are in the
                                                                   Charlottetown harbor today..

                                                                  So, don't forget the 70 mile coastal yard sale
                                                                   Saturday and Sunday if you love
                                                                    treasure hunting, but there will be
                                                                   lots of traffic on the main roads so
                                                                   please drive carefully.
                                                                            On another note the Downton
                                                                  Abbey movie we have been waiting for is
                                                                  here now and I am looking forward to
                                                                  seeing it with some friends.

                                                                                   

                                                                                               

                                                                    Yesterday's photo of one of the
                                                                     three  cruises hips that came in
                                                                     taken by my husband with his phone.

                                                                                         Enjoy your day!

                                                                                                   Carolyn

Blue and White Afternoon Tea

                                                                           Hello everyone,

                                                   It was another beautiful day today but
                                                   there are still thousands here still without
                                                   power and there are lots of trees still to be cleaned                                                                                    up after Dorian passed by this past weekend.
                                                                   
                                                 

                  I found this cute teacup mug at the thrift 

                 store today and it inspired me to enjoy  a

little photo shoot.

You probably already know that I

love blue and white so it didn`t

take long to gather up some different

shades and textures of blue and white.

                                                      Well, now it is time to enjoy my
                                                                 afternoon tea in my pretty new
                                                                  teacup mug.

                                                                          Thanks for stopping in,

                                                                                         Carolyn

All Well at Aiken House & Gardens

Hello everyone,

I am happy to say that we came through the storm

with  no damage to either our home or garden

and  the little cottages were  unscathed as well.

We did lose power though for a couple

of days and there are some onthe

Island that still have no powere as

some areas had a number of big trees

come down on the power lines.

it is peaceful here now,thankfully.

       So, all that being said there was a lot of damage

                done especially in Nova Scotia and other parts of the

Atlantic provinces as well So there will be a

lot of cleanup to be done over the next few

          weeks . However, when we see all the devastation

                   in the Bahamas that Hurricane Dorian caused we know

we were very fortunate.

Ocean Song Cottage

                      I am happy that even the garden was unscathed.

                                                        Thank you to all of you that expressed concern
                                                                    for us during the storm.

                                                                                    I have to say it is great to have our
                                                                                    power back  ......we sure do rely on
                                                                                     it for so many things!

                                                                                    Hope you  have a great week!

                                                                                                      Carolyn

Summer Cottage Tea

                                                             Hello everyone,

                                             Last week I took these photos on a beautiful
                                             summery day but as I am posting these it is
                                            a very different story as we are expecting to
                                            be hit by Hurricane Dorian shortly.

Shades of aqua give a beachy vibe and indeed

we are a stones throw from the beach as we

are here at Eventide Cottage for our tea time.

Hoping we have more of these summer cottage

teas before Fall sets in.

                                              We are hoping and praying that the storm
                                               doesn't cause much damage here but we
                                               have been busy taking all garden furniture,
                                               statues etc. in and stocking up on water and food.

                                                 I am noticing that our powere has flickered a
                                                few times as I write so I expect many of us will
                                                lose power as the storm hits in earnest.It is raining
                                                 and windy here so the storm is getting closer and
                                                 I have just heard that 200,000 people in Nova
                                                 Scotia have already lost power and the storm has
                                                 been upgraded to a Category 2.

                                                   Here on Prince Edward Island we usually only
                                                 get the tail end of a storm that doesn't do much
                                                  if any damage but this time the prediction is
                                                   more ominous so we are hunkering down
                                                  and praying it doesn't do too much harm in the
                                                  Maritime provinces.

                                                                   Hope and pray everyone stays safe!

                                                                                             Take care,
                                                                                                    Carolyn

This and That

Hello everyone,

I  can't believe it is already September and

summer will soon be over but for now  the weather

is still lovely  here.

I  am just sharing a few photos that I took in the past

few weeks.

                                                                   Relaxing at the cottage

We continue to make little changes at

the cottage. One of my daughters gave

me an Ikea chair to match the one we 

already had and another daughter gave

me the striped rug on the floor. I bought

a new lamp at Homesense and I can't resist

the striped turkish towels when I see them

The new throw on the back of the Ikea loveseat

was also a gift from my daughter and the Ikea

loveseat was a birthday gift from my husband.

The pretty navy pillows were a gift from a friend

so I have done well in the gift department!

A summer afternoon tea

I love the vintage tablecloth that I

found recently.

Strawberry season is past here now and

I have been picking blueberries on our

own bushes I like this reminder of  the

bounty of summer. Love the Golden

Celebration roses from our garden as well.

Thank you for the nice comments and emails

and I hope you are enjoying these last days

of summer too.

Carolyn