Relax and Enjoy

Hello everyone,

Spring is moving along here as the

garden is already giving us some

pretty blooms.

I will share some photos of it soon

but in the meantime lets relax

and enjoy some beauty.

                                                 

Looking forward to dining outdoors again soon!

Picnic days are so relaxing!

Love hammock time on a sunny summer day.

The chaise in our sunroom is a good

place to enjoy tea time in early spring.

Spring time tea.

On a hot summer day the screened porch

is a good place to relax and enjoy

looking out over the garden.

Going green! I still love old wicker

in the garden....don't you?

                                                   Love being surrounded by flowers.

                                               Hope to be back with some new pics

                                               soon.

                                                             Thank you for visiting!

                                                                         Carolyn

A Romantic Mix

Hello everyone,

I am back today with a romantic mix

of  some of my older photos from

around our home and garden.

On a beautiful sunny day in our garden

several years ago now....a bit of Victorian

beauty.

A romantic lunch on the dock by

our pond.

A pretty romantic tea in our sun room.

Our summer balcony

We are in the process of rebuilding the balcony

as after 26 years it needed to be replaced.

I am already dreaming of decorating it for

summer with potted plants again.

Spring bouquets

Our terrace with a romantic summer look

with an old iron bed and a vintage quilt.

Beautiful pink peonies set the stage

for a romantic tea.

Tea time

Do any of you remember this photo of our

Gardener's Cottage?

It has been featured in several magazines

over the years.

Another corner of the Gardener's Cottage.

Tea among the roses.

                                             
                                                Our little Boathouse nook.

                                                

                                                        Time for tea before you go?

                                                         Thank you for your visit and

                                                         I hope you enjoyed a look at

                                                         the past. We are in our brown stage

                                                         right now here on the Island but

                                                         the grass is starting to green up

                                                         and so much beauty is awaiting

                                                         us....can't wait!

                                                                         Take care,

                                                                                 Carolyn

 

                                                           

In the Pink!

Hello everyone,

I hope you are enjoying your weekend.

It turned out to be a snowy day here today

instead of the predicted rain.

I had friends for tea this week and before

setting up for them I played with my dishes

for awhile.

                                                              

Roses linens & lace along with pretty china....

some of my favorite things.

                                                  I hope you enjoy the rest of 

                                                   your weekend and thank you 

                                                   visiting!

                                                                   Take care,

                                                                     Carolyn

Cottage Style by Victoria and I !!!!

                      Hello everyone,

                        I hope you all had a great weekend.

                             As many of you know I have been a fan

                         of the Victoria magazine since it first

                                   came out over 30 years ago and have stacks

                          of issues that I can't seem to part with

                       and enjoy going through all the old

                             issues from time to time. So, I have to

                           confess it has been a long time dream

                              to have our garden featured in Victoria.

                               So, a couple of years ago I was delighted

                                 when that dream came true in the May/

June issue 2017.

                         However, I was even more delighted

                      when I received a copy of Victoria's

            Cottage Style to see our little

                             Gardener's Cottage featured on the cover

                                   and our garden on the back cover along with

                               several pages inside. Thank you, Victoria!

•                           

Victoria Classics

Cottage Style is

out on the shelves

now so you can

check it out.

Enjoy it over a cup of tea!

   And speaking of cottages we enjoyed

some time at our little seaside cottage

this weekend.

Our daffodils are blooming now so

I enjoyed my first bouquet of the

season.

It was a foggy morning at the cottage

so all you can see is fog in this shot

out the window but inside my tea set

is ready for tea time!

Thank you for visiting and I hope

you have a great week.

Carolyn

Lilac Tea at Ocean Song Cottage

     Hello everyone,

It is lilac time here on the Island so

  I have picked a big bouquet to enjoy

with my afternoon tea at our little

Ocean Song Cottage.

We are having some very cool nights with below

freezing temperatures even one night last week

and since we are in a low lying area some of my

lilac blooms were destroyed so I will have to

enjoy the ones that survived. I think the last

time that happened was over 20 years ago.

I love the fragrance as well as the beauty

of lilacs. 

I am using blue and white as my tea time

theme.

There are still some late tulips

blooming in our garden.

I can no longer send my photos over to my blog from

Picasa so it is taking me much longer to load them

from photoshop as I can only send one at a time from there.

Probably there is a faster way that I haven't figured out

yet though.

Is anyone else having that problem with picasa?

Wishing you a lovely week!

Carolyn