Monday, April 19, 2021

A Tale of Two Cottages Part Two



  


      Hello everyone,

             I hope you  had a lovely weekend.

              Today, I am sharing Eventide Cottage the 
          little cottage next door to ours that my
             daughter and family bought the year after 
we bought ours.



          It had been empty for several years and 
it needed a lot of work to make it
    the charming little cottage it is now.


You can relax on the new deck
and enjoy the beautiful
view that is always changing
as the tide comes in and out.


Lots of white paint was
used here as well.





A new deck and several new window as 
well as the garden doors were added.

So nice to see it opened up.


Sailboats going by on beautiful
summer days.


                                            Low tide at our cottages......across the
                                            Strait you can see St. Peter's Island in
                                            the distance.


My husband and I enjoy long walks on the
beach at low tide . I love finding sea glass
to add to my collection.
                                    



You can admire the view from inside too.





A small bathroom with a washer and
an outdoor clothesline for drying your
laundry in the fresh sea air.


The small bedroom has a sliding
barn door and two big windows.



This little corner outside the
kitchen has a breakfast bar
now.


                                                                   

The antique cupboard was a new
addition here last year.

Another new addition is an outdoor shower
for those sandy beach toes or to 
enjoy the stars while showering
on warm summer nights.





The main bedroom....there is another
small bedroom with bunkbeds as well.





Apple blossom time is so pretty


They put new cupboards in the kitchen
and painted them white.

On the other side of the kitchen is the
full size frig and stove with a pantry
cupboard.




Lots of improvements as you can see




As a gardener I love that there are lots of
trees and flowers to enjoy as well.


Eventide will be available for rent for part
of the season this summer......hoping the
covid situation is under control and any
of you that are interested can come
to visit Prince Edward Island this year.

There are more details on my right sidebar
if any of you are interested as well as my
email address.

Thank you for your lovely comments
on Part one of A Tale of Two Cottages.

Maybe I will see you here this summer!

Take care,

Carolyn

Saturday, April 17, 2021

Spring Tea





Happy weekend!

With the arrival of spring here,
we have spent several happy hours
in the garden.

We had some lovely sunny warm days
last week so we took full advantage
of it to clean up the garden .Today,
however it is cool and even a few snow
flurries. So it is a good day to catch up
here on my blog. I know I promised to
do the second part on A Tale of Two
Cottages but other things got in the way
so that will come next 





This time of year I enjoy having
my tea breaks in the sunroom.





It is nice to use pretty china.


Spring tulips and pretty china
lift the spirits!








A chocolate cupcake for a treat.






Just a quick pop in for today, but
I am getting  my next post ready
now too.....the benefit of
a rainy/ snowy day!

Next week there are warmer days
coming so it will back to the garden
for us. It is so nice to have the garden
centres opening up again and to see all
the birds busy in the garden building
their nests and of course the return of
the garden as so many perennials are
popping up and a few  spring bulbs are
starting to bloom!

I hope you have a great weekend,

Carolyn