Our Cottage Bedroom And Garden News

Hello dear friends! Thank you so much for visiting me. I hope you all are having a wonderful and peaceful weekend! We had such lovely weather today we were able to work in the garden. It was so nice to be out of doors in the fresh cool air with the sun shining and song birds fluttering near us whilst eating the seed I put out for them in the feeders. We were blessed to see and hear one of my favorites, the beautiful White-breasted Nuthatch. We also saw Carolina Chickadees, American Goldfinches, Northern Cardinals and sparrows. I am so thankful for our little bird friends that the Lord has blessed us with, so thankful for this peaceful place of ours in the country. We have been here a little over two years and I love the quite. When we lived in the city it was so loud!

My dear husband and I groomed Pearl the Poodle this morning, I will have to take a picture of her, she looks so pretty. Then we planted two blueberry bushes. I am so excited, and I pray they will do well and provide us with an abundance of blueberries! My husband and son added compost to our raised beds that are empty and worked it in. The soil is looking so much better. Our lettuces, chard, peas, arugula, beets, carrots, green onions, and parsley are all growing and doing well. Thankfully they survived the freezes we have had this past week. It even snowed a little Thursday morning. When I got up the ground was misted in white. It was so lovely. We have been enjoying the lettuces from our garden and the green onions and parsley. The other things are still growing. I will take a photo soon to share with you. I am so excited about spring. The seed catalogs are arriving, and it is so difficult to choose from all the beautiful heirloom veggies and flowers. I hope to order an old pink rose bush soon. Our Rose Cottage by the Lake is in need of more roses!!!



My sweet and thoughtful husband went to the antique store one day after work last week and brought home this old shutter and a basket for me. He is painting the basket white, so I will share a photo when it is finished. I decided to hang a few vintage hankies and a pretty painted sign on the shutter. I thought it may be too tall to sit atop the dresser, but my husband and son liked it, so I think it will stay for now.



This is my antique vanity that we found in a lovely antique store in Texas that a dear friend of mine owns. I enjoy displaying some of my vintage pretties on top of it.




Vintage postcards, a few poodle figurines and a photo of my sweetie pie son when he was just a little boy. Children grow up so fast. I can hardly believe he is a young man of 13. I treasure everyday with him and enjoy all the time we spend together. We love to read the Bible, G.A. Henty and Ballantyne books the best. History is our favorite thing to learn about.



I have had this Bible since I was a little girl, and it is starting to fall apart, so I have it on my vanity with an old pair of lace gloves and a knitted purse. It reminds me, like the vintage hankies do, of a time when ladies always wore gloves and hats. I have seen a photo of my grandmother when she was a young lady wearing a hat, gloves, shoes with purse to match and a beautiful dress. She looked so pretty and feminine.




You can see our Victorian shaving mug collection on this shelf. My sweet friend Karen that owns the antique store in Texas told me that when gentlemen would go to the barber for a shave the shaving mugs would be lined up on a shelf and they would know their own shaving mug by the roses on it. Isn't it wonderful that something so beautiful was used simply for a man's shave?



Last week we purchased a can of pink paint to paint the wall behind our bed. This is the before photo and I will share the after once it is finished. I saw a lovely bedroom in a magazine and one wall behind the bed was painted pink. It was so pretty. My husband is a dear to allow so much pink and my little annie dolls here and there. He is so kind and good-natured and always encourages me in everything I do. Isn't it wonderful to hear a kind word? It reminds me how words are very important and I must choose what I say carefully. Two verses that I have been memorizing are:

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Proverbs 18:21

and

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. Proverbs 12:18

I desire to speak life and health into my husband, son and others. May the Lord help me to use my words wisely and to build up others... which makes me think of this verse.

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. Proverbs 14:1

May the Lord help me to be a wise woman too, as I cannot do anything apart from Him! (John 15:5)



In my previous post of forgot to share a full view of my laundry room. Can't you just see a shelf above the window with a few things displayed on it and how about three more vintage plates on the opposite side of the window, and a nice rug on the floor? I also need to make some tiebacks for my curtains!

Thank you all for your sweet comments about my laundry room. It is a very pleasant room to do laundry in, and I am very thankful for it. In our previous home my laundry room was in the garage, like some of you shared that yours was, so I do understand. When we purchased this home, one of the things we were so happy about was that the laundry room was inside!

I hope you all have a wonderful Lord's day tomorrow, many blessings to each of you!