Ready For Guests

Next Wednesday my Sister arrives from Canada. 

The guest room is ready!

It's been nearly 3 years since Sue was here with us in Kansas

but this will be her first visit since we've moved to the farm. 

The last time she was here we lived in the big old Victorian

in town....now we're here in the country

in our tiny cozy farm cottage. 

I'm excited to see her

and the wonderful friends who are dropping her off

while they continue on to Tulsa Oklahoma.

She'll be here for two weeks...

lots of time to yack...shop...explore...did I mention yack?

;-)

See this pretty quilt?

One of my favorite Bloggers gave it to me!

She said she thought of me when she saw it...

how cool is that.

Thank you my friend...I LOVE it!

It's perfect.

The pattern and colors are gorgeous.

I have a fluffy Canadian goose down comforter 

that I put at the foot of her bed

although I doubt she'll get

cold as she can see the wood stove

from her bed.

I LOVE that floral pattern and I love the lilac color.

The little black dress...pinafore apron and hat

and hanger was made by Amish

not far from us.

Sweet Dreams Sis...

we'll see you soon!

Are you having company over the holidays?

It's all in the details

It's been much too hot to take pictures outside

and to tell you the truth 

there isn't much to see out there

as everything is struggling 

just to stay alive.

So...

I thought I'd go through my old

photo's to see what I had

that you might find

interesting. 

Some of you have seen these

photo's before but I

thought I'd post

them again for those who

may have missed them.

These first two photo's 

are of the embroidered

sheer panels I 

bought at JC Penny

years ago when we renovated

our cottage in the city. 

We then bought a huge

Victorian house

in a small farming town

in the country.

I never used the panels there and

almost sold them at our 

garage sale

when we bought our 

cottage in the country.

I was surprised to see how perfect

they were!

They are very well made and have

lovely embroidery all over them.

This is a broach that an elderly

neighbor made for me years ago.

It's heart shaped and covered with 

antique buttons.

Above and below is part of an

antique dresser set I have

on my old oak dresser.

My favorite tea pot.

Above is the dresser set sitting

on the old oak dresser I actually 

bought as a vanity for our 

bathroom renovation.

It didn't work out in there 

but it worked perfect in our bedroom.

Here's a few old photo's 

of the details on this dresser.

The dresser now sits in the corner

to the left.

This is a photo of our bed taken last 

winter.

Even though it's going to be

105 today

AGAIN

I still want to climb into it.

With the ceiling fan blasting on me!

Above are pillows 

that I found at garage sales

in the city.

This beautiful duvet cover 

was given to me by our neighbors

when we lived in the city.

They had never used it!

So there you have it.

I hope you've enjoyed seeing some of the 

details from around the

cottage.

Have a wonderful weekend and stay cool!

Maura :)

Welcome Guests!

It's that time of year when many of us

look forward to traveling and 

visiting friends and

relatives.

Or

we look 

forward to receiving 

friends and relatives that we

haven't seen for a while.

Our guest room is ready :)

It's a cute room with lots of light

on the south west corner of the cottage.

The lamp on the left was my gr-grandmothers

This room is right off the living room

and right next to ours through 

that door on the left.

I know...but it locks!

What's neat about our little

cottage is that every 

bedroom (3) has two doors.

This is wonderful for air circulation 

both in the summer and winter

and every room except the

laundry room/back porch 

has a ceiling fan.

You need that here in Kansas

as it gets VERY hot.

When triple digit temperatures

are here...like now...

you really appreciate that air movement.

Yes we do have central air conditioning :) 

This pretty rose sign

hung above our

front porch

in the city. 

Never thought I'd see the 

day that sign would come down

 and end up in a farm cottage in the

country.

So glad it did!

Love the details on this 

vintage lamp

I bought in the small town 

near us.

This room looks out to the lilac 

grove that runs along 

the lane

to the cottage.

It also looks out onto the

Annabelle Hydrangea's

that grow along the front of the cottage.

I found this chair years ago at a garage sale

in the city. I meant to re-paint it

but I just can't bring myself to do it.

Maybe one day.

Above is a little hand made

Amish girls dress pinafore apron and cap

that I bought near the

Amish community not

far from us.

Even the hanger is hand made.

This is the Edwardian wedding sheet

I bought at the big 

Flea Market

not far from us this spring.

If we have company I will remove

this sheet which I just put

on top of a regular ruffled

sheet.

The pillow is a garage sale find.

Have you got your guest room ready?

I'm linking this week with Cielo

at

House In The Roses

for

Show Off Your Cottage Monday

I hope you have a WONDERFUL week!

Maura :)

Hibernation Isn't Just For Bears

(Summer At The Cottage)

HIBERNATION

The internet described hibernation this way...

"To hibernate is to go into seclusion and sleep/rest

for an indeterminate amount of time,

sometimes days, weeks or even longer."

This is exactly what I feel like doing right about now.

The weatherman is predicting freezing rain tonight

and a 100% chance of blowing snow tomorrow

and a high of 18F

with a chance of more snow on Wednesday.

I'm beginning to feel like the fellow below!

(Internet)

I feel like I just want to crawl into my nice cozy bed

and cover up with one of these....

(Country Living)

(Country Living)

I don't know if it's just me or maybe a lot of

you are feeling the same way.

It seems like this has been a very cold

and misserable winter for most of us...

especially those of you in the upper

mid-west and north east.

This cold weather makes me want to go

back to bed after doing chores

and stay there while supper

simmers in the slow cooker.

I know spring isn't far off but in the meantime

I thought I'd share some cozy places

that would be wonderful to

'hibernate' in.

(Better Homes And Gardens)

(Layla Grayce)

(Layla Grace)

(Country Living)

(Country Living)

(Country Living)

(Country Living)

(Country Living)

(Shabby Chic)

Even this little fellows bed looks like a cozy place

to curl up for the night/day...

for days...weeks...or even longer

until SPRING finally

returns.

Until then...stay warm and safe.

Are you feeling the same way?

Maura :)