I did a little guerrilla gardening last weekend; ripping out dessicated fern fronds, blackberry brambles and excessive quantities of Oregon grape. I barely made a dint. Though only a quarter acre, the bio-mass surrounding our little place is astonishing.
Behind us are some very old and parlous alders and birches that will have to come out this year. [...]
Archive for January, 2008
What to do about the Big Bamboo?
Posted in cottage, gardening, tagged bamboo, cottage, gardening, plant identification on January 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Tealight Green and an Afternoon of Parlour Games
Posted in bedrooms, closet, cottage, renovation, tagged closet, cottage, renovation, shelving on January 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The boys had a Pro-D this past Friday, so we had the weekend earmarked for the cottage. Once again, the van was full to the brim with lots of odds and ends plus a lovely old desk made for my mom, when a little girl, by my carpenter grandfather. It was a cold day, but it [...]
Saturday Work Party and Boot Rescue
Posted in bedrooms, closet, cottage, renovation, tagged bedroom, closet, cottage, renovation on January 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The past week was one of the wettest I can remember, and my winter boots had been left at the cottage, so I suffered. On the positive side, it gave me an excuse to get back there sooner than planned, since there is no shortage of dirty weather in the forecast. Cottager and I pushed off at 6 [...]
Into the Closet
Posted in bedrooms, closet, cottage, renovation on January 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have inadvertently stumbled a degree further into blog compentency with the result that apostrophes and question marks now do my bidding. On we go.
Here are a few basic facts about the cottage, with some pictures to follow as soon as I can figure out how to ‘optimize’ them. The original building was one room dating from about the [...]
-Cottager’s wife is a very pretty part I assure you…. – Tom Bertram, Mansfield Park
Posted in Jane Austen, cottage, gardening, quilting, renovation, tagged cottage, gardening, Jane Austen, quilting, renovation on January 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A few weeks ago we picked up the keys to our new cottage property. It won’t be difficult to guess, over time, where it is, since I plan to be quite indiscreet. My husband - hereafter Cottager - was much keener on this particular property than I was, and I let him make the call, if you can imagine [...]
