Forget Me Nots from Wren Cottage

"Flowers are my music."...Sir Thomas Arnold, d, 1842

2008-05-31T08:28:00.015-04:00

Flowers & Music go so well together, don't you think?...

yep, they are baby grasshoppers :))

Thank you for visiting... :)

in a "Pooh" state of mind

2008-05-27T22:16:00.017-04:00

As I was looking for music for a child's tea party I found this song ( titled Buckinghan on my playlist) and I can't get it out of my head! It is toooo cute and it made me open up my old "when we were very young" pooh book...

and the little song was in the book! I had totally forgotten about it...

loved the illustrations...

and how I can sooo relate to them some days :))

and at the end of the day, no matter how troublesome it has been, it's the little things that make me smile :)

thank you for popping in!

like dear friends to me...

2008-05-16T13:13:00.023-04:00

Flowers are like dear friends, think of the joy you feel when you see an old friend that you haven't seen in years, a hug, a clasp of the hands and you know you are home, a celebration of kindred spirits... such is the feeling when I catch a peek of an unfurling "love-in-the-mist" surrounded by her beautiful lacey foliage, a "poppy" bloom ready to burst out it's hidden treasures, a delicate tendril & fragrance from a "sweet pea", yes, like dear sweet friends, they add unmeasurable joy and priceless beauty to my life. Thank you for stopping by today my friend, so good to see you too! :)

pictures taken today with my very bestest of friends, my dear husband, at our favorite botanical garden, Daniel Stowe...

"Ever since I could remember anything, flowers have been like dear friends to me, comforters, inspirers, powers to uplift and to cheer...every blade of grass that sprang out of the ground, every humblest weed, was precious in my sight... Many thoughts had I of all the flowers I knew; very dear were they, so that after I had gathered them I felt sorry, and I had a safe place between the rocks to which I carried them when they were withered, and hid them away from all eyes, they were so precious even then."

An Island Garden ~ Celia Thaxter

Beachy Cape Cod Cupboard ~~ A whole lot of Talent going on there, trust me :) ~ click here :)

2008-04-28T16:08:00.011-04:00

I am totally enchanted with Louises' Beachy Cape Cod Cupboards' creations! She found me thru other blogs and boy am I GLAD!! She is such a sweetie and oh so talented!! Look at all these beauties I got from her... check out her blog and her etsy "cupboard" for some really one of a kind magical creations!!

I fell inlove with this little spoon brooch she made from an old little ice cream spoon, isn't it so very cute? I have a thing for spoons,lol :)

Another sweet brooch/little bow made from little pieces of forgotten lace, fabric and other pretties

and this beautiful collage with all it's beautiful elements... LOVE IT!

She also sent me a sweetLAVENDER ( my favorite :))sachet in a beautiful floral fabric with an old pearl clip-on earring as the embellishment!
Thank you so much Louise!!! I LOVE Everything!!!

Pussy Willow wakened from her cozy winter nap...

2008-04-13T23:29:00.003-04:00

for the frolicking breeze, on her doorstep would tap.
"It is chilly weather, though the sun feels good;
I will wrap up warmly and wear my furry hood."
Mistress Pussy Willow opened wide her door;
never had the sunshine seemed so bright before.
"Good Morning, Pussy Willow, Welcome to you my dear!"
Never guest was quainter, than when Pussy came to town,
In her hood of silver gray & tiny coat of brown.
Happily little children cried with laughter and shout,
"Spring is coming, coming,
Mistress Pussy Willow's out!"

Dear little Tree that we plant today,

2008-03-31T09:42:00.013-04:00

What will you be when we are old and gray?

The savings bank of the squirrel and mouse,
For robin and wren, an apartment house.
The dressing room of the butterfly's ball,
The locusts and katydids' concert hall.
The schoolboys' ladder in the pleasant June,
The schoolgirls' tent in the July noon.
And my leaves shall whisper them merrily
A tale of the children, who planted me."
~19th C Anonymous~

In the Secret Garden...

2008-03-19T17:02:00.010-04:00

She heard a chirp and a twitter, and when she looked at the bare flower-bed at her left side there he was hopping about and pretending to peck things out of the earth to persuade her that he had not followed her. But she knew he had followed her and the surprise so filled her with delight that she almost trembled a little.

"You do remember me!" she cried out. "You do! You are prettier than anything else in the world!"

She chirped, and talked, and coaxed and he hopped, and flirted his tail and twittered. It was as if he were talking. His red waistcoat was like satin and he puffed his tiny breast out and was so fine and so grand and so pretty that it was really as if he were showing her how important and like a human person a robin could be. Mistress Mary forgot that she had ever been contrary in her life when he allowed her to draw closer and closer to him, and bend down and talk and try to make something like robin sounds... ~ Frances Hodgson-Burnett~

The first picture is the main house in Leu Gardens. It reminded me of Anne of Green Gables ...

2008-03-19T08:35:00.006-04:00

On both sides of the house was a big orchard, one of apple trees and one of cherry trees, also showered over with blossoms; and their grass was all sprinkled with dandelions. In the garden below were lilac trees purple with flowers, and their drizzly sweet fragrance drifted up to the window on the morning wind...

Anne's beauty-loving eyes lingered on it all, taking everything greedily in; she had looked on so many unlovely places in her life, poor child; but this was as lovely as anything she ever dreamed.

L.M. Montgomery
~Anne of Green Gables~

"Creations Under Glass"

2008-02-16T06:57:00.014-05:00

Pearl at A Story Book Life has created a beautiful segment for our delight called, "Creations Under Glass". Click on the title above to go straight there! I wanted to play too, so she kindly added my contribution to her site amongst so many other beautiful creations from other talented gals, like my very talented and dear friend, Tiffany Jane! Pearl's site is overflowing with eye candy and the best advice on anything and everything about the home and she is, as her blog name infers, a marvelous Story Teller! My thanks to Pearl for getting my creative juices flowing last week! Here are some more pictures from a busy week here in Wren Cottage!
You might want to click on the photos to get a closer peek inside the glass! :)
Thank you for dropping by!!

TAKE JOY!

2008-02-15T16:39:00.011-05:00

Those words come from a poem that goes like this:

"There is nothing I can give you which you have not;
But there is much that, while I cannot give, you can take.
No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in it today.
Take Heaven.
No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present instant.
Take Peace.
The gloom of the world is but a shadow; behind it, yet within our reach, is joy.
Take Joy." ~ --Fra Giovanni, A.D. 1513

I first heard the words "Take Joy" from Tasha Tudor... she is an amazing lady, author, illustrator, gardener who lives in Vermont and has chosen to live her life as if she were living in the early 1800's. Her life has fascinated & intrigued me for years now. I've found much inspiration in reading little tid bits about her since she has mostly been a private person. The little information that I have learned about her has endeared her to me and her way of life. Here are some photos I wanted to share from a 1992 Victoria article...

I read on her website they do tours of her gardens! Well, maybe one of these days...:)

May you always find a way to "TAKE JOY" in your life, every day! Thank you for stopping in today!!

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.~Anaiis Nin

2008-02-01T18:35:00.000-05:00

I feel so fortunate to have met so many wonderful girls thru blogland...and thus, so many worlds have been opened to me...Thank you so much for sharing your loves, life,talents & your encouraging words! It really has touched my life and heart, more than words can express... lots and lots of virtual hugs to you all!

my fathers' gifts to me...spirituality, love of family, kindness, unselfishness, hospitality towards all

2007-11-26T20:34:00.000-05:00

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. ~Desmond Tutu

2007-11-26T20:33:00.001-05:00

all dressed up & nowhere to go :) ~ hang tag by Ms Tiffany Jane ~ thank you!!

2007-11-26T20:07:00.000-05:00

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. ~George Eliot

2007-10-23T19:12:00.000-04:00

A very, extra, extra, special THANK YOU to Tiffany for my banner!

2007-10-23T11:01:00.000-04:00

All I had to do is give her my favorite image(the little tea party children), a few of my favorite colors, a few of my favorite things (forget me nots, birds, butterflies & tea)... she sprinkled her twinkly dust and "voila" ~~~ my talented dear, sweet friend created this amazingly beautiful piece of art for me!!! I Love it soooo much!! Take a bow Ms. Tiffany, it's truly a one of a kind work of art, just like you!!! Bravo!!! (tiny hands clapping...clap,clap,clap :)!! )xoxoxoxo

"After"~ That was soooo much fun! Thank you Ms. Tiffany!!

2007-10-23T10:14:00.000-04:00

"Friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil ~ but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small silly presents."
So many things to play with!!! Thank you!!

"Before" ~ Yipee!! treasures from Ms. Tiffany...oh the anticipation!!

2007-10-23T10:08:00.000-04:00

Before...