Monthly Archives: February 2014

Hello, Welcome to Marcia’s Cottage. I’m so happy to see you today my friend. ♡ Shall we have some tea. ..♡ I’m delighting in a comfy beautiful Sunday morning. …♡ I have just finished reading a book by Norman Vincient Peale. The book contains many of his sermons on positive thinking.  When my husband lived in New York,  he heard Mr. Peale give a sermon at the Marble Colligiate Church. How lucky is that! Anyway, I’m thinking that perhaps many of today’s authors on positive thinking got some of their ideas from good old Norman. And that they took much … Read the full blog post →

Hello, Welcome to Marcia’s Cottage. I’m so happy to see you today my friend. ♡ Shall we have a cup of tea. ♡ I am on a learning quest. I am  learning many things about what makes me happy. I’m getting very educated too! (BIG smile) It may sound crazy what I’m about to say, but sometimes I pretend I’m a little detective… searching and discovering the simple joys in life. Today I’m looking forward to perusing a new vintage market mall. I have learned that taking mini creative excursions (that’s what I call them) make me HAPPY! I love … Read the full blog post →

Hello, Welcome to Marcia’s Cottage. I’m so happy to see you today my friend. ♡ Shall we have a cup of tea. ♡ This is a vintage teacup with a little lucky jade tree plant. Can I share a little secret my friend.. Today is a lucky day! It was 10 years ago today that escrow closed on The Honeymoon Cottage. .aka..Marcia’s Cottage.(grin, with fluttering eyelashes) These two pages are from a little book that was put together several years ago when our home was part of a Vintage Home Tour. That was a fun day. It was also a … Read the full blog post →

Hello, Welcome to Marcia’s Cottage. I’m so happy to see you today my friend. ♡ Shall we have a little tea. I enjoy making beautiful flower arrangements out of almost anything…somehow I often am reminded of my father, because he had the gift of seeing life’s possibilities too.♡ He was also the most giving man.  One time I was with him in Las Vegas, and as we were walking into a casino, a homeless man asked him for money… and my father replied to him “tell you what. . I’m going inside and will be playing cards for a few … Read the full blog post →

Hello, Welcome to Marcia’s Cottage. I’m so happy to see you today my friend. How was your weekend… Did you do something special. I hope so! Shall we have a little tea. ..♡ I think this ceramic heart cup is adorable. Don’t you..♡ This morning when I went downstairs I noticed that my husband had left me this sweet note. I thought it was very thoughtful. Almost every morning I’m greeted by a sweet little message. A very simple loving gesture. Like the other afternoon when I went to pick up our mail, there was a small little package sticking … Read the full blog post →

Hello,  Welcome to Marcia’s Cottage.  I’m so happy to see you today. Shall we have a cup of tea. ..♡ Recently my husband and I attended a workshop that a friend was presenting. It was a wonderful day. It was held up in the mountains. What an enlightening day we had. During the day the speaker asked each of us to “write” about anything for 10 minutes. For some reason I started thinking about quilts, and how our life is Similar. ♡ Bits and pieces of love, sorrow, and joy all stitched, and woven beautifully together in good times and … Read the full blog post →

Hello, Welcome to Marcia’s Cottage. I’m so happy to see you today my friend. ♡Shall we have some tea. ..♡ We have the most adorable squirrels living in the trees surrounding our Cottage. There have been days when I just enjoy watching them go from tree to tree. This is Harvey. .. He’s crazy about Pearl. ♡ And this is Pearl. ..She adores Harvey…♡ They spend hours high fly jumping around the many trees that surround our little cottage.♡ Their primary residence is this Mulberry tree. . However, because they are smart and savvy do own several time shares…♡ Now … Read the full blog post →

Hello, Welcome to Marcia’s Cottage. I’m so happy to see you today my friend. ♡ Shall we have a little tea. ♡ I love this dainty pink cherry blossom teacup. … its perfect for a tea party celebration. ..♡ Every season of the year brings with it possibilities for celebration. Opportunities to celebrate old traditions and begin new ones, to enjoy each other and the lives we have been given. For me that’s the purpose of holidays in the first place: to punctuate the year with celebration.Valentines Day is packed with possibilities for celebrating the special people in my life.♡ … Read the full blog post →

Hello, Welcome to Marcia’s Cottage. I’m so happy to see you today my friend. ♡ Shall we have a little tea. ..♡ Aren’t these cute. ..I think they look like painted raindrops….♡ I was THRILLED to wake up to rain early this morning. Well. .. I’m not sure if it was raining, but there were definitely early morning sprinkles. ♡ These last couple of days I’ve been lovingly tending the Cottage garden. I love to plant, plunk in, prune, and water. ♡ I consider myself a gardener of life, my way to appreciate the sunshine while it lasts, but also … Read the full blog post →