My Spring Garden Tool Box

I am always so happy to be planting at this time of year.  My chippy tool box

that was filled with bunnies and eggs for Easter, is now being used to tote

around seeds and plants for the garden.

I just stopped at my local co-op to pick up a flat leaf parsley plant.

My herb garden is just off our back porch and it's always such a joy to

snip fresh herbs for cooking.  I add parsley to everything I can.

I picked up some organic heirloom lettuce.  I plan to fill the old whisky barrel with

lettuce this spring.  Much cheaper than buying lettuce at the store.

 Oh and our bank has been handing out wild flower seeds.  What a sweet idea and 

what fun to sprinkle around!

It is raining very softly right now.  If I put on my gardening clogs and a hat I 

should be fine to plant for a bit.  Oh how I love the spring.  Despite the fact

that I already have a big blister on the palm of my hand from yesterday's

gardening chores, I am bandaged and ready to get out there again.

Shear joy!

Please remember to visit Marty for

Table Top Tuesday

and Linda for

Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays

Bentley actually likes to nibble on the herbs in our garden.

He is my little canine gourmand!

Hugs,

Susan and Bentley

There's a New Roo in Town!

Watch out Thelma!

Move over King Strut!

There's a new Roo at Ash Tree Cottage and he's a nifty thrifty looker

who is currently on my table top before he makes his way to his new

roost as the back porch doorstop.  Quite the looker don't you think?

I love a good bargain and he will really come in handy keeping the wind from

slamming the back door shut!

Joining

Table Top Tuesday





What do you think Bentley ~ don't you love the way I keep adding hens and
roos to the cottage?

Hugs,
Susan and Bentley

Shopping the Cottage ~ Blue and White

As many of you know, I have started a few big re~decorating

projects at the cottage.

I am painting

Installing some new architectural elements

Searching for new fabrics and more.

It all gets a bit pricey ~ so I shop the cottage.

Since I love blue and white, I'm pulling out tea pots,

tea cups, lamps and more to re~arrange

and have some fun creating new vignettes.

Blue and white always looks so clean and fresh!

I am using what I have to be as nifty and thrifty as possible.

After I finish the latest "honey do list", I think I'll relax

with a cup of tea and...

Pay a visit to these fun Tuesday Parties:

Table Top Tuesday

Tea Cup Tuesday

(at Artful Affirmations and Martha's Favorites)

Tea Time Tuesday

Tea Pot and Tea Things Tuesday

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday

and

Three or More Tuesday

What's that Bentley? Writing your autobiography was exhausting

and you need a tummy rub??

For you Bentley ~anything!!

Love,

Susan and Bentley

xxoo

Beach Dreams

I love the sea and it is my dream to one day have a little cottage near the sea. A place to walk along the sand, collect shells and listen to the waves roll ashore. So until the day that I do have that little cottage by the sea, whenever I find something that reminds me of a coastal cottage, I put it aside for the future. Like this sweet painting of a seaside village.

And a nautical lamp I found at a thrift store and painted white.

And a few shells that Bentley and I collected on our last trip to the Oregon Coast. I'm linking up with Marty for Table Top Tuesday and Linda's Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays.

Bentley, come sit in my lap and we will look at photos from our last trip to the coast!

Love,

Susan and Bentley

xxoo