Mother's Day Gifts
Wildrose Cottage, our summer retreat, is now open for the
summer months. We spent the last ten days sprucing up the gardens, which were
already bursting with blooms, and setting things in order inside our comfy cottage.
James drove over from PA to visit and brought some lovely Mother’s Day gifts. After
breakfast on the newly added deck that overlooks the ravine, I opened the
packages from James who travels widely and seems to know the things I love. The
thistle bowl is a special treasure, an antique from “Forgotten Treasure Chest”
a shop from his home town in PA. The thistle is Scotland’s
flower (?) and is significant to Scottish culture, a story for another time.
The plate is from Italy
and chosen for my love of roses.
The Scottish thistle filled with roses from "Forgotten Treasure Chest" Easton, PA
WILDROSE COTTAGE
Our summer retreat
WILDROSE COTTAGE
Our summer retreat
In our cottage neighborhood, we have a community garden which is cared for by Doreen. This year she added an antiquated trellis made made from old gates
Bird house in 14 St. gardens
Hollyhocks in 14th St. gardens
If you walk down the ravine from Wildrose Cottage, you will find the Hocking River and in the distance, Standing Stone, the landmark so often referred to in book 1 of my trilogy,
The Wild Rose of Lancaster
Wildrose Cottage in May
I really hate those electric lines!
