Gone To The Beach: 10.19.2022

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Autumn Days

Hello hello, and Hello, Autumn. This year we are having a real autumn, quite a thrill---crisp and breezy and fun. Usually it is hot here through mid-November, due to the warm ocean at my doorstep.

I have been adding warm fall touches to the cottage. If you're a longtime visitor you'll see old favorites, though I do move things around a bit.

And sorry for the rumpled sofas, Mo was ''helping'' and he loves to snuggle on a high sofa perch to supervise.

"I'm napping, mom, take that camera somewhere else!''

So, looking around:

Two groups of treasures, not ''stylish'' or minimalist/2022, but mean so much to me. So what if they are tacky dustlovers, they make me happy! I hope everyone does this now and then.

Mrs Tiggywinkle, from my beloved childhood fave book, a thrifted find; Squirrel {Nutkin? also BP character] from my mom, from the Cape Cod thrift shop of the local church Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. She'd stop in there every week, on her way to "Luke's", the liquor shop next door; Ladybug from my grandma, who let little me handle her antique cherished pieces from her home in Alsace, where she travelled back to visit each summer. The ladybug has chips, no doubt from my childish handling, but I have kept her all these years, all these miles and moves.

The backstory is that when I was a very small child through middle school I collected [sparsely] what I called ''chinas''. My parents were quite frugal, but for very rare treats I'd be allowed to choose one for the shelf Daddy made me. Though only Ladybug is from those years, the feeling of collector's joy returns, happy memories.

And, this: a Victorian glass paperweight, with natural woodland scene of acorn cap nest and moss and berries. Gift from my mom, maybe from Illinois flea? She saw a tiny world captured under glass, we found it magical. [TQC mini quilt, a kit that I made and also gave to friends to make, one Christmas.]