I wiped away the weeds & foam. / I fetched my sea-born treasures home... Ralph Waldo Emerson







Wednesday, July 2, 2025

The Blue and White Cottage ~ 4th of July

 


Hi everyone! Posting a bit early because of the holiday weekend. No one is home reading blogs, hahaha, when they could be out eating hot dogs and drinking beer.
This year the house has quietly subsided into its blue and white persona.




I am not decorating for the upcoming patriotic holiday.  Gone are the days when we could so exuberantly wave our  beloved flag, when this was a holiday filled with parades! fireworks! houseful of kids and friends---excitement and joy. Just a fave tiny TQC project flag that stays out most of the year.


Some little colorful touches here and there.



I've used my red/white/blue Stars quilt for more years than I can tell you, before my kids were born, since I was a young unmarried New York girl? It was a find at a PA flea, the binding is, oddly, woven garment labels that say Made in Canada. This year I used the soft pink and blue quilt instead. A rescue I completed also long ago.



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Mo is doing okay. He goes out at least once a day for a quiet ramble, temperature and humidity permitting.

Or he snores in front of any fan or AC he can find. "This is the life, mommy!". I think he is content. Zzzzz.


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The first deck garden flowers have bloomed! 


I am thrlled with these fancy Zinnias, below/ upper right.


The cosmos and coreopsis will bloom soon too. The marigolds are starting.



Fountain is up and running. I still have the notion birds will visit for fresh water, but year three and no visitors.

The Beach Days Memories scroll is done except the label. I hope to find extra hands to help me film it unrolling???

Have a good holiday, back soon.


love
lizzy
gone to the beach....




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8 comments:

  1. Everything is just gorgeous.

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  2. Lovely blue and white themed decorations this year--I have to agree about the flag waving--so sad but its meaning has definitely altered....
    Glad to see Mo up and about for his little walkies...;)))
    I hope your upcoming weekend is good. We will be at home and hopefully sitting on the deck enjoying some cooling breezes.
    Hugs, Julierose

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  3. It's always fun to see how you decorate for each season and holiday, especially your antique quilt rotation. It will be a very quiet holiday here too, no company expected and we won't be going anywhere either. Wish we had a beach near by. I'd love to see the ocean again.

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  4. So good to see Mo out and about. I do enjoy the photos of the beach, does the sand ever get blown and cover the boardwalk? How lovely to live by the sea, the air is so fresh.
    Did my email arrive?
    Best wishes to you and a hug for Mo.
    Jean.

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  5. I'm considering displaying our flag upside down, signal of distress.

    I also got 2 lights like your solar dandelions and am enjoying them to a ridiculous degree. Now if I can find a sunny place outside not too close to the street (where I suspect they would disappear into the car of a passing admirer..). Love to dear Mo.

    Ceci

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  6. Your home is always so beautifully decorated with such lovely things. Mine - HAH - looks like a bomb has hit it and living room especially, strewn with Rosie's toys and books, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

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  7. Your scroll is lovely. The blue and white theme feels very peaceful - just what we need these days.

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