For many years, Saint Valentine’s Day has been my favorite holiday. I love the unabashed sentimentality of it all. I love the sweet treats and pretty presents. I used to do a ladies tea party at my house with little pink cakes and a table full of scraps, ribbons, stickers etc to make homemade valentines […]
Christmas season 2020 has been both weird and wonderful. Many lovely traditions cancelled or modified to the point of , “Why bother?”. I’m sorry but virtual Nutcracker does nothing for me. The same goes for a “skype” cookie exchange!! Call me a Scrooge or a party pooper but there it is… That all being said, […]
Once again, as we approach Thanksgiving, I feel compelled to focus and dwell upon my many blessings and gifts. This has not been an easy year. At times I feel anxiety and depression due to all the chaos we have experienced as a country. I am by nature a lover of security and safety and […]
Independence Day is nearly here so I decided to do a bit of decorating to celebrate.
Himself and I have begun the arduous task of taking down, sorting out, and storing all the Christmas stuff. Hubby heard a snowstorm may be brewing so he got ambitious yesterday and took down houselights and little light up snowman (Leonard) in the front garden. While, I began disassembling Christmas on the inside. Every room […]
It has been a very busy and event filled month here at Stone Porch Cottage. We missed the first week as we were traveling in Spain. This meant a mad scramble to get decorated as soon as we returned. Then, the usual December rounds of events including the little Nutcracker performance I enjoy every year, […]