Glimpses

 

The other morning I went out before it was light to walk around enjoying the beginning of a new day.  Looking at our cottage, I caught glimpses into the life inside.

Colorful, cozy, home sweet home.

Looking into the kitchen through the French door, which is main entry into cottage.

If you head south, this is the living room window. We had these two windows and my husband made a frame for them out of plywood, and we would put this in the west bedroom window before we put an awning up on that side, to help deflect the afternoon sun. I put it in the east living room window, (driveway side) for more privacy and a nicer, comfier feeling for me. The difference in lighting is that there’s a stained glass light hanging on the other side of the top window.

Taken a few minutes ago with morning sun shining in through trees outside.

This is on the south side of the cottage, living room window. Since this faces the street, I don’t have the blinds open yet. We are all shrubbed in and there are gates locked, but I close these when it’s dark out. It feels better.

I took this photo when it got lighter.  The little heart in the stick of wood was one of the last little gifts from my husband.  He had been cutting wood out in his workshop, and found this heart (knot) inside and brought it to me telling me to close my eyes and hold out my hands. He then placed the stick in my hands.  It is precious to me.

The stained glass window is from Karen and Carl of Quarry Gardens, also precious to me.

Still on the south side of cottage, this is looking into my space from the front little patio.

This is the south bedroom window.  You can barely see the stained glass in the window there. It’s behind a bougainvillea.

This is from inside when it was lighter out.  These are two matching stained glass windows, broken in places, and we got these cheap, many, many years ago. I have them overlapped to fit the space, which makes an interesting pattern down the middle.

Now, we’re on the east side of the cottage again, just north of the French door.  This is looking into the scullery.  My dear husband bought me the top stained glass window for my birthday many years ago.  The birds and flowers in the center are a reverse painting on the glass.  Very sweet.

The bottom little stained glass piece is from a wild life sanctuary in upstate N.Y.

Now we’re on the north side of cottage, looking into the scullery from the secret garden. You can see into the kitchen on the other side of where the tea pots are sitting, and then through the archway into the living room.

A little glimpse once again into Plum Cottage. It is packed with love and lots of memories made by two people who came together as teens, married and grew more in love, as the years passed.

These next photos are of a heart my DH made from a piece of the Melaleuca tree that came down in either Hurricane Wilma, or in Frances and Jean the year before. The inscription on the back says a lot and means a lot to me.

Thank you again for your love, prayers, hugs and support. Grieving is an ongoing and growing process. I’m just taking it one day at a time, with God’s healing, love, and peace surrounding and flowing through me.

Here is the link to a post I posted in my other blog yesterday.  I found the writing on a widow/widowers blog and it spoke to my heart.

http://thecontinuingjourney.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-letter-from-your-spouse.html

Have a lovely weekend ~ FlowerLady