Summer Living
The month of May signals Spring, and the Coming of Summer,
which incites my soul to make changes in our cottage décor to welcome the warmer days.
… Read More Summer Living
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Author: bluewillowcottage
Wife and Mother, Gardener, Collector of Vintage, and Christ follower... I hope to inspire others to create a beautiful family life. May this blog encourage others to make warm, lasting memories, and may it challenge readers to build a home blessed with the wonderful essence of a joyous life.
Breakfast Bloopers at the Cottage
Instead of wafting bacon aromas going into the bedrooms, the sound of the Fire Alarms and Black, Rolling Smoke awakened my slumbering family. … Read More Breakfast Bloopers at the Cottage
Just What the Doctor Ordered… A Weekend in the Country
We follow three major rules: ride your bike and have fun, treat the community with respect and assume personal responsibility.… Read More Just What the Doctor Ordered… A Weekend in the Country
The Great Escape
Amy Carmichael, missionary to India once said, “In acceptance lies peace.” I truly believe that. When I need to feel great peace, I get very still, pray, and listen. Somehow, God ALWAYS makes it clear to me that deep inside of me, below the crashing turmoil and waves of the pressures around me, there lies a PEACE and a Calm to which I can retreat.… Read More The Great Escape
Beyond Our Expectations
These days with our young children will soon be gone forever, just a wispy memory. … Read More Beyond Our Expectations
One Still, Secret Spot
It is always my conscious choice which secret garden or place I will tend the invisible underbrush holding me back in my own thoughts. I choose not to focus on what is missing from my life but on the abundance that is present…… Read More One Still, Secret Spot
The Recipe for Energy
This breakfast will give you energy to last your whole long morning, give you inspiration to move a whole room full of furniture, give stamina to redesign and restyle your living quarters… Read More The Recipe for Energy
Spring Blessings
Beauty makes me smile from morning to evening… Read More Spring Blessings
A Story about Love and Change
I told Mike I wanted the antlers, NEEDED to have the antlers. Needed something of the poor, innocent creature that gave his life so men could have deer jerky and sausages. My husband just laughed. I wondered what kind of person I had married.… Read More A Story about Love and Change
An Uncluttered Mind
I love the look of open shelving, but I’m afraid I need to stow things behind cupboard doors in order to keep my work surfaces clear, and my mind uncluttered. … Read More An Uncluttered Mind
