Happy Thanksgiving!
The last of the roses from the garden, apple pie, and pecan chocolate chip. Happy Thanksgiving Cottage Fix friends!! xoxo Sally
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blush painted dresser in Annie Sloan Antoinette chalk paint
Salutations! I’m blogging in today under sunny skies and crisp fall air. After two full days of showers and steady rain, the change is so welcome. This was my grandma’s dresser that she used in her sewing room to store fabrics and threads, buttons and such. I spent many hours plopped down on her sewing room floor watching her sew and flipping through her encyclopedia Britannica collection. Do you remember those? Now I wish I would’ve payed closer attention to […]
Read More...birthday flowers and a winner
All good things going on here today. It’s my birthday, I’m showing off my birthday flowers, and there’s a winner from last weeks give-away. I had my son pick a number and he chose number two. Kelly from The Essence Of Home, it’s you. I hope you enjoy your new yoga mat as much as I do mine. I brought home pink and yellow roses for my birthday week. We like to claim the entire week, sometimes even the whole month. Hmm… I […]
Read More...apple picking on Carter Mountain
Salutations! Last weekend we took the family on a day trip to pick fresh Fuji apples on Carter Mountain in Charlottesville, Virginia. Our teenage son has been hoping to go apple picking for the past couple of fall seasons and we kept putting it off because it’s a little over a two hour drive. We’re more of a one hour day trip kind of family, but we powered through. Grin. It was well worth the long trek! The drive was […]
Read More...rainy day projects and Paisley’s fall crochet
What a long wet rainy day. Doesn’t the first Monday after the time change seem to go on forever! I always have a hard time adjusting to the time change, I’m like a toddler I guess. My internal clock just keeps on ticking — I’m hungry for lunch at ten AM and ready for lights out by 8 at night. Paisley is enjoying her new fall crochet sweater on this long soaker of a Monday. I couldn’t resist sharing it with […]
Read More...shabby door with Parisian Gray chalk paint
Well hello there Cottage Fix friends! It’s been busy for me here this week, partly because Mr. Manly is away on business so I’m doing his chores too. He really helps out more than I thought around here. I hope he doesn’t see that I said that! And partly because whenever he goes out of town, I like to keep myself busy with shenanigans of the painting and shopping variety. Some of my best online purchases were made when Mr. […]
Read More...rosemary and onion focaccia bread
Hola Cottage Fix friends! I’m trying my best to focus on blogging while there’s a warm rosemary and onion focaccia bread waiting for me in the other room. It’s hard. This is one of those recipes I think about often, it’s simple and so delicious. It’s full of fresh flavors, but rich enough to really satisfy if you’re craving something more indulgent. When your out of ideas for the perfect potluck take-along appetizer, this focaccia recipe also travels so well. […]
Read More...my farmhouse bench poses as a coffee table
Good morning Cottage Fix friends! I’m blogging in today under sunny autumn skies, although the temperature dipped down into the low thirties last night. It’s unseasonably cool here for this time of year. Let’s just say I found myself sitting on one of the warm radiators this morning listening to them creak and crack back to life after a long summer’s break. I love radiator heat, it’s so cozy.We started our first fire of the season last night, complete with […]
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