Monthly Archives: February 2016

Chinese New Year Celebration in Jacksonville

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Marcia Ren

Hi Everyone! I wanted to share a recent event I attended in Jacksonville, Oregon. I can see why this charming town has been called “One of America’s Top  10 Coolest Small Towns” and embodies everything what the good life is all about. While staying at the McCall House in Ashland, I took the beautiful scenic drive to Jacksonville to experience the Chinese New Year Celebrations. The 20 minute drive allowed me to arrive just in time to experience the kick off parade at 10:30. Even though this is the year of the Monkey, the parade had lions, dragons, gongs, local … Read the full blog post →

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Tea for One & a Tour

Posted on February 25, 2016 by Marcia Ren

Hello, Welcome to Marcia’s Cottage by the Sea. ♡ I’m so happy to see you today my friend. ♡ Shall we have a little tea. ♡  How was your week? Do you have any fun plans for this last weekend in February? It’s late as I write up today’s post. I’ve been getting ready for a weekend getaway. Joe has a conference in Ashland, and I decided to go along for fun. While he’s roughing it camping, I will be hanging out at my favorite B&B. The McCall House. I’ve written a post on it before.https://marciascottagebythesea.com/love-be-go/ I had such a … Read the full blog post →

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Downton S6E8

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Marcia Ren

I have always enjoyed bananas. How about you? This last episode of Downton Abbey reminded me of bananas. There were quite a few crazy things going on. Perhaps, I should bake up banana bread. Any chance you have a great banana recipe that you’d like to share? Please post it if you do. Bananas came into play during this last episode…no worries, I’m not going to spoil it for you. However, I am sorry to have to spoil the fun, but there is only one episode left of Downton Abbey. It is the traditional 2 hour Christmas special that I … Read the full blog post →

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A Wonderful Visit

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Marcia Ren

Hello, Welcome to Marcia’s Cottage by the Sea. ♡ I’m so happy to see you today my friend. ♡ Shall we have a little tea. ♡ Thought I’d drop in on this beautiful Sunday evening. Our friend Jeff left a few hours ago. We had a fabulous weekend. He arrived on Friday evening,  so we decided to go out for dinner. I had prepared a huge pot of lentil vegetable soup. However,  he preferred treating us. That’s the kind of guy he is.  Anyway, we stayed up past everyone’s bedtime chatting away. Saturday morning I had prepared cranberry scones, then … Read the full blog post →

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The Richness of Life

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Marcia Ren

How was you week? I hope it was good. Any fun plans for the weekend? There’s nothing like working on a project, to lose track of time. With that being said, if anyone knows what happened to the month of February please let me know. This past week I’ve been busily working on several projects, creating more of what I see as a vision for our cottage. Several trips to the hardware & fabric store for items to continue painting  living room, and kitchen. My husband and I agreed that tackling one project a month was reasonable, and civilized. (I got away with … Read the full blog post →

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Downton 6E7

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Marcia Ren

It’s hard to believe there are only 2 episodes left of DA. I guess I should start polishing my silver. Oh, wait…I don’t own any silver. And, just between “us” I am preparing myself for the finale that will air on March 6th. Julian’s next project will be focusing on the millionaire titan of New York in The Gilded Age.  I most certainly will get hooked on that too. Tonight’s DA bookclub was held at Lori’s cottage. Yes, another adorable cottage that I was able to experience. pinchmepinchmepinchme. Lori’s home is outside of town, and nestled in the woods. Surrounded … Read the full blog post →

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The Heart of Friendship

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Marcia Ren

Hello, Welcome to Marcia’s Cottage by the Sea. ♡ I’m so happy to see you today my friend. ♡ Shall we have a little tea. ♡ “Friendship is one of the sweetest joys of life.” ~ Charles Spurgeon Well, I have to say if I have a weakness when it comes to food, without a doubt , the answer is bread. I love the aroma of fresh-baked bread. There’s a wonderful bakery here where I live. I often stop by and purchase some sort of bread treat. It’s not uncommon for me to eat bread everyday. It may be a small … Read the full blog post →

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Downton 6E5

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Marcia Ren

  It’s Saturday evening, and I have just returned from another DA bookclub group. No reading. Just eating, & watching. And, this evening we hopped on over to Deborah’s lovely cottage  in the woods. So fun, and I’m feeling very lucky to have been invited to be part of this lovely gathering of friends here on the coast. This was my first time at Debra’s home, so of course I snapped up a few photos. The food was especially yummy this evening. One of the ladies prepared a yummy frittata. She mentioned  that she had recently visited Spain, and took … Read the full blog post →

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Languages of Love

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Marcia Ren

You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.~ Amy Carmichael Hello February, the love month. The store aisles are filled with red hearts, hearts on teddy bears, hearts on boxes of cards. Just recently I saw exercise equipment with hearts on it. There are many ways to speak Love. I’ve shared in previous posts that our cottage living room is getting  a cottage make-over. I envision it as French seaside. Light blues, pops of red, and of course it has to have white painted floors. And, without going into too many details, I mostly want to emphasize that … Read the full blog post →

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