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Hello, Welcome to Marcia’s Cottage. I’m so happy to see you today my friend. ♡ Shall we sit down and enjoy the morning with a cup of Chamomile tea. .♡ Alright I confess I’m crazy about our furry kids. How could I not be. .. Each one is so special.  Cami is the baby. ..♡She was a gift. Well. .. actually a mysterious gift. We think someone who couldn’t take care of her decided to drop her off in our neighborhood,  hoping she’d find the perfect home.  BINGO!!!! We are the perfect home! The year Cami arrived, was when I … Read the full blog post →

Hello, Welcome to Marcia’s Cottage. I’m so happy to see you today my friend. ♡Shall we have a cup of Darjeeling….♡ Everthing is so charming here at the Cottage. ..(smile) especially Darjeeling,  the Cottage cat. She magically appeared a few years ago,  stole our hearts, and has been part of our little family ever since. Well. … actually she is now sole proprietor. Yes. ..  The most charming Cottage proprietor you will ever meet.♡ I’m wondering if you have a feline sole proprietor too my friend….♡ Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you have a lovely day my … Read the full blog post →

Hello,  Welcome to Marcia’s Cottage. I’m so happy to see you today. Let’s share a cup of tea.  January has always been my friend. I love it’s early visit…and the opportunity to spend time with this very contemplative, reflective month. Of course it’s really that part of  “myself” that I welcome every year.  And even though the time seems to be passing quickly, there’s still time to dream about the year ahead, and the journey within.  I make a very conscious effort to appreciate all the wonderful and good in my life. .. Oh, and of course I then get … Read the full blog post →

Hello, Welcome to Marcia’s Cottage. I’m so happy to see you today my friend. ♡ One of the greatest  blessings of this new chapter of my life, is now that I’m not “working” I’m doing my own work.  I guess I should explain. Well when I was a teacher I was so busy. . that I actually  PAID someone to clean our little cottage every week.  The blessing of not working is that now I have discovered, I really LOVE the daily up keep of Home.  Yes dear friend you read this correctly.  I LOVE it! I love to wear … Read the full blog post →

Hello, Welcome to Marcia’s Cottage. I’m so happy to see you my friend. I have a fun little trip planned with my kids today.  We are going shopping!♡ Im pretty sure this song was written for me. I ALWAYS wanted a little furry kiddo…♡  This is Teah, Earl, and Cami. Teah is wearing her cute little pink dress. I bought it at a doggy boutique in Santa Barbara years ago.  She was the first dog I ever had.  I think I might have spoiled her a little when I first got her. Well ok…one of my friends did once mention … Read the full blog post →

Hello, Welcome to Marcia’s Cottage.  I’m so happy to see you. Shall we chat a while over tea..♡ This month is  passing by…some days I don’t EVEN know where the day went. Does this happen to you my friend?   If it does,  then we are definitely soul sisters.                       However some mornings when I wake up I look around the room and I think,  How good is this day. I am moved by the light streaming in from a window. ♡ As my eyes scan the walls,  I feel … Read the full blog post →

Hello, Welcome to Marcia Cottage.  I’m so happy to see you my friend.♡ Shall we have some tea? I love this Chintz tea set. Don’t you think the colors are so enchantingly quaint?♡ I also love large beautifully decorated homes…. However my heart and soul always seem to lean toward smaller and the more quaint.♡♡              Quaint is a small wooden Cottage With snuggly nooks filled with sometimes dusty old books.   And tablecloths that your grandmother sewed.            Quaint is candle lit dinners…♡               … Read the full blog post →

Hello,  Welcome to Marcia’s Cottage.  I’m so happy to see you.  How was your weekend? Did you do anything special? I hope so. I’d love to hear about it.♡ I had a fabulous weekend. So far I am moving ahead nicely into 2014. I finished taking all the Christmas lights down. (Do a happy twirl) Well actually I loved the color lights so much. .. that I decided it was alright to leave just one strand. I do love sparkly.♡ With that last little bit of Christmas put away, everything around the Cottage is transitioning into January. Which I’m not … Read the full blog post →

Hello,  Welcome to Marcia’s Cottage.  I’m so happy to see you. I hope your weekend is going well. I was wondering if you have a favorite quote…One of mine is “Life is a journey not a destination” Recently I’ve been on a mission.  Every January I purchase a new journal .♡ Oh I  want to share a little secret with you my friend. .. I’ve kept a daily journal for over 30 years. This might explain how it’s fairly easy for me to have created a blog.  I love stories… Always have. ♡ I found that when I journal about … Read the full blog post →

Hello, Welcome to Marcia’s Cottage.  I’m so happy to see you. Yippee it’s Saturday!                      . Well actually since I stopped teaching a few years ago,  everyday sort of feels like Saturday. (A really, really, BIG wide grin) I still LOVE Saturdays since my husband is home and we usually plan a fun date day…ahhhh…♡ Sometimes we take a train ride to the beach or LA, and then take in lunch or a movie. It’s alot of fun. . And very relaxing. …We have our little Starbucks drink,  and chat away. … Read the full blog post →