The Richness of Life

How was you week? I hope it was good. Any fun plans for the weekend?

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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.

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This past week I’ve been busily working on several projects, creating more of what I see as a vision for our cottage.

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Several trips to the hardware & fabric store for items to continue painting  living room, and kitchen.

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My husband and I agreed that tackling one project a month was reasonable, and civilized. (I got away with a few more, being that I’m not always reasonable) (grin)

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I’m determined to stay very simple in the decor, and yet have a French seaside cottage ambience.

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A few plants were purchased for the kitchen garden window.

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And, a swag was created to go above another smaller window.

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It’s very satisfying to participate in the process.

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As you can imagine, often the process goes in another direction, taking on a life of it’s own.

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I was serendipitiously surprised when our gardener trimmed back our front side yard tree, which now allows a peek view of the river. (itsy bitsy, teeny~tiny peek) This was such joy for me! Let’s face it these days it doesn’t take much to make me happy. Painting, gardening, lunch with a friend, perusing through antique shops, my glorious walks..

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Simple richness of life.

Hope you have fun plans for the weekend. As for me, I’m looking forward to our good friend Jeff visiting from California.

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Marcia
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3 Responses to The Richness of Life

  1. Joe Kuehner says:

    Thank you for such a charming post and enjoy your weekend!

  2. Nancy Coughlin says:

    Love your “little this and that”!!!!!! Makes me feel a ‘little’ guilty because I have a couple of ‘nothing accomplished’ days this week. Nothing specific, I should say. Did manage to read 4 books and have extensive pj time!!!!! Does replacing smoke alarm batteries count? That little beep was very annoying as I was trying to read. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!!! I ran errands today and found some wonderful and appropriate birthday cards for dates that are fast approaching. Special friends need special cards!

    • Marcia ren says:

      Hi Nancy! Thank you for your sweet comments, and for making me laugh! Don’t feel guilty…because reading 4 books and pj’s sounds delightful. And, yes replacing smoke alarm batteries most certainly counts as work. I always tell myself to get organized with my cards…something to work on.

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