The cozy living room in the old house I have been blogging about

I so enjoyed all of the candles and the stones on the fireplace The door to the right of the fireplace was gigantic and led to the porch.

a Fantastic snack or lunch!

This was so great I had to blog it here. Gluten free raisin toast with honey, topped with sliced apple (Fuji) and sprinkled with cinnamon and a bit more honey!! WOW.

Plus a hot cup of coffee in my remembrance mug of one of my favorite places!

inside pictures of an old home in CT

I am going to show a couple of pictures from the inside of a house that I showed a week or so ago. You will have to excuse the people in the photo--I should have waited until they left the room!  This guy named John refurbishes old homes and decorates them. I enjoyed this old table and the way he painted the bottom black to match the chairs.

This is the house from the outside in case you didn't see the post This dining area was a happy green color. This cabinet was in the dining room too==it seemed happy to me! It also had pretty wood floors I will show more pics on another day. Don't you just love old homes?

Don't you enjoy the ceiling???? And those wooden doors?

poem on reading by Stevens/ getting lost when you read

This poem expresses how I feel so often when I am reading---you get so into the book!

American Poet Wallace Stevens:

The house was quiet and
the world was calm.
The reader became the
book; and summer night

Was like the conscious
 being of the book.
The house was quiet and
the world was calm.

The words were spoken as
if there was no book,
Except that the reader
leaned above the page,

Wanted to lean, wanted
much to be
The scholar to whom his
 book is true, to whom

The summer night is like a
perfection of thought.
The house was quiet
because it had to be

Visiting an Old home in Ellington , CT

 I grew up near this town. On a recent trip to the North I spent time with family. We had the opportunity to see this cool oldish home. It was built at the turn of the 20th century (early 1900's). It is situated in farm country near a stream. I am going to do some posts on this home. It has been restored and decorated by a lone guy named John who does this for his living.


John is the guy with the red hat. He has a lot of talent!! This house is for sale and includes the furniture, 3 acres of land, a stream, a guest house and a huge carriage house. Notice--the roof is slate!



The picture above is the carriage house. The back of the house faces this corn field

Inside of the home, most of the ceilings look like this picture above.  This is just a tease--I will show inside pictures another day.  Below is the ice house which has been updated as a very cool guest house




below is a partial view of the stream that runs by this property



There is part of a railroad thingy (?) that John has used for a bridge over the stream (this stream does have trout!)


Below is another view of the ice house turned guest house





More outside photos












I will show the inside pics on another day. This is just one lovely area!!