alden turns 4 (my grandson)

He us a sweet sweet boy and he had a superhero birthday






His siblings are sweet too


They even covered the walls for spider man effects----Here are a few pictures of the adventures ... ... .. ...fun ....fun fun.... ...

a guest house made from a former ice house

I just wanted to show a few photos of a guest house that is used to be an ice house.

It has a beachy theme it is a very small space, but we all liked the theme it was surprising to look at all the details it actually had 2 bedrooms even though this place is so tiny--the ladder leads to a loft. and this below is the bedroom in the loft area below is the view looking down from the loft I thought the coffee table below was nifty ; it is made from an old lobster crate below is the bedroom that is downstairs another of the bedroom even the bathroom had the theme there were all kinds of interesting things to look at and so we did!

Scenes from outdoor wedding reception

This was a nice relaxing outdoor reception of my nephew's wedding this July

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