A Doll and a Box You get to see Lucy and her friend today. (I haven’t taken any pictures in a few days.) Lucy is always adorable. Oh, wait…I forgot that we drove into our neighboring town yesterday to visit the antique barn. That was where we were headed on Sunday when the traffic stopped us in our tracks. I […]
https://mockingbirdhillcottage.....com/a-doll-and-a-bo

Autumn Weekend Sometimes we forget how insane it gets in our neck of the woods on an autumn weekend. We have avoided going in to the town north of us on autumn weekends for years. But Don wanted to go to the nursery/farmer’s market (where we buy plants and our Christmas Tree) to get some fresh vegetables, […]
https://mockingbirdhillcottage.com/autumn-weekend/

Beautiful Autumn Yesterday was such a beautiful day. The sun, the light, the colors on the maple trees. It was simply gorgeousl. We mowed the front lawn – I think I did about 2/3 of it and then Don took over because my back was hurting. He also raked a lot of the catalpa leaves. It felt […]
https://mockingbirdhillcottage.....com/beautiful-autum

Guardian Angel Lithograph At our local library. Yesterday we were searching for something in the closet in the den. While doing that, we rediscovered this lithograph that we used to have on the wall. It’s really lovely and the handmade frame from the early 1900s is spectacular. I found it at an auction not long after we moved […]
https://mockingbirdhillcottage.....com/guardian-angel-

Modern Art for the Modern Dollhouse It’s very foggy this morning. Though the rain was gone by yesterday, it was rather gloomy all day. Today, we might get a bit of sun. Fingers crossed. We’ve been watching baseball most every night. Consequently, we’ve been staying up later than we usually do. The older I get, the harder it is to change […]
https://mockingbirdhillcottage.....com/modern-art-for-