My enchanted window

Delicious window, I love to see my world through you… summer is at your feet, buzzling insets and birds wonder beyond your enchanted sill...

This is our bedroom window, it faces south... the roses that have climbed our outside wall have become a nature curtain. Waking up to this every morning is pure bliss. The perfume is intoxicating. Soon they will be climbing into bed with us.

Is like sleeping in Wonderland.

Oh Mother Nature you lovely thing!

Have a lovely weekend, everyone!

White Wednesday

Pale white, bright white, creamy white, blue tinted white and especially the old faded white of everything antique. And I'm standing firm. White is still my favorite color and I'm not going to be changing my mind anytime soon. Just look at this beautiful rainbow of white. Absolutely lovely!

I'm joining "White Wednesday" for the first time!

Sprinklers

I love rain and rainy days, but here in our highland climate rain is sporadic and unusual in summer. So I just have to enjoy and appreciate what I have....

Sprinklers! They’re a delightful note in the early morning, a daily celebration of shiny silvery drops... I do not want to miss a single cycle... It’s an enchanted time of day. Water pours forth like a rainbow against the sun’s shiny rays, playing on the lilies, making puddles among the tall gladiolus, which by the way, are deliciously starting to bloom in magical colors of carmine and soft lime green... I love the misty gray rainbow that water forms against the greenery of the garden, making it look somewhat obscure and mystical, almost sacred... this picture in particular reminds me of the garden with the famous "Bird Girl" statue at "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil", although I like to think that my garden is a garden of good, and that has nothing to do with evil. Although each picture might look the same to you, if you look closely and pay attention to details you'll see that each water pattern is different and that no droplet is the same... each one has a proper name, and a personality all of their own... I love hearing the water making beautiful music, tapping on the roses, splattering on the windowpane... Magic lingers a little bit longer every morning after the sprinkler celebration ceases... the garden is swathed in tiny shinny stars, and wet grasses whisper softly as they sway and lean against each other under the morning sun....

I tell you, it’s pure bliss walking on this deliciously wet green floor covering of grass and flowers!

What delightful things have you experienced or enjoyed lately?

Show Off Your Cottage Monday

Welcome to "SHOW OFF YOUR COTTAGE MONDAY”, a blog party I host at the beginning of each week to celebrate the things we love about our homes and how we live.

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It's no secret to regular readers of this blog that I live in a fairytale world all of my own and I thought that beauty such as what I’ll be showing you today only existed in fairy tales, or in my dreams. But this is real... very real. Hidden from the world in the Catskills is a jewel, a fairytale in white cottage I wanted to share with you... I’m almost certain that by now most of you had already seen it, or are acquainted with Sandy’s blog, the owner of this lovely cottage, but I couldn’t resist myself... Dreamy, enchanted and totally amazing are my words to describe this 125 square foot fairytale cottage... so here it is. Enjoy!

This is what it looks on the outside... a 125 square foot fairy house!

Inside...

If you are participating in "Show Off Your Cottage Monday", please be kind and link back to THE HOUSE IN THE ROSES. Linking back allows the readers of your blog to find the other participants, thus increasing visits for all who are joining in.