SOLD....

Aunt May's Cottage and it's Master House have SOLD.

I will not be adding to this blog but will be updating the

Forever House Stories which will be our new place of residence starting the first of April. I've already posted a few of the projects in progress. Yes, it is another DIY house! I LOVE those but this will be our last, hence the name Forever House.

Thank you so much for following our journey and for shopping at Aunt May's Cottage these past five years.

Watch for some new items on eBay and Etsy as soon as we are settled a little.

Update........

The old house and Aunt May's Cottage are for sale!

See it here......


http://virginiagard.point2agent.com/Listing/VirtualTour.ashx?listingid=1151596138

We have moved on to our next project.......The Forever House.

That blog will start soon and I can't wait to see you there!

No Words.........

God is good...........

Forgiven.............

My beautiful son, Michael Scott, was taken to be with our Lord today.........................

Spring in Lower Michigan

Spring has finally arrived and I've been soaking it all in like a sponge!

Please join me in a little walk around Aunt May's Cottage.....(click on any photo to enlarge)

Believe it or not, this is a tulip... I don't know the name, but it opens rather flat and not the usual cupped shape.



Also comes in red which looks a lot like a poppy to me...


Leopard's Bane (DORONICUM)...


Daffodil (NARCISSUS)...


These mini Tulips are only about 2 1/2" across, in a bed of Lemon Balm. I use Lemon Balm a lot in summer lemonade and iced tea. Mmmmm....


Hyacinths in a bed of black raspberries. I'll make some yummy preserves from those in late June...


The west end of the cottage is filled with Windflower (ANOEMONE) in various shades of blues, purples and a little white......


Hmmm....looks like this fence needs a whitewash job. I kinda like it all chippy like that, though. What do you think? More Windflower......


More tulips peeking around the cottage corner....


Here, we come upon a large bed of daffodils under the big Maple tree. You can almost see the cottage in the background behind the honeysuckle bushes and vines that crawl up the potting shed walls. This bed is edged with big rocks that I picked up in the yard the first year we lived here. When the daffodils die down, several other species of perennials will take their place.

Thanks for joining me on a little botanical tour of the cottage gardens. We must do this again in the summer as it will be totally different then....