At the Cottage Door
By William Henry Margetson
Greeting Dear Ones!
I have missed coming here and missed connecting with you via these broadcasts. Your visits and comments are my motivation for keeping this going, so I hope you'll come back!
Today I talked about vacations and how to be comfortable, relaxed and not too unplugged! We aren't vacationing from God or from our values. In fact, some of our home routines will help us have relaxing vacations. Sometimes people return home more exhausted, so I made a little talk about that.
On this post I am featuring some paintings by William Henry Margetson, as
painting-inspired sewing for the beach.
painting-inspired sewing for the beach.
Along the Shoreline
Miss Lillian made a sailor-style collar for this dress. She must be admiring the fog.
Instead of one fine day we had one fine moment without fog.
On the beach I found proof of ancient civilization:
More ruins here:
This one looks positively archaic:
What I wore:
Please enjoy walking, resting, working while you listen today:
13 comments:
I really enjoyed your video today Lydia. So good to have you back.
I felt like a mouse in your pocket, thank you for sharing about your vacation. It was delightful. I enjoyed your reading of Wives and Daughters and learning about how you organized things after your return. I’m sure my mother must have tried to teach me organization, but what I remember the most is that she finally gave up and cleaned my room for me. When I had friends over to visit as a young teen, it was the fashion for all my friends to change their bedrooms around and rearrange the furnishings at least once a week. I got into the habit of doing this and I’m sure my mother wondered what got into me. You can’t have lots of clutter if you’re constantly moving your furniture. My friends and I would try to set up vignettes on tables, dressers and beds.
When I was old enough to work for a living, I had a friend who was elderly and she would always say, “ I have a place for everything and everything in its place”.
Years later a certain “ helpful neighbor” would come for a visit. Before leaving she would try to wash her dishes and put them away. It took me days to find everything she’d put away. So next time she came, I politely asked her not to be so helpful. I had my own way of doing things.
Janet Westrup
Your black dress with pink roses is beautiful. Did you make it? If so what pattern did you use?
Your granddaughter is beautiful and her dresses are lovely.
Thank you for sharing.
Janet Westrup.
Hello lovely Lydia.... I enjoyed my lesson today...unfortunately I was in bed with the flu but it was really great to be able to have you keep me company - I didn't feel quite so alone!! Bless you!! xx
Many years ago I tried on this dress at a dress shop on the coast. The cost was prohibitive but I wanted to see how it looked on me, test the fit, and look at the quality. Much later I found it online— it might have been 2nd hand, but it was affordable. I have similar patterns but am more at ease seeing with cotton fabrics. This is rayon and my sewing experience with that type of fabric, is not something I do well. Now that I have the garment I can use the design to sew similar things using fabric of my choice.
So glad to have you back,Lydia, and for another lovely video. I especially enjoyed the photos on the blog site. I truly laughed out loud at the "ancient civilizations".
Your granddaughter is lovely and her dress was so feminine.
Marianne
I love the photos, especially of your granddaughter in the dresses like the paintings! I love going, but I love coming home.
Hugs,
Laura of Harvest Lane Cottage
Oh, I carried you room to room tidying up this morning. I'll finish the video while making supper in just a bit.
Hello Lydia,
I'm still catching up on your videos as I do work around the house: cleaning all the window treatments, organizing shelves in the basement storage room, and making applesauce. It is so nice to have something encouraging and Christ-centered to listen to during these times! Your comment about wearing something nice to show to your children (or husband, or other family members) is very true. My children always notice when I put forth a little more effort or wear something pretty that has been in my closet for too long.
The ladies' Bible study on 2 Peter caught my attention, too. I plan to reflect and pray on that more this week for my own life. God desires so much good for our lives and those around us. With Jesus as our foundation, as your son would say for one of his building projects, we can continue to grow in these areas. Thank you for being an example of striving for growth in the Lord for other women at all stages of life.
Sincerely,
Jessica
Your dress is so beautiful ❤️, loved seeing photos of your granddaughter. Readings we're lovely, I zip right through my housework, thank you 🙏🌼🌺
Your YouTube videos provide wonderful companionship to me and I am grateful for those and your blog!
Thank you, Ila.
Thoroughly enjoy listening to you speaking while I work around the house. I like being a 'home-body', and your 'takks' continue to inspire me to 'get things done'....or at least, motivate me to start. 😊
Thank you! Have a blessed day!
I love to listen as I picked up the kitchen and began to prep for tonight’s meal, mash potatoes with vegan meatloaf. Love you calm story reading and questions you bring up. I struggle to quit my 30 year career and be a homemaker as this is something i would have to learn. But with your example I think I do a good job as I am off work with health issues. God bless you!
Dear Lydia, I am so far behind in your broadcasts, but trying to catch up. :) I listened to this one while I made supper today and also while I cleaned up the kitchen later in the evening. You mentioned that nobody really uses tablecloths these days. Personally, I always have a tablecloth on the kitchen table because the table top is old and worn and looks pretty bad. Buying tablecloths is expensive though, so what I do is buy twin sized sheets at the thrift store, sometimes for as little as $2. I choose only lightly used sheets in a plaid pattern, or sometimes floral, and you would never know it wasn't a "real" tablecloth. I also prefer doing this because tablecloths are often not large enough for our table. Sheets are plenty large, and sometimes I even have to cut them down. Just thought I'd share that little tip!
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