I’ve been decluttering like mad to get this house market ready.

The agent suggested I use the wool room as the packing area as it

already has so many boxes 😬.

Then I thought I was nearing the end and had a

Home Stager come in and I had a brand new list of to-dos.

You can tell the dog isn’t used to my cleaning as it is making her

very nervous!

I started on “Grandma’s rug.”

This was a free pattern in the Mar/Apr/May 

1995 RHM issue.

I thought I deserved a break from the sorting and boxing

so I went with a friend to her cottage at the head pond.

The head pond refers to the body of water at the top of the dam.

O it’s wonderful!

She and her hubby are building the cottage slowly but steadily.

We sat on the upper deck with hook

 (her rug is fall leaves and my Grandma rug) 

and wine in hand as the winds rustled the birches and the sun shone down.

Ahhhhh....

When we drove home from NC, we stopped outside of Portland, Maine

at Mackworth Island State Park and did a hike around.

Jack-in-the-pulpit

 The island was quintessential Maine with its evergreens,

rocky coasts and clear, cold water.

 

One portion along the trail had a fairy house forests.

Dozens and dozens of little fairy houses dotted the

area- all made from forest floor offerings.

 

My hubby and I added to the construction of a couple.

Dog Lucy was good and just sniffed.

We highly recommend this enchanting place if you

are in the area.

Happy weekend!