Cottage

1. Mushroom House: Red, 2. weather house, 3. Baby's House, 4. somebody lovingly made this, 5. Fairytale cottage, 6. house bank, 7. Deco 20s Red Roof Cottage--Tally Card , 8. Gamekeeper's Cottage_1, 9. vintage tins, 10. Down the red brick path, 11. nans van leeuwen, 12. Tiny house, 13. House of Four Seasons 6, 14. 20s Vintage Cottage Illustration Playing Card Back, 15. Peter and the wolf, 16. leaning hill
There's a little project I've wanted to do for a long, long time. Tonight I will give it a try.
In the meanwhile, you can enjoy this mosaic. Where do you want to live?
Cottage number 5 is a real cutie...

Been away...

My poor neglected blog... I've been busy the past month. First there was an unexpected trip to the UK, and then I went to France for a few weeks (more about that later).
There were visits of castles, Knole for example, enjoying a cider in the local pub, walking in beautiful gardens and villages, and so on...






This is a place I've wanted to visit for ages: "Charleston Farmhouse"". It was the summer house of Vanessa Bell (sister of Virginia Woolf) and her many artist friends of the Bloomsbury group.



I bought this beautiful book in the museum shop and our guide (a cute old lady with a naughty twinkle in her eyes) recommended this book, an autobiography by the daughter of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant.

And on the last (stormy) day, we went to see "Prospect Cottage", home of Derek Jarman. Weird place!

Back from Burgundy, France

This is were I stayed the last two weeks: Cheilly les Maranges in Burgundy. We rented a house with a few friends in this little village. We had a great time, visiting nice towns like Autun, Dijon, Beaunes,..., eating (too much), drinking wine, reading, crafting (not enough), and just being lazy.


Nice houses in Autun

...and in Chalon-sur-Saône.

We also visited Dijon, a town with lovely medieval houses and a cosy atmosphere.

Always a bit creepy: a gargoyle on the tower of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy.

Dreamhouses

While browsing a few books, I found the houses where I want to live:

in the USA

in Sweden

or in France.