What is going on today ...

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0UcSknzdzOnxyxexqC_URrmkFREzGSOCrCp6ZNEcDjLYfxOlDGMa6cBI6V7P9nz2OOAEVDFLC_FZDeptfFB6orAQ4-mEk4-LdlgKgDdsZlkceQXD4gBgb_AdHHf_QJ-QGXtjwQ1K3VWo/s1600-h/tweetmoss.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389568707357911474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0UcSknzdzOnxyxexqC_URrmkFREzGSOCrCp6ZNEcDjLYfxOlDGMa6cBI6V7P9nz2OOAEVDFLC_FZDeptfFB6orAQ4-mEk4-LdlgKgDdsZlkceQXD4gBgb_AdHHf_QJ-QGXtjwQ1K3VWo/s400/tweetmoss.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 271px;" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">“Tweet</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">”</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> pin designed by Beth Hylan</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">OMG!</span> I am going to be collaborating with my friend, designer <span style="font-weight: bold;">Beth Hylan</span>, on the launch of her new design studio coming to Reading, Massachusetts later this month! Some of you may remember Beth’s gorgeous floral designs from <a href="http://sweetbayflowers.com/weddings.htm">Sweetbay Flowers</a> or have seen her line of amazingly creative jewelry called <a href="http://www.friendswhodesign.com/Flowers_and_Jewelry.php">Petals to Keep</a>. Well all I can tell you now is that what she has planned for her new retail space is going to be fabulous! And it gets better! <span style="font-weight: bold;">I will have a corner</span> in her store to market some designs of my own from my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5555213">interior decorating collections</a> (as any designer knows, these artful objects just seem to accumulate!) Stay tuned for future posts on this new design adventure!!!</span><br /></div>

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More from York ... Seaside Cottage

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMpeEH6TGojz5DnGYXJ6q1O9QnHzJazDqwF9jrEGxJxhULtOqkZq-gDmoc_Tl_kXHOyt_Eo-3CGHko4t5nUOJ96bWPyl3Ym-kF24GYAsA1nQ9BNI97mEkzpIqubec8BdyrJgAu9hQFX7E/s1600-h/lifeisabeach.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364761503595626690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMpeEH6TGojz5DnGYXJ6q1O9QnHzJazDqwF9jrEGxJxhULtOqkZq-gDmoc_Tl_kXHOyt_Eo-3CGHko4t5nUOJ96bWPyl3Ym-kF24GYAsA1nQ9BNI97mEkzpIqubec8BdyrJgAu9hQFX7E/s400/lifeisabeach.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 340px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >A summer</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> vignette ...</span><br />vintage photo of my grandparents at the beach,<br />small bouquet from mom</span>’<span style="font-style: italic;">s cottage garden,<br />seashore treasures cover the windowsill,<br />basket overflowing with</span> “<span style="font-style: italic;">things to do in York</span>”<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I have vacationed in York, Maine for as long as I can remember. My mom would take all five kids up to Long Sands Beach for two weeks each summer. Dad would join us on the weekends. Over the years, we stayed at a few different cottages on Beacon Street that were owned by my mom’s aunt Evelyn who we all called “Auntie.” Our favorite was aptly named “3 Buoys” after my second (or is it third?) cousins<br />... a set of triplet boys.</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimwgDhKlrC8N_V3pjBAzE1ZInI_s6vVyKQjB3HqEUt6q2S1oOY8-sy_rPtgJDRScZvbJnq7fVHwW4RpNOwutqUj876Zo2DZVzRaqf0W5V5eJPuPF4nixNvASP8DFb8AvV15T1KstLQ7v8/s1600-h/auntie.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364774693819334034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimwgDhKlrC8N_V3pjBAzE1ZInI_s6vVyKQjB3HqEUt6q2S1oOY8-sy_rPtgJDRScZvbJnq7fVHwW4RpNOwutqUj876Zo2DZVzRaqf0W5V5eJPuPF4nixNvASP8DFb8AvV15T1KstLQ7v8/s320/auntie.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 320px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Auntie</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">A little over 10 years ago, my mom bought a cottage up York. We were all excited to create new family memories in our very own cottage by the sea. The fact that we could decorate as we wished was like a tidal pull ... bringing with it many “somethings for the cottage” that over time have been collected like so many shells from the beach.<br /><br />Here are some of my favorites ...</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3uaJX78TB5xQK2sf_gZAH4D7R8WtHqM4dNMhQ_iy4lgN_8ZAO_rSjDnv8uXQsaTVk0ZtqvjReORdtT6m4FxrIOICC4bdB-fsq8vSSoqBRmcME0ooU-gKrfkd_uPBj_rFoqs2NoIaPc8/s1600-h/lavendarvase.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364761135955611394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3uaJX78TB5xQK2sf_gZAH4D7R8WtHqM4dNMhQ_iy4lgN_8ZAO_rSjDnv8uXQsaTVk0ZtqvjReORdtT6m4FxrIOICC4bdB-fsq8vSSoqBRmcME0ooU-gKrfkd_uPBj_rFoqs2NoIaPc8/s400/lavendarvase.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br />My mom stands proudly behind her family of five<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >(plus a handful of my cousins)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" > at Nubble Light.<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">Bureau paint color: Ben Moore Kittery Point Green<br /></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2bLTY3u1YETmdAzarEPTuIBgWn1h_1p1EpMZD5bEZcT8qt9-8Xzv76VT3XHF4s2ykdzDeIYurMk5t9I95M7kFd4qGvw9jCu-_EsNIWwlpICBDxMGXAb55Ohag3b4yR5DymHzHKabYgnM/s1600-h/magazinepail.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364761492706528898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2bLTY3u1YETmdAzarEPTuIBgWn1h_1p1EpMZD5bEZcT8qt9-8Xzv76VT3XHF4s2ykdzDeIYurMk5t9I95M7kFd4qGvw9jCu-_EsNIWwlpICBDxMGXAb55Ohag3b4yR5DymHzHKabYgnM/s400/magazinepail.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br />I thought this would be the perfect container<br />to hold magazines for guests</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(years worth of Martha Stewart Living ... still enjoyable!)</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMGHwziR0oNlOy8tQOwI82UyhCwUVw3NW9RKN0guAZTF4ChM49m_MCECZXgWedyGgkidcU4bv9H7ASKftWkb6kXUn_gJ7N6BqNqNVnnZmWiu0kGVrwc25EjZ6Wi3R6PL48MEYIpsk8-6w/s1600-h/3mermaids.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364790520853476610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMGHwziR0oNlOy8tQOwI82UyhCwUVw3NW9RKN0guAZTF4ChM49m_MCECZXgWedyGgkidcU4bv9H7ASKftWkb6kXUn_gJ7N6BqNqNVnnZmWiu0kGVrwc25EjZ6Wi3R6PL48MEYIpsk8-6w/s400/3mermaids.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br />The cottage has become home to a sea of mermaids</span><span style="font-size:130%;">.</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimSxXb1cVE8IgrspT3kCzIuhiVNcpwHfTXErpKZaPPtty_2Ccxn9i1-jQRler3gYCxfMlWhoP-BxAV-Y1pryelSuUsI4CxerBSfyqG9EYE-dqJEOn5mG5OHol8LU59yuIUVcWZcNZwrCk/s1600-h/cottagechair.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364737094480892098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimSxXb1cVE8IgrspT3kCzIuhiVNcpwHfTXErpKZaPPtty_2Ccxn9i1-jQRler3gYCxfMlWhoP-BxAV-Y1pryelSuUsI4CxerBSfyqG9EYE-dqJEOn5mG5OHol8LU59yuIUVcWZcNZwrCk/s400/cottagechair.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br />This chair painted with Ben Moore Sag Harbor Gray<br />is from my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5555213">Vintage Seaside Collection</a>.</span><br /><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgNV9ggJwwK65eQgt6PmvfsfkA0LtbUjo8BDQEvUIkjcrGBixkwI7dslx9dSifiCYJfomD1CEo9TonEMRpWRO5mK5tnAO_gZDYQserMh0YH4E07Um5CPNeDmFaYXwYmF4GvBZVw7Z6MHQ/s1600-h/beachglass.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364823434510159506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgNV9ggJwwK65eQgt6PmvfsfkA0LtbUjo8BDQEvUIkjcrGBixkwI7dslx9dSifiCYJfomD1CEo9TonEMRpWRO5mK5tnAO_gZDYQserMh0YH4E07Um5CPNeDmFaYXwYmF4GvBZVw7Z6MHQ/s320/beachglass.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" /></a><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Every beach home deserves a handful of sea glass</span></span>.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjgdSQn_j95NuFpvr5jM6jtHPmiiu5GsYoCG0v-t3B6nM5QNhZxBft3cwzxNO_hoRRdg6hshgGGvRB-26XnHwhn2CrFqqF9DOTn4bqWHxlwQD_fnGgNzPw3nF1zAYjLh9_9twbmSZQfyY/s1600-h/artbybeth.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364820561612148562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjgdSQn_j95NuFpvr5jM6jtHPmiiu5GsYoCG0v-t3B6nM5QNhZxBft3cwzxNO_hoRRdg6hshgGGvRB-26XnHwhn2CrFqqF9DOTn4bqWHxlwQD_fnGgNzPw3nF1zAYjLh9_9twbmSZQfyY/s400/artbybeth.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />My friend <a href="http://www.friendswhodesign.com/Flowers_and_Jewelry.php">Beth Hylan</a> of Petals-to-Keep<br />created this piece of art that combines<br />dried flowers with a vintage map of York</span></span>.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwD9z57i42PbVs-15OYBmIzP9UCacNc_SDEJI16f4dpn4EYZHCwpqjoM1uy4GOvgAK6R_9TPE7sIPzhqisfc2pM1HrREzAHtvd3LCRpX_vr6Gy0r6xthHcM8p9RzFlsfuS5V7aJwhYs4/s1600-h/snacktime.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364827361216370882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwD9z57i42PbVs-15OYBmIzP9UCacNc_SDEJI16f4dpn4EYZHCwpqjoM1uy4GOvgAK6R_9TPE7sIPzhqisfc2pM1HrREzAHtvd3LCRpX_vr6Gy0r6xthHcM8p9RzFlsfuS5V7aJwhYs4/s400/snacktime.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Pine-paneled walls and vintage art<br />set the tone in the boys room.</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQ_FPN3JeAO4gooiX6ZmsVQioNvRnX3VGIhWJUPl1nAb1Hr-TlJRFrSJvdMa4lkkQi885-WTT5ZOEVmJqzCMzmbV0kUlxAWec6J_btTyq6i9fpedeVSnEaoef1-HS7I2dxXOZhDr9J9s/s1600-h/pailandshovel.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364761480093661506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQ_FPN3JeAO4gooiX6ZmsVQioNvRnX3VGIhWJUPl1nAb1Hr-TlJRFrSJvdMa4lkkQi885-WTT5ZOEVmJqzCMzmbV0kUlxAWec6J_btTyq6i9fpedeVSnEaoef1-HS7I2dxXOZhDr9J9s/s400/pailandshovel.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br />I couldn</span><span style="font-size:130%;">’</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >t pass up this painted<br />metal pail. </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >The cutie flying the kite<br />looks a lot like one of my sons.</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_lIu25MIwzacPobWD6eGThVnOgUwmIRyluisQzb9elXpyVFztVssBqc_-HSRKQqqCowDMkM4qD0EVj3_mpU9ofPBzMfHZZSfobERYdQ0wDZS1rxvq4-ySwz8WRcrvgbcqhOnAnB0avs/s1600-h/adventurebooks.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364828362507700338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_lIu25MIwzacPobWD6eGThVnOgUwmIRyluisQzb9elXpyVFztVssBqc_-HSRKQqqCowDMkM4qD0EVj3_mpU9ofPBzMfHZZSfobERYdQ0wDZS1rxvq4-ySwz8WRcrvgbcqhOnAnB0avs/s320/adventurebooks.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 231px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Bedtime stories</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLpZjL2pwM74V7ZJqtp14XOLVOl6OJzydR38Si5_wOTWggsL3WwgrVVXhT2NmLEi6pSwFvnKCwLBRC2ROQaZV1OlBDpxUXzMYrmVMjOAzgD4syGZefVMSDzTqXhThFpU7gbJHUwlmkG4o/s1600-h/twobunnies.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364805798473455746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLpZjL2pwM74V7ZJqtp14XOLVOl6OJzydR38Si5_wOTWggsL3WwgrVVXhT2NmLEi6pSwFvnKCwLBRC2ROQaZV1OlBDpxUXzMYrmVMjOAzgD4syGZefVMSDzTqXhThFpU7gbJHUwlmkG4o/s320/twobunnies.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br />The girls room ... bunnies, fairies, pinks and greens</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf8hhfwtfWd927946p59f-kHyTX3hjzs0ThP_-SD6-6f-2Qc8_r4-TgKwbtXkvvW7wMmmV2ayP3MI90S2Vw74WXeyB-LOh9CHpbeB0IszuZNz9hpcCUUJWUFLnwVzHLt-6E4CCaRvtruM/s1600-h/twofairiesplate.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364806091530124946" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf8hhfwtfWd927946p59f-kHyTX3hjzs0ThP_-SD6-6f-2Qc8_r4-TgKwbtXkvvW7wMmmV2ayP3MI90S2Vw74WXeyB-LOh9CHpbeB0IszuZNz9hpcCUUJWUFLnwVzHLt-6E4CCaRvtruM/s320/twofairiesplate.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg136F0lsUy0nSbbvY9RhloW4_1IKKVkD17QkS2JZrt4klJqvXF2QlzDKytzacFzqz0limvJ8UaU4UJUst8MLVEvU42eG4w5VXeoNHXAVuSP-8paikXKVSe93erTp4Oludkd26i9tmDufc/s1600-h/bedtimeprayers.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364832011287401378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg136F0lsUy0nSbbvY9RhloW4_1IKKVkD17QkS2JZrt4klJqvXF2QlzDKytzacFzqz0limvJ8UaU4UJUst8MLVEvU42eG4w5VXeoNHXAVuSP-8paikXKVSe93erTp4Oludkd26i9tmDufc/s400/bedtimeprayers.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />This framed print looks like mom when she was a girl. The fairy plates remind me of her three granddaughters (the only girls – so far – out of twelve grandchildren!)</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlcGk12qnfDJid2vLvvTgKA_hvr3K1LZxUv9BRXi9ODT6LPSlTc2S6_na4VB0WKdqtmyrR3AdOJTzqVrJ9ET4XsXI9xlVKtC6rELtPoLzcPpdhFVEcB0wmHcbylwRDHe7ItchGGAt6mc/s1600-h/fairyplate.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364806089686798834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlcGk12qnfDJid2vLvvTgKA_hvr3K1LZxUv9BRXi9ODT6LPSlTc2S6_na4VB0WKdqtmyrR3AdOJTzqVrJ9ET4XsXI9xlVKtC6rELtPoLzcPpdhFVEcB0wmHcbylwRDHe7ItchGGAt6mc/s320/fairyplate.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" /></a> <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGREY1FeuytwsIEXfoRo0mqJ8hSJZBHEaDL1qxDwBj5_s6-Ut4UtN2AtbMg9U0YqLAtRITASOF0Y6Xu7BHUlPTMXP5yVpJkMoN8g7fKeIaplZlEOQWShW5r7asHubftQvX7lfJdWVKs2s/s1600-h/sugar.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364843126437574114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGREY1FeuytwsIEXfoRo0mqJ8hSJZBHEaDL1qxDwBj5_s6-Ut4UtN2AtbMg9U0YqLAtRITASOF0Y6Xu7BHUlPTMXP5yVpJkMoN8g7fKeIaplZlEOQWShW5r7asHubftQvX7lfJdWVKs2s/s400/sugar.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 281px; height: 400px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;">A container for the counter and<br />goodies from the beach ...<br /><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbSMrGOjgQk-8_j4HyMrt49HT2M8HbwFY5qy0oNpbUXHkEQOhJpZ8cSdVnzS4qB9nFUZeUKBUBFgb0ybj0gZH72FUscgsvFuraLAGRqUwlaM1Zib1SeVn5Ck4ivyfeWV7oG0WDQwwKoSs/s1600-h/beachgoodies.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364843999820200338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbSMrGOjgQk-8_j4HyMrt49HT2M8HbwFY5qy0oNpbUXHkEQOhJpZ8cSdVnzS4qB9nFUZeUKBUBFgb0ybj0gZH72FUscgsvFuraLAGRqUwlaM1Zib1SeVn5Ck4ivyfeWV7oG0WDQwwKoSs/s320/beachgoodies.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 276px; height: 320px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br />And every once in a while, a little design intervention: </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br />a lamp</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> inherited with the cottage ...</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxJIRLnHBWBeNW5S3WcK6fP84wqBmOEP4hMi291iMAxparZhlbPA9APuSFoTNOPF7lVfoiX18KQb7wKnjAMcaX_Sp8hJ2Ijipfw70n3HBZ50VBmYWZ6MagQmAk69Hzdl3cu5o5YPa5FI/s1600-h/oldshade.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364809984426412034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxJIRLnHBWBeNW5S3WcK6fP84wqBmOEP4hMi291iMAxparZhlbPA9APuSFoTNOPF7lVfoiX18KQb7wKnjAMcaX_Sp8hJ2Ijipfw70n3HBZ50VBmYWZ6MagQmAk69Hzdl3cu5o5YPa5FI/s320/oldshade.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 320px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMjiqweJGWFE9UHIh9GIgoBMhpFV1z3GzQ6PisIdVBrEew49er3dmuZkLZyUA1fHxpJHGFcIQrOrQkGctubkW-6qkQQDMIIIzP2JaliRrEmWFQivUiBBCuJAFQfFktwNYWWt4TtjQ-9K4/s1600-h/newlampshade.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364792287126601810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMjiqweJGWFE9UHIh9GIgoBMhpFV1z3GzQ6PisIdVBrEew49er3dmuZkLZyUA1fHxpJHGFcIQrOrQkGctubkW-6qkQQDMIIIzP2JaliRrEmWFQivUiBBCuJAFQfFktwNYWWt4TtjQ-9K4/s400/newlampshade.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 251px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-size:130%;"><br />receives a mini make-over</span></span>.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixDtFDNIaEfqcWolCFDpsle4flKAzonynSaDEnIKjOpWhQcZwBGjNlfKmqRCb51uw4lLIjm7V6WyBqUIErr56PUnaCiUfGXVV9PdBuiDncDKy5xnqOVwA_o55NlbZTLRRfpmWySrtewZE/s1600-h/quilt.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364803600920537986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixDtFDNIaEfqcWolCFDpsle4flKAzonynSaDEnIKjOpWhQcZwBGjNlfKmqRCb51uw4lLIjm7V6WyBqUIErr56PUnaCiUfGXVV9PdBuiDncDKy5xnqOVwA_o55NlbZTLRRfpmWySrtewZE/s200/quilt.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 192px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Like the patchwork quilts that grace each bed,<br />Mom’s summer cottage is warm, cozy,<br />and pieced together with love.</span><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnP02QYg6gIlrUKm3hDEQkr1UL44CSHLhrZndemHUSU0kuVqfS0Sy6pbcCkwNSHPMzLW4TU1oASaYEgNu9xvN4g0Vcegne9fh_UcH12JT0pGlo2h3Oglmg_wFsIbJdS1D-PNEVbadX_3Q/s1600-h/shortsandsbeach.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364763928316657970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnP02QYg6gIlrUKm3hDEQkr1UL44CSHLhrZndemHUSU0kuVqfS0Sy6pbcCkwNSHPMzLW4TU1oASaYEgNu9xvN4g0Vcegne9fh_UcH12JT0pGlo2h3Oglmg_wFsIbJdS1D-PNEVbadX_3Q/s400/shortsandsbeach.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Until next time ... the sun sets on Short Sands beach</span><br /></div>

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