Guest Post from Cathy's Cottage

Let me introduce you to my dear friend Cathy.

 I'm so excited that Cathy is willing to write a 

guest post for me from her charming cottage

 in Canada. Cathy and Hal along 

with their beagle Charlie escape the hot 

South Florida summers and head north to

 cool summers by the bay.

Hi, Cathy here! 

Our place is situated on a glacier-formed 

Canadian shield granite in Honey Harbour,

 Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada.

The foundation sits on rock and I forged a 

path between rocks and roots to the

other side of the cottage.

This is what I call my northern garden.

 It has very little soil on top of rock, 

faces full sun and north wind. 

 They gotta be tough.

 And they are-tough but beautiful.

I pulled over for this irresistible roadside
chickory and the unseemly sounding bugloss.

It insists on living by the roads and refuses 

to emigrate to my garden. I try every year, 

as a hummingbird is drawn to red. 

I am drawn to this color.

Artsy picture of my foxgloves. I treat myself 

every year to 3 of these beauties and treat

 them as annuals. Old fashioned flowers.

This is my sister Liz's birdhouse. 

She collects them. I saw a red one in a shop 

in Coldwater, a small town close by, that

 I knew she would love. To repay her 

kindness and good nature, my husband said

 that he could build it for her and here

 it is, waiting outside our front door

 waiting to go home.

Our dock at dawn when my husband
goes fishing.

I want to show you my purple floor! 

I tried for a color that isn't blue and isn't 

purple, but right in the middle. 

I goes with everything.

A favorite view of mine. 

We found the nest on the deck in the spring.

My favorite quilt, and we have lots. 

The best nights are the ones where
we need 3 quilts.

View from my bedroom.

CATHY

I think we want to see more!

Links: Facebook,  My Romantic Home,
Common Ground, The Tablescaper,
French Country Cottage,
The Charm Of Home, Coastal Charm,
Under The Table and Dreaming,
Between Naps on the Porch,
A Stroll Thru Life