I wrote in my "Cottage Dreams Blog" a couple of days ago... "There is something special that happens when we slow down, steep a warm cup of tea, and decide to share our journey with others. Often, we trick ourselves into believing that to live a "quiet life," we need a little cottage nestled in the woods with a rambling garden. But true cottage living is simply a posture of the heart. It is choosing intention over rush, finding joy in the quiet, gentle rhythms of the day, and nurturing the things we love." You can read more about ways to build a slower cottage styled life even if you are a city dweller in the blog post below! https://cottagedreams.wordpress.com/2026/06/10/when-we-all-work-together/ • •

🤩 COTTAGERS - I THOUGHT I MADE THIS WORD UP - I WAS WRONG! The word Cottager POPPED INTO MY HEAD a while back. It came from a trip I had in France - when I stumbled upon the sweetest tiny restaurant called "The Potager" The term "potager" refers to a traditional French kitchen garden where vegetables, herbs, and flowers are intermingled for both aesthetic and culinary purposes. I even gave my own meaning to the word .... 🏡"COTTAGER" essentially refers to anyone in our little cottage community here to grow in the area of creativity, cottage crafts and heart matters. WELL, I thought I better google before I gave claim to my famous word creation 🧐 I found this.... 🏡 "A cottager is a person who lives in a cottage. Depending on context, it can refer to a vacationer in a private resort home, or a rustic rural dweller." I still hold to my meaning where our Cottage members shall hereby be called "Cottagers" 🌟 Oh and I was thrilled to find a picture online of the place I visited some years back.

Made some mini octopuss recenly. Some got rehomed to a chairty raffle

Today was a holiday here in Western Australia. We spent a lot of the day cleaning up after a wild storm and then spent the afternoon by the fire burning off all the branches that fell. Ate food with the family and had a beautiful relaxing Monday! CREATIVE MOMENTS I also taught one of my daughters to crochet 🧶 ✨and started a few little recycle projects! How did your week start?

Here's a little YT - a bit longer that usual. Farmy, funny, sad and hopefully entertaining 🌟 Drop a comment if you get time to watch it. Any kind, critical advice accepted - there's always room for improvement - I think there may be a grammatical error in one of the typed lines! See if you can spot it!