The days of Summer are upon us, bringing an abundance of flowers and insects, birds and bats, all adding to the chaotic show of colour, movement and sound.
Small trees and saplings put forth new growth bursting with colour and form…nothing is ordinary!
The cottage is shaded with climbing plants and trees, allowing the interior a beautiful coolness even on the hottest day.
Cotoneaster flowers and fruits as the bees flit from one tiny bloom to another…the birds will enjoy the fruits later in the year!
“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” – Henry James
The fragile flowers of the Ground Elder shake their heads in the breeze, moving in a ghostly fashion in the late twilight.
“All in all, it was a never-to-be-forgotten summer — one of those summers which come seldom into any life, but leave a rich heritage of beautiful memories in their going — one of those summers which, in a fortunate combination of delightful weather, delightful friends and delightful doing, come as near to perfection as anything can come in this world.”- L.M. Montgomery
Blessings from Bealtaine Cottage XXX and, below, a reading from “A Cottage and Three Acres,” Chapter 1. Books can be ordered from this website…links on the right column and through the menu at the top of the page.
I truly appreciate & enjoy all you videos. Please just let what mean people say go. I had a mean neighbor that bad mouthed me to the neighbors, he didn’t like my dogs. He’s gone now but I can’t but wonder what the neighbors think. I don’t know them & yes I am irked a bit. Trying to just let it go. Anyway you have shown your truly beautiful colors & wish you joy.
If people come into my home then I expect them to behave themselves. if they don’t, then I will show them the door. If YouTube was really concerned for their contributors well being, they would insist that anonymity was banned.
Stunning! 😊🌟😊
Dear Colette and Jack,
MIDSUMMER BLESSINGS TO BOTH OF YOU! Your exquisitely inspiring images allow the Goddess’ symphonic Voice of regeneration to be heard and instilled in all Her Life forms. Thank you for conducting and sharing Her Bealtaine Orchestra with so much love and devotion!
Claire
Blessings of the Summer Solstice to you XXX
Dear Colette, Have placed an order for your book, and ask that you please sign with wishes To the Six Permaculture Goddesses at Solheim, Midsummer 2020. I have followed Bealtaine Cottage for the last three years, having somehow found your posts while recuperating from Lyme disease. Blessings on the nourishment you bring to Earth,
Martha
Blessings to you and thanks!
Have a Blessed Mid Summer thank you for sharing your gardens.
Blessings of the Solstice to you XXX
Beautiful, thank you!! Have mentioned on newsfeed of theDivineFeminineApp.com … (use code ‘a new world’ to get full access to app).
Blessings, Karen
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Blessings to you Karen XXX
Colette,
I love the book and calendar! Hope things are great with you and the doggie at the cottage !
Thank you 🌞
Weatherly
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Blessings to you XXX
Absolutely stunning Colette , the gardens are beautiful , I get so emotional looking at Bealtaine Cottage , the energy is so amazing . I thank you so much you have honestly changed my life . Blessings to you and darling Jack xxx💜💜💜
Thank you Melanie and Blessings XXX
Hi Colette ! I was thinking about placing an order for your book… I took this as a sign ! I order it and would be very happy if you would sign it ! Thank you so much for all the joy you already had gave to me ! Loulou
Blessings X Colette
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Good afternoon Colette. I have placed my order for “A Cottage in Three Acres”. I would love if you would sign for me. Blessings. Vicki Seder – San Antonio, Texas.
Happy to do so! Blessings Colette X
Dear Colette,
One day last week as I was watching your video of you walking through your gardens and talking about the wind, it inspired me to write this poem. I hope you like it.
Wild Beauty
The wakening leaves whisper…
sighing in silvery sounds and singing their primal music.
The wild air vibrates and shivers in the trees,
stroking and stirring the restless leaves, new and green, or aged and golden,
brushing and breaking branches, fully clothed, or naked in the winter’s chill,
bowing and bending the trunks of trees both ancient and new,
that creak and stretch, and sometimes fall.
The wild wind traverses the earth’s forests,
telling tales of long-ago centuries, faraway places,
singing songs both sad and sublime,
spilling the secrets of our ancestors, stories that are never lost.
Lori Crockett, June 2020
Truly beautiful! Thank you Lori and Blessings X Colette
Colette, your photographs are magnificent! My own half acre is abloom with flowers, birds, saplings and “volunteers” from several shrubs, trees and herbs. Isn’t it a sight to behold? Mother Earth blesses us for our hard work and our loving care of the land. Your three acres are a paradise, to be sure. I planted a sugar maple I grew from a sapling and a pecan tree I grew from a pecan I collected at a pecan farm. Have several more in the freezer. Oh my the squirrels will go “nuts” when the trees I plant begin to fruit, lol. Blessings to you and Jack. Love your Bealtaine Cottage and three acres❣️Joanna
Blessings X Colette
Thank you. I’m intrigued by your comment about the trees and climbers shading the cottage, do they also help to keep it warm in winter? Do they contribute to any dampness in the house? Many thanks. 🙂
Yes…and no dampness.
Thank you.
Blessings X