A COTTAGE STEW...

The Cottage 

always seems a little blue.

  Not in a sad way, 

but in the sense that blue is

 its comfort color. 

 No matter what time of the year it is, 

you will always find some blue 

just around a corner.

This summer

 is preparing to be a 

blue and white summer.

  What that means is

 that blue and white will be 

the meat and potatoes 

of this Cottage stew.

 The two colors will be

 the back drop for all the 

seasonal colors to come, 

up to and 

including Christmas.

The parlor is, of course, 

the main room to display the color blue.

 I have toyed with the idea

 of taking down the wallpaper a few times,

 however, it never gets very far

 because I just seem to be comforted by it.

  The Cottage, 

a small, one story, Queen Ann Victorian,

 built in 1879, 

deserves to have

 at least one room

 that is true

 to its roots.

There are bits and pieces 

of the Victorian era

 sprinkled throughout 

in the form of furniture, pictures, etc.,

but the blue wallpaper

 in the parlor, 

while existing perfectly with the

 Victorian parlor set and the lace curtains,

 still gives me that touch of 

soft comfort 

that I have always been drawn to.

This blue plate special, 

along with a swag of 

 pansies and morning glories,

 just seems to be the right ingredient

 for the parlor mantle.

In the sitting room

 we can begin stirring the pot and 

adding a little more blue and white. 

 As the flowers of the garden 

are starting to simmer

 some lavender, a different shade of blue,

 is added to tiny vases here and there

 and the scent in the room

 makes the mouth water.

Some pillows 

are the same, some are new,

 or at least new on one side,

 and add blue and white flavor

 to the setting...

...while more bits 

of the colors 

are sprinkled around.

Soon some spice 

will be added by way of the color red. 

 Then the patriotic colors

 will come

 to life...

...and when the leaves begin to fall,

 rusts and earth tones will emerge.

  A tribute to the

 harvest in the fields...

...and as Christmas appears,

 that will just be dessert..

the icing on the cake.

There is something

 missing right now 

but, hopefully,

 will be able to be 

revealed soon...

...and before 

the Cottage stew is done

 there will be other stories in between.

 Remember,

 the longer the flavors come together,

 the better the taste.

...Judy...

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