Winter’s Cozy Nooks

Chilly days bring many cozy nooks.

They’re not planned, but sort of evolve on their own.

The only thing the prints and patterns in my home have in common, is that I like them.

Over the years, I have learned, that nothing lives with me unless I love it.

So, you will see a mish-mosh of such things jumbled together in my home.

Mixed with all sorts of whimsical bits and bobs.

I’m certain that, any of the people who visit my back yard and look in, are sure little children live here.

Such as pool equipment fixers or outdoor window washers.

It always makes me giggle to myself when I see them looking at the dollhouses through the windows.

I do not mind at all, as Matty minds more than enough for both of us, as he goes bonkers barking at them.

Once, in around 2018, a grocery delivery man came in and said, I see you are getting ready for an estate sale.

I laughed so hard and didn’t say yes or no.

Umm no, I thought to myself, but I guess my decor is just estate sale chic by nature?

Is there anything chic about that, haha?!

Not that I care, because truthfully, the joy of growing older is how little you care about what anyone thinks.

Now that, that is one of the most phenomenal gifts of aging.

You spend your whole life caring about pointless nonsense.

Then one day you wake up exhausted from it all and say, I don’t really care.

And you are set freeeeeee!

You know you have changed when you laugh about things, instead of getting upset about them.

It’s so good.

It sure makes for greater enjoyment of living.

And it makes for much nicer tea parties between me and my pink dollhouse.

As we cozy up in the winter afternoon, under quilts and things.

I notice, as I move between rooms, that the nooks are sort of strewn about.

If that even makes sense?

A tussled nook here, and a tussled nook there.

Sometimes I have to go around searching for a certain book.

But only I would ever know where to find anything.

So, I find what I want, and then cozy up for an hour before I get back to my to-do list.

I will never ever tire of Anne of Green Gables.

Anne is etched into my heart so deeply.

From the first moment I discovered her in 2nd grade, she has been the dearest to me.

I know some folks did not fancy the Anne with an E series, but I loved it.

I just kept an open mind and didn’t try to compare it to 80’s Anne.

I loved experiencing her again, and I loved Marilla and Mathew.

Are you an Anne girl?

I suppose that is why I love tiny houses.

The Anne girl inside me stays 11 years old forever.

I love this old note divider organizer thingamabob below.

I recently realized, after many years, that if you tip it to the side, the image is of Marie Antoinette lounging on a settee.

Who knew?

Any who, as day turns into evening, I will definitely be here in my messy little library nook.

In 2020 I did a ton of projects, including painting the wall of built-in bookshelves in my bedroom white.

As a result, I have taken many books from here to there, so I’m often (as I said before), chasing books around.

It’s very chilly here right now, which I should embrace because I’m always hot in summer.

But today I was so cold, I just wanted to cuddle in front of the fire with Matty.

I crawl into his big soft bed with him, it’s sublime!

I’m sort of like Goldilocks, I suppose I want it just right.

Summer’s not hotter than 85’F would be incredible!

Alas, that is just a dream.

But we did have some crazy amount of rain this year.

Which is what helped to push all the early spring seeds from 2021 into the ground.

I have planted no seeds this year because there are tons of self-seeders growing, and I’ve spotted my beloved poppies as well.

I look forward to seeing what grows this year.

But for now, I am content to just live in the moment of winter.

Cozy nooks and all.

 

Love, Vanessa

 

See ya soon 😉