Lodge Still Life...

Using the Solar Dryer...our favorite.

xoxo,

Chickadee

Welcome Summer Lake Season 2009!

The first lake sunset shots of the new season!  My heart is so happy to see open water again after the last of the ice submerged yesterday.   What a welcome blessing after a long harsh winter.  

May you feel the blessing of spring inside you as well!

xoxo,

Chickadee

Winter Beauty...

Winter Sunset...

Majesty...

Autumn Beauty.....

Nature's first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf's a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.
~Robert Frost

xoxo,

Chickadee

Pumpkins Around The Lodge...

xoxo,

Chickadee

Lilies and Hollyhocks...

Wishing all of you a sunny-sweet-hollyhock-dreaming-kind-of-day!

xoxo,
Chickadee

January Beauty...

I am so blessed to live with such splendor around me...

Don't you just want to take a walk down this country road?

Or snowshoe through this field?

I love enjoying the finer points of winter but the best part about it all is heading back to Chickadee Lane Lodge and snuggling up in a warm quilt with a good book, some hot cocoa and a crackling fire...mmmm....

xoxo

Chickadee

Swing Time....

This swing is another one of Chickadee Lane Lodge's little places to sit and gently soothe away your cares. It hangs down by the water off of a massive oak tree that I'm certain God put there just for this purpose.

There is nothing like curling up with a quilt on this creaky old swing with the breeze softly ruffling your hair. The sun sets in a riot of sherbert colors in the western sky across the lake. The fish jump, turtles peek at you while they swim by and the birds sweetly sing you a good night benediction.

We are so thankful for this little swing. It really only has this one purpose in life and is always standing ready to embrace us in its comfort.

Our little swing doesn't see much use right now. The seasons have turned and the weather is cold. There will be no more sunsets down by the lake for us until next spring, but the swing will still be there, patiently waiting. It knows we will return and together we will once again gaze upon this wonderful world...

xoxo
Chickadee

Sitting Pretty...

One of my favorite parts about the Lodge are the secret and not-so-secret little seating nooks scattered all over the house and property. They are the perfect spots to curl up in with a quilt and a favorite book or to just contemplate the state of the world (or the state of you).

This is a rocker I found at the thrift store. Someone had already painted it cream a long time ago and it is chipping off in just the right way. It sits on our front porch and is almost always occupied by a cat or, when they can beat the felines to it, a real live human.

It looks like the perfect spot to just relax for a bit, doesn't it? Stop by for a visit and sit a spell!

xoxo

Chickadee