Living (and Loving) A Simple Life

Our home life at the cabin is a quiet and simple one...conducive to a peaceful existence.  A lot of my time is spent in the kitchen. I fully enjoy the over-the-sink window where I can look out at the back woods and catch the activity of chipmunks and squirrels as they scurry across the patio.  Every once in a while, I'll see a skink or snake basking on the retaining wall, lavishing in the warmth of the sun's rays.  We don't have a dishwasher ~ dish washing is done the old fashioned way with liquid soap, scrubber, and elbow grease. Having this window to gaze out from makes the task a much more pleasant one!

Every day, a walk outdoors reveals new surprises.  Kevin and I discovered one of the Jack-in-a-Pulpit seeds we'd strewn near the pond came up this spring.  So far, the deer haven't nibbled away at this graceful, lime green and purple striped beauty.  Come fall, if it keeps going strong, we should find a bright red cluster with more seeds to scatter.

Left to its own devices, nature provides its own home decor.  This Virginia Creeper vine is making it's way up the downspout enhancing our cabin's beauty with its gorgeous, emerald green trail of leaves.  Grapevines are also making their way up the front side of the cabin and will soon form an archway over the front window.  Patience and letting things be provides a world of loveliness. 

To curl up with a good book, a cat on either side, is a perfect way to close out a day.  Life in our cabin is usually slow and calm ... and just the way we like it :)