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The Rosehaven Cottage blog is about the adventures of creating and maintaining a garden as a certified wildlife habitat and our journey of restoring the 1940's bungalow that we call Rosehaven Cottage.
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Smelling, hearing, tasting and seeing Christmas
1. Santa always left oranges, 2. Before the fudge..., 3. A child's Christmas wishes..., 4. Technicolor RedI've waxed nostalgic this week thinking about all the memories of Christmases past. As I've reflected, I've found it interesting how many of th...
The fastest 35 miles I've ever driven
The first installment in the story of how Rosehaven Cottage came to be 9 years ago (click here for the "Introduction")"How quickly can you drive up here?" I heard Hubby say excitedly when I picked up the telephone. His giddiness was evident."Where a...
Rhapsody in Blue
Lilacs on our warm climate "Lavender Lady" lilac bushesIt seems that everything is blooming in blues and purples right now in the Rosehaven Cottage gardens. It is a wonderfully serene yet vibrant show that's going on. Blue and purple flowers always...
Plums blossoms with puffy white clouds to match
When I was a little girl, my siblings and I played a lot of make-believe. A favorite make-believe game I liked to play was "Candyland" where my siblings and I would pretend we had entered an all-candy world where everything was edible. We would hav...
The Love Runs Deep (200th post)
I had already planned to write about these two photos today before I realized it would mark the milestone of being the 200th post. Now the post seems even more appropriate for the occasion.The two photos I'm sharing in today's post are of my great-...
Remembering...
On Monday morning my mom, Hubby, Chica, and I piled into my mom's Jeep to make the 3 1/2 hour trek north into the northern forests of California. There in a small tranquil valley named Indian Valley is the small town of Greenville. It's the town wher...
