Colette, You've been one of my sources of inspiration. Last month, at 62, I sold my home in the city and purchased a piece of land in the country with a modest home in need of love sitting on it. My first order of business is trees. This is a dry and some would say harsh climate in a small farming community. I have 4 plum trees coming next week and have 15 Thuja pines (waiting patiently in locally made from recycled material planter boxes) that will live their lives here here as a wind break which will anchor a micro climate. Today I walked out back in my stocking feet to talk to the man who was marking my sewer line. My feet were immediately and painfully covered in burrs. A kind soul handed me my slippers and pulled the stockings off my feet. Before my friend could put them in the garbage, I used the stockings as flags marking the place where the pipes run to the back of the property. I thought of you and wondered about your early days. Then, feeling of such peace and contentment came over me...because I knew that this harsh landscape is destined to become an oasis...one tree, one root, one bulb, one seed at a time.
Dear Colette I hear a woman of my own thinking and one who is enormously blessed and happy.I too have sought a simple close to the earth life amidst the flow of life in the city. I own a regular city deep lot and have turned it to a woodland and country cottage .It has taken me 42 years .When we bought it in the seventies it was a bungalow and very cookie cutter landscape. It is now a fairytale illustration that I am extremely comfortable in and it’s my own creation.Everything is original all woodwork gorgeous and old fashioned cupboards .It was only owned previous to us by one other family who had it built and lived here from the twenties to the seventies.It will be 100 years old in 2024. I am of Irish descent so I recognize my fancy for a lot of my choices and styles and ways with trees schrubs and flowers.I thoroughly enjoy ur videos and impartations that u give and agree totally about Mother Earth and respect for the Divine in her and of her.And all of the creatures and inhabitants contained in her.Thank You for sharing your beautiful and wonderful life at Bealtine Cottage .🌹♥️
I ordered your book the other day and am enjoying hearing you read from it. Honestly, every video makes me feel like I've come over for a visit. You are a gracious hostess! I always leave feeling relaxed and inspired at the same time!
Hi Collette, what a gift you reading a chapter from your book. I home school and do most of the reading so that was so nice I was laying in bed eyes shut imaging life there in your early days. Please consider audio books I would surely buy. Have a wonderful weekend.
The land before her lay bare and desolate. Even the wind did not visit the rushes or stir the brambles. All about there was sadness and sorrow. With a twinkle in her eye and a bounce in her step, she waved her hands across the earth. Here and there seeds flew. Around and around like a whirling dervish. Tiny leaves sprung up from the ground and stretched as far as their bodies could go. "The sun! The sun!" they sang in unison and voiced their joy as loud as a choir. She was not finished -- her deed of planting -- for much of the earth still lie naked. Sticks were placed like candles on a cake and burned with the fire of life. They were blessed and they grew and were never oppressed. The Eden that she had nurtured broke free from containment and like a flood swelled over everything. The wind returned to whisper to the trees and birds alighted along with the bees. Frogs and mice prepared banquets and feasts with the faeries and elves and other beasts. What strength and power she possessed to bring life and love to a land bereft! The moral of this story or a lesson to be learned? Plant, plant, plant and let not our Mother be spurned.
Oh Dwayne, Dwayne you are truelly gifted. Thank you for sharing this, I would love to share this on my facebook but will only do so with your approval? I love it!
Oh my gosh, I love this video.I enjoy relaxing with you. Cozy on the couch, warm by the fire and you reading to me. Who could ask for anything more!🌷❤🐾
Hullo Colette. Blessings to you too. Here I am sitting in Delhi listening to you reading from your book and picturing bealtine cottage as best as I can. Thank you for that..Loved it! Here we live in a flat and I have a little pomegranate tree on my balcony with a flower slowly turning into fruit. ...i don't know much about these things, but am loving watching this happen...And I listen to your stories.....Thank you ...The stories come all the way from Ireland and find ripples in far off places.. that's just lovely..... Blessings
I can't get enough of this beautiful clip! I don't know how many times I have been listening to it ( on the phone and on the big screen tv. I am crying and laughing with you.I promise to myself that I will get the book .So much to say..... Thank you, and hugs from far away.
What a sweet and precious soul Jack is! Listening to you read from your book makes me feel like doing the same. I like the idea of you narrating it as an audiobook 😉. Love to all four of you 💕
Thank you Colette, it was an very enjoyable reading yes. Lyed on bed closing my eyes, I was listening to the sound of your voice, your words and I feel more relaxed now. Greetings from France xx
This is lovely! When I get the funds I'm going to buy this book, your life is so inspiring! I love the simple life and I have always been a lover of nature. I grew up on a small farm in Western Pennslyvania and although I no longer live on that land I now live with my in-laws in New Jersey but we have beautiful woods behind our home and I just love all of the birds and plants! Thanks for sharing, I'm so enjoying your beautiful videos!
Oh those babies of yours are so beautiful . Jack and Sammy were looking as if to say “ Mum loves me best “ “ No she she doesn’t she loves me best “😂 Bless them . I highly recommend all three books , they are brilliant , but I must have read A Cottage and Three Acres at least six times . This is the funny thing , last night my friend popped down from up the lane and we got talking about you , watched some of your videos by which time she was hooked and went home with my Cottage and Three Acres to start reading last night . Thank you for writing such beautiful books . Blessings to you all xxxx
I luv your books and really enjoy hearing you read from them... your voice adds a wonderful dimension to the words!! If you made a full recording of each book I would definitely purchase those!!!!
Oooh. Such a lovely sentiment and the atmosphere that you have around you, and that you create... incredibly peaceful and content. When you look back, is it any wonder that you have accomplished so much. I think for me, your ability to create an Eden from a plot of land that others would have not even attempted.. speaks volumes. This, combined with your attitude, Jack, Sammy Bear, and Beauty is heaven. It's intoxicating and addictive. You allow so many of us live vicariously through your magnificence. Thanks Colette. Have a blessed Ostara.
I love Jack 💖💖💖 I know he's no longer on this level but I feel such genuine love for him whenever his dear little face pops up. I have a female version of Jack called Moon. She's a rescue from Romania. I saw her photo online and fell madly in love. So she was my 50th birthday present to myself 😁 and wow ... best money I've ever spent in my life! I love your posts Colette, they are all so positive and calming. Cheers doll XxX
Oh that looks so cosy and inviting Colette...I just want to say that you have the most soothing, melodic, calming voice...You should really think of doing some meditations on utube for relaxing, sleeping etc..They would be absolutely amazing and might bring in some more revenue for your divine Bealtaine Cottage....Blessings from Kildare...😇
I have your books but I still enjoy hearing you read from them. For me it’s easier to visualize what’s being read by someone else. The blue coming through your window is absolutely beautiful. Blessings to you and your family at Bealtaine.
Wonderful. I just started reading your book, ‘A Cottage and Three Acres ‘ yesterday and just got to Chapter 5, so that was fantastic to join you for that chapter! I’m looking forward to reading more later today. The book is, as are your videos, inspirational. And full of such hope, which is what we all need. Thank you so much. xxx
I loved the book reading ! It's very entertaining to watch Jack playing up to the camera too bless him. I have all your books now, and the map! and I recommend anyone who hasn't got "A Cottage and Three Acres" to get it as soon as possible. The first time I read it....it blew my mind - and I have read it several times since. It's a beautifully inspirational book! Blessings to you Colette
I just loved listening to you read from your book. I have it and have read it myself, but so enjoyed hearing your voice read it! I love the book by the way, and recommend it to anyone! Sweet Jack and Sammy Bear made it all extra special! ❤️
I have just found your channel (no idea how I've missed it until now!) and adore it (subscribed, alarm set...oh, also bookmarked your website so I can peruse it at leisure) What a beautiful place! What an idyllic life! I have to agree that I also share your choice of "fashion" (as in Gothic) and, being of a similar age to you, I feel I can say...you go girl!! Look forward to watching all of your videos, catching up on your website and reading your books. Blessings :-)
I loved A Cottage and Three Acres. It is a lovely narrative of the first decade+ of Bealtaine Cottage; for me, evoking a bit of Blake and a lot of the American poetess, Emily Dickinson (“Much Madness Divinest Sense to the Discerning Eye!”). I will return to it frequently as it is also a reference for those of us who are interested in “planting as if our lives depended on it”! PS: Love your boots! Unfortunately I have a boot “thing” and way too many boots!
I thoroughly enjoyed the reading! Now I want the book :) I have such a stack of to-read books now, but will put yours on my wish-list. Just lovely. I've been spinning fleece as I'm listening to your pleasant voice!
when i had the great dane, it would start with a head then a couple of paws, and slowly but surely, the whole body, including tail, and before you could say whiskers, i would be squashed at the end, with a big heavy head, resting on my lap as a pillow, and he would look at me in disgust, when i had to move and disturb his nap, and his tail, could clear the coffee table with ease, when he wagged it, ahh grand days
I dont know what state or country ur in....but silver poplar will "propagate" by cutting off a twig and pushing down about 8-10" in soil...keep moist.....🖐🏻☺️
Colette, You've been one of my sources of inspiration. Last month, at 62, I sold my home in the city and purchased a piece of land in the country with a modest home in need of love sitting on it. My first order of business is trees. This is a dry and some would say harsh climate in a small farming community. I have 4 plum trees coming next week and have 15 Thuja pines (waiting patiently in locally made from recycled material planter boxes) that will live their lives here here as a wind break which will anchor a micro climate.
Today I walked out back in my stocking feet to talk to the man who was marking my sewer line. My feet were immediately and painfully covered in burrs. A kind soul handed me my slippers and pulled the stockings off my feet. Before my friend could put them in the garbage, I used the stockings as flags marking the place where the pipes run to the back of the property. I thought of you and wondered about your early days. Then, feeling of such peace and contentment came over me...because I knew that this harsh landscape is destined to become an oasis...one tree, one root, one bulb, one seed at a time.
Cottage of the Cron
Blessed Be, dear soul!
the way Jack lays his head on your lap to listen to you read. How cute!!
Colette you definitely are not mad, you are a wonderful inspiration.
Colette, dearest
Simply put, you are magic & have such beautiful spirit. I adore yoh immensely xxx
Lol nighttime planting , oh bless you Colette your spirit is wonderful x
Dear Colette I hear a woman of my own thinking and one who is enormously blessed and happy.I too have sought a simple close to the earth life amidst the flow of life in the city. I own a regular city deep lot and have turned it to a woodland and country cottage .It has taken me 42 years .When we bought it in the seventies it was a bungalow and very cookie cutter landscape. It is now a fairytale illustration that I am extremely comfortable in and it’s my own creation.Everything is original all woodwork gorgeous and old fashioned cupboards .It was only owned previous to us by one other family who had it built and lived here from the twenties to the seventies.It will be 100 years old in 2024.
I am of Irish descent so I recognize my fancy for a lot of my choices and styles and ways with trees schrubs and flowers.I thoroughly enjoy ur videos and impartations that u give and agree totally about Mother Earth and respect for the Divine in her and of her.And all of the creatures and inhabitants contained in her.Thank You for sharing your beautiful and wonderful life at Bealtine Cottage .🌹♥️
Touching base with a simpler more rewarding way of living is exactly why I join you Collette and Jack x
I ordered your book the other day and am enjoying hearing you read from it. Honestly, every video makes me feel like I've come over for a visit. You are a gracious hostess! I always leave feeling relaxed and inspired at the same time!
Your video has been such a comfort and inspiration to me tonight. Thank you!
Hi Collette, what a gift you reading a chapter from your book. I home school and do most of the reading so that was so nice I was laying in bed eyes shut imaging life there in your early days. Please consider audio books I would surely buy. Have a wonderful weekend.
Audio books with all the 'interruptions' and laughter and asides included. :)
I was thinking the same thing - the laughter, interruptions etc make it priceless :-)
I love hearing you read to us, I enjoyed it, I think Jack did too!, I so enjoy your videos.
The land before her lay bare and desolate. Even the wind did not visit the rushes or stir the brambles. All about there was sadness and sorrow. With a twinkle in her eye and a bounce in her step, she waved her hands across the earth. Here and there seeds flew. Around and around like a whirling dervish. Tiny leaves sprung up from the ground and stretched as far as their bodies could go. "The sun! The sun!" they sang in unison and voiced their joy as loud as a choir. She was not finished -- her deed of planting -- for much of the earth still lie naked. Sticks were placed like candles on a cake and burned with the fire of life. They were blessed and they grew and were never oppressed. The Eden that she had nurtured broke free from containment and like a flood swelled over everything.
The wind returned to whisper to the trees
and birds alighted along with the bees.
Frogs and mice prepared banquets and feasts
with the faeries and elves and other beasts.
What strength and power she possessed
to bring life and love to a land bereft!
The moral of this story or a lesson to be learned?
Plant, plant, plant and let not our Mother be spurned.
The Ballad of Collette The Green. :)
Love it !
Indeed!
Oh Dwayne, Dwayne you are truelly gifted. Thank you for sharing this, I would love to share this on my facebook but will only do so with your approval? I love it!
If you would like to share by all means please do so. It's a gift.
Oh my gosh, I love this video.I enjoy relaxing with you. Cozy on the couch, warm by the fire and you reading to me. Who could ask for anything more!🌷❤🐾
❤❤❤ wonderful evening • Jack & Sammy-bear we’re at their cutest and, Colette, your reading from your book was divine 🙏💗 Thank you 💗🙏
Hearing about your daughter and the boys brings tears to my eyes, happy tears.....and I love your boots!
Wonderful video.
Jack is so sweet listening to you read your book. Your book has provided me with many hours of pleasures. 🌹
Hullo Colette. Blessings to you too. Here I am sitting in Delhi listening to you reading from your book and picturing bealtine cottage as best as I can. Thank you for that..Loved it! Here we live in a flat and I have a little pomegranate tree on my balcony with a flower slowly turning into fruit. ...i don't know much about these things, but am loving watching this happen...And I listen to your stories.....Thank you ...The stories come all the way from Ireland and find ripples in far off places.. that's just lovely..... Blessings
I love this video so much that I will rewatch it many times. Thank you. 🦋
Do not hesitate to buy all 3 of her books, they are wonderful and the map is enchanting. Enjoy the beautiful flowers Colette, you deserve it
I can't get enough of this beautiful clip! I don't know how many times I have been listening to it ( on the phone and on the big screen tv.
I am crying and laughing with you.I promise to myself that I will get the book .So much to say.....
Thank you, and hugs from far away.
Absolutely delighted when you read to us from your book. Thank you again.
I just watched this and enjoyed it so much. I❤🌹🌼🌻🌷🌺🐕🐢🦎🐞🦗🐜🦋🐛and your channel
Love this Colette ❤. Slowly getting through these Wonderful Videos. So Happy & feeling Blessed that I found you.☘💐.
What a sweet and precious soul Jack is! Listening to you read from your book makes me feel like doing the same. I like the idea of you narrating it as an audiobook 😉. Love to all four of you 💕
Look at the love and happiness in Jack's eyes. It's beautiful xx
Jack is so precious. His gentle nature, his love for you. I want to cuddle him. :)
Thank you Colette, it was an very enjoyable reading yes. Lyed on bed closing my eyes, I was listening to the sound of your voice, your words and I feel more relaxed now. Greetings from France xx
This is lovely! When I get the funds I'm going to buy this book, your life is so inspiring! I love the simple life and I have always been a lover of nature. I grew up on a small farm in Western Pennslyvania and although I no longer live on that land I now live with my in-laws in New Jersey but we have beautiful woods behind our home and I just love all of the birds and plants! Thanks for sharing, I'm so enjoying your beautiful videos!
Ahhhhh.....delightful 😊 for a few moments I was transported to another place another time. Blessings xx
Oh those babies of yours are so beautiful . Jack and Sammy were looking as if to say “ Mum loves me best “ “ No she she doesn’t she loves me best “😂 Bless them . I highly recommend all three books , they are brilliant , but I must have read A Cottage and Three Acres at least six times . This is the funny thing , last night my friend popped down from up the lane and we got talking about you , watched some of your videos by which time she was hooked and went home with my Cottage and Three Acres to start reading last night . Thank you for writing such beautiful books . Blessings to you all xxxx
I luv your books and really enjoy hearing you read from them... your voice adds a wonderful dimension to the words!! If you made a full recording of each book I would definitely purchase those!!!!
Utterly delightful video Colette. Thank you so much. I felt welcomed into your cosy nurturing home. Angie Joy ♡♡♡
Another beautiful video Colette, even my husband takes an interest in them ,& asks "Are you at Beltaine cottage again?",lol, he loves Jack.
Oooh. Such a lovely sentiment and the atmosphere that you have around you, and that you create... incredibly peaceful and content. When you look back, is it any wonder that you have accomplished so much. I think for me, your ability to create an Eden from a plot of land that others would have not even attempted.. speaks volumes. This, combined with your attitude, Jack, Sammy Bear, and Beauty is heaven. It's intoxicating and addictive. You allow so many of us live vicariously through your magnificence. Thanks Colette. Have a blessed Ostara.
I totally Love hearing you read that chapter. I will be purchasing your books
I love Jack 💖💖💖 I know he's no longer on this level but I feel such genuine love for him whenever his dear little face pops up. I have a female version of Jack called Moon. She's a rescue from Romania. I saw her photo online and fell madly in love. So she was my 50th birthday present to myself 😁 and wow ... best money I've ever spent in my life! I love your posts Colette, they are all so positive and calming. Cheers doll XxX
Jack boy, is there a happier dog? Beautiful flower arrangement, cozy fire and wonderful fur kiddos. Pure happiness.
💜 I wish I could afford it. 🍀🌼
Maybe one day.
Oh that looks so cosy and inviting Colette...I just want to say that you have the most soothing, melodic, calming voice...You should really think of doing some meditations on utube for relaxing, sleeping etc..They would be absolutely amazing and might bring in some more revenue for your divine Bealtaine Cottage....Blessings from Kildare...😇
Thoroughly enjoyed listening to your chapter. I look forward to reading it for myself!
I have your books but I still enjoy hearing you read from them. For me it’s easier to visualize what’s being read by someone else. The blue coming through your window is absolutely beautiful. Blessings to you and your family at Bealtaine.
After a long day of grading papers, I too am sitting back with feet up. Thank you for the video to enjoy while I loll about :-)
I care for my two granddaughters on a daily basis..my daughter has no help but me and works long hours. I too have planted in the dark lol💜
Happy tears for me too-so grateful for you sharing your beautiful life!
Wonderful. I just started reading your book, ‘A Cottage and Three Acres ‘ yesterday and just got to Chapter 5, so that was fantastic to join you for that chapter! I’m looking forward to reading more later today.
The book is, as are your videos, inspirational. And full of such hope, which is what we all need. Thank you so much. xxx
Nice story. I also have a border collie (mix) who is a darling like Jack. Such sweet dogs! Happy trails.
I loved the book reading ! It's very entertaining to watch Jack playing up to the camera too bless him. I have all your books now, and the map! and I recommend anyone who hasn't got "A Cottage and Three Acres" to get it as soon as possible. The first time I read it....it blew my mind - and I have read it several times since. It's a beautifully inspirational book! Blessings to you Colette
Arrgh, Jack the Pirate! :)
Oh yes, I remember dial-up, thank goodness for pots of tea!
Thank you for a wonderful story. :)
I just loved listening to you read from your book. I have it and have read it myself, but so enjoyed hearing your voice read it! I love the book by the way, and recommend it to anyone! Sweet Jack and Sammy Bear made it all extra special! ❤️
Blessings to you too. Just lovely clip.
I have just found your channel (no idea how I've missed it until now!) and adore it (subscribed, alarm set...oh, also bookmarked your website so I can peruse it at leisure) What a beautiful place! What an idyllic life! I have to agree that I also share your choice of "fashion" (as in Gothic) and, being of a similar age to you, I feel I can say...you go girl!! Look forward to watching all of your videos, catching up on your website and reading your books. Blessings :-)
Jack 😍😍😍 I’m starting to only wait for a glimpse of him now in your vids 🙈🙈🙈
loved the reading,you sure worked so hard,the story ended so good.
I loved A Cottage and Three Acres. It is a lovely narrative of the first decade+ of Bealtaine Cottage; for me, evoking a bit of Blake and a lot of the American poetess, Emily Dickinson (“Much Madness Divinest Sense to the Discerning Eye!”). I will return to it frequently as it is also a reference for those of us who are interested in “planting as if our lives depended on it”! PS: Love your boots! Unfortunately I have a boot “thing” and way too many boots!
I love your books (and have all of them) but I especially enjoy your reading from them. A special hello to your furry friends. Thank you!
I believe you/we mean:
Until Further Notice
We Will Celebrate Everything.
Love Jack .
Wonderful books Colette!
Thank you
Hey I find your voice relaxing
LOL! What is Jack doing?! It looks like he thinks you are reading exclusively to him. He's SO cute; sweet baby!❤
I thoroughly enjoyed the reading! Now I want the book :) I have such a stack of to-read books now, but will put yours on my wish-list. Just lovely. I've been spinning fleece as I'm listening to your pleasant voice!
when i had the great dane, it would start with a head then a couple of paws, and slowly but surely, the whole body, including tail, and before you could say whiskers, i would be squashed at the end, with a big heavy head, resting on my lap as a pillow, and he would look at me in disgust, when i had to move and disturb his nap, and his tail, could clear the coffee table with ease, when he wagged it, ahh grand days
I treated myself to flowers today
Goth 🥰
Jack. He is very fanny and wait cat too. Sweets
Ah yes
Tildrae somnecurlis el remi a finsl'lenne! Crowtash sopterfuge or Ireland flendzie. Halska!!!
I do hope to buy the book...it is tax time here and money is tight. There is no tax benefit to being a writer where I live! I wish there were.
ROFL, I love your story of dial-up, oh heavens don't I remember! That sound!
Power of One..my favorite book. You should check it out
I dont know what state or country ur in....but silver poplar will "propagate" by cutting off a twig and pushing down about 8-10" in soil...keep moist.....🖐🏻☺️
Jack wants pets yo!
😉 Jack the privateer!