The Cottage Diaries May 26
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- Опубликовано: 17 сен 2024
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"In Search of the Goddess Rising"
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"The Magical, Mythical Map"
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Trees and Woodlands have been a lifelong passion and the reason Colette established the Bealtaine Project in May 2004.
Loved this post. I am an old woman with a little house, a few cats and dogs and some pretty things growing plus a few little garden boxes for veggies. Shelves of books and I have more than enough.
Everything is looking so beautiful. And it is so very true about those people not knowing the meaning of the word "enough."
I've always believed, "enough is plenty". Some people just can't grasp that.
I simply ❤️ love watching your videos thanks for sharing your beautiful life and garden.
What a delightful treat it is to turn on my computer in the morning, see that you've created a new video and take a walk around the cottage to marvel at how incredibly healthy and happy the plants are! It is a feast for the senses. The cottage looks gorgeous too! I do the same thing with my laundry, if it's too wet outside to hand on the line, it goes over a drying rack, on to the back of chairs, or it is put on hangers to be dried by the woodstove. Thank you for all you do. Blessings to you dear friend!
"... and how many of 'them' are as happy as me?" Beautiful. Abundance. And wishing you and yours Good Health. Joy. And MORE Joy. Got my three books from your website. Wonderful! Thanks so much!
It was very funny for me to hear that people think that Rhododendron is invasive. In my mothers garden, here in Germany , I had problems to keep our Rhododendrons healthy. It was one of my moms favorite flower in the garden. One day before she died she said with a glimpse of prediction "it is so sad, I will not See my Rhododendron bloom. " I tried my best to take care of them but it was a struggle, I wished they would have been invasive. I love them too and in our garden , back then they were the first big bushes blooming. People judge so fast about other livings, way too fast.
Blessings to you Colette and may the Rhododendrons in your garden bloom as lang as mother nature has joy with it. 🌳🌻🌈🥰
Such a useful tip about coffee grounds xxx
I don't often comment collete but I absolutely love watching your videos and learning. When you said this video may inspire you to step out of your comfort zone and try something new, I will do just that! Rhododendron in pots is something I never thought of. I have camellias in pots so why I thought rhododendron couldn't go in pots is beyond me. I have even planted small fruit trees in half barrels this year after your saying "plant like your life depends on it". Teaching us novice gardeners through your videos is such a helpful way to help us get inspired, even if we have little space. The garden outside your door is my favourite. My eyes scan every plant wondering if I too could squeeze one into my garden. You are amazing, and so is your garden and woodland. Thank you for helping us learn and be able ro follow your lead 😘 xx
Thank you for being such a great role model. It's an honor to be welcomed into your home.
You were chatting in my ear yesterday colette as I went to the garden centre 😆 I headed to the reduced section and got a great lilac tree, a decent size green beech, two big laurels which I hope to make an arch like yours. All that for €24!! Happy days. 💖
Good morning to you Colette. And it's another bright day here.
The birds are singing, what joy they have,
The abundance of all that is in their tuneful songs.
That is how life is for me. Being in Gratitude.
Hugs and Blessings
Have a Splendid day.
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I love the cloud pruning on your magnolia! The rhododendrons are wonderful too. The insects sheltering in plants look so cosy. That's a great point about stepping out of ones comfort zone with plants 🌱
I'm so blessed to have been sent in your direction. All that I need comes to me... Wise words of my Mother... "Don't "should" on yourself, or anything else"🙏🤗💝🌲
I like your broom attached to the sealing! You are innovative Colette! I hang up everything to dry as well!
Garden looking beautiful!
Love the house and garden tour,life can be wonderful.
What bounty indeed! Hoorah!
How beautiful everything looks! My rhododendron is the same color. I planted it about 35 years ago I think. I have one lovely azalea that is pink and looks like a rose bloom. You do sound like you are feeling more energetic. I'll have to try a juice fast soon. I'm a couple years older than you ; ) Blessings.
I really enjoyed this video, thank you. It's been helpful. Yes, knowing the meaning of enough. I've recently found your channel and slowly watching your videos has been a pleasant journey. I'm in my 70th year now living in a tiny home rental and having challenges but truly blessed.
I appreciate watching not having ads. I look forward to seeing more & what your books are. Thank you.
I love your videos! Thank you for posting them! Our state flower in West Virginia, USA is the rhododendron. So gorgeous. I think you would like the nature here. It’s so beautiful! I live down in a hollow completely surrounded by trees. I absolutely love it!
Oh, and those billionaires can put a sock in it! If they try to tell me anything I’ll go after them like Nora Batty with a broom! (Any “Last of the Summer Wine” fans out there?)
Yes! Love it. I can just see her now 😂
Your Grandmother was a wise woman, love that quote. Another lovely look around the cottage. Blessings to you Colette, have a wonderful weekend.
My grandparents had a rhododendron at each corner of the house in front. They never invaded anybody. The bees loved them!!!
I love the way you are always so delighted with insects but I worry when people use the word bugs contemptuously, That dreaded reaching for a newspaper. We have mosquitoes so we plant lemon scented plants and mint that deter them. Plus we use screendoors. I hope parents and teachers teach young people so enjoy the marvel of insect life.
A few top notch quotes there Colette.
"I might of had trouble paying my bills at times but I never felt impoverished" haha I can so relate to that sister, because as you say "I live my life in abundance" 🌹🌾
I especially like what you said about "not knowing the meaning of enough" and I so concur.... Although possibley not when it comes to plants 🌿🌱😜.
I also enjoy you speak about so called "invasive species"... I would love for you to see what I've done with my 4.5f X 24f city balcony. It's a mini rainforest, and like you gives me so much joy each morning as I observe massive changes over night on a daily basis 🌺🌲🌻🍃
Thank you for sharing your wonderful videos. They warm my little green soul 💚
Blessed be
Liam 🤗
I love the talk today, I understand very well how lucky you are and live an abundant life. Thanks for all the beautiful flowers you show to me and all that beautiful green that grows on your land, thank t o all you did for them, they shine for you to be happy.
❤ Your first rhododendron reminds of the one my mother had at her house, so beautiful! Poppies are one of my favorites.
Everything is just bursting with joy at Bealtaine! Thanks as always Colette for sharing with us. It’s a real treat. Have a beautiful day! 💕☀️💕
Oh dear Colette, to walk with you in the morning through your green colorful world ! It’s such a delight ! 🙏💕🙏
Fair play to you Colette, as you say you know the meaning of "enough" .I do too though I feel many don't. Would'nt it be a great world if they thought about it . They would have less stress and probably more time to enjoy life and all it brings
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Slowly but surely I'm getting rid of all my grass and planting instead. All inspired by yourself. This year its paying off, the anticipation, waiting for blooms is satisfying indeed. I'm always eyeing your pots!
I am so envious of your lush garden! I live in Sicily and it's already hot and dry. It's a constant battle keeping plants alive let alone lush.
You have such a warm and cosy home, it must be relaxing all the time.
I try not to run the dryer in summer. Love juicing a few days. Give me a lift. Your place looks lovely. So creative. Spectacular.
Such a heartwarming video 🥰 ‘I have enough’. Me too Collette, how amazing and joyful does that feel? I wonder how many more people would already have enough too, and be in that nirvana, if they only stopped to think about it. Thank you so much for sharing 🙏
My rhodos have bloomed last month{US},a treat to see yours doing so well!Good Goddess you are busy!Stay well
I absolutely love you Colette. Thank you. Thank you, for sharing your life, your blessings, your abundance and your wisdom with us all.
Hi Colette, such beautiful flowers and plants at Bealtaine! Enjoy the rest of your day Blessings ❤️
Collette your videos have been so inspirational throughout my life and I can’t thank you enough for sharing your wonderful videos! 🥰🐝🌿🌸
Fabulous Colette. You took me right back to my family home & garden where my father grew his Rhodedendrons, azealias & Camilias in pots, some really big pots, an old beer keg which he cut the top off & even an old Belfast sink. Thank you for taking me back.❤🤗
Hello Colette thank you for sharing some of your precious time with us. The flowers are beautiful and you gardens are amazing. Hugs and love 💚❤
Knowing your personal "enough" in every sphere of life is so so important.
Colette ,You are an inspiration to us all !!! You share Your Knowledge and Wisdom about Mother Earth and Her Abundance with us , which is actually priceless ! I appreciate the ad free zone and would love to buy Your books one day soon , until then .. Blessings to You xxx
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing your garden beauty ,wisdom and humour
I just love it all.I agree human unkind is Very greedy always more more more ....Yikes at what cost
Love and Blessings from Winnipeg Canada
What a JOY your video's are, Colette! Thank you!! BLESSINGS to YOU, as well!!
Learning, at last, that I have enough, more than enough, enough to share, enough to care for, enough to be grateful for, enough to sustain and nourish my soul. Thank you for the lovely reminder. Love from Cedar Hill Cottage in Julian, California
We have lots of enormous rhododendrons, like big trees, practically, and they are STUNNING.
I absolutely love your stone cottage! Our version of stone cottages in the US are brick homes and I’m looking far and wide to find a small one (in the country or rural area)! Hard to find! Most of them were made in the 40s-70s (in town) and it seems like for some reason they stopped making them when the 80s rolled around and we started making 2500 then 3500 then 4500 sq ft stick built houses that fall apart as soon as the 30 year mortgage is paid off! You live in a paradise you’ve created and I’m sure many of us, not just me, are thankful for your example of what true happiness is and that it’s up to us to create that happiness wherever possible.
So glad to hear some positive remarks today from you!! There seems to be such gloom and doom talk today all over the place. I get so weary of it, don't you?
I do like to start my day with your Cottage Diaries. Thank you for sharing these with us 💚
Thank you for the coffee grounds tip .love your land .the plants are thriving.
💚💚💚💚 exceptional joy and peace for the soul, as always!
Bonjour Colette! Quel plaisir de te retrouver dans ton magnifique jardin. J'adore la façon dont tu vis. Quand on est bien avec soi-même, on se contente de peux! Oui tu es vraiment chanceuse d'avoir ce domaine à toi. Tu as la paix et le bonheur le faire ce que tu veux chez toi. A bientôt Louise du Québec!
Colette I love the light and bright of your cottage. Painting the mantel and mirror white have really opened up the space. Seems roomier now. The lighter throws help too.
Wow, girl, you have not just a green thumb but both hands ..lol. your grandmother's sayings sound like my mothers...blessings to you Colette.
Your garden looks stunning! I also love that quote from your Grandmother.... Thank you so much!
I enjoy starting my day watching your videos with my morning coffee 🥰.
Oh the Poppies💐 Everything is beautiful !
Lovely to see all the gorgeous flowers! Iris are blooming here, and honeysuckle. The poison ivy has gone ballistic this year… never seen it so abundant or large… any tips from others out there on how to effectively deal with it? I’ve heard that the increased CO2 causes it to flourish and produce a more potent toxin.
Your property is such a beautiful reflection of your flourishing spirit. 🌸🌸🌸
Lovely and inspiring as always! A pure joy to spend time with you!! Blessings
Rhododendrons are gorgeous! They are natives here in New Jersey and they grow among the woodland pine and evergreen trees...it looks magical.....yours are gorgeous too! Here they love to be mulched with pine needles too. Your gardens are so beautiful and inspiring to me!
Absolutely made my morning ...having my coffee and watching this lovely video before the day gets going. Thank you xx
Good morning 🌞 always a pleasure to walk the gardens with you and have a coffee ☕️ have a blessed day and thank you for sharing 🌸🌺💋
I too live in the state of abundance. Always plant your seeds even if they might not grow. Love you. ❤️
It’s so beautiful it brings tears to my eyes! Thank you for sharing!
You have many blessings Colette.
Lovely visit. Your home is gorgeous, the garden even more so . Blessings
You totally rock Colette! Thank you as always.
I have one Rhododendron and it has taken me ten years to baby it but when it blooms it is wonderful and the bees love it.
Our climate is is just barely adequate for them but so far so good - had to laugh about it being invasive- wow I would love to have
mine spread.
Beauty is all around us if we just take a moment to look.
Your videos are always enjoyable Colette ,thank you and have a good day.
My cottage is made from flint because it was built as a school in 1830 and then when it was turned into 4 cottages they built on at the back for the kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms of all of them but they use pebbled dash to cover the lovely bricks..
Ah, Colette. Your cottage and grounds are like a breath of fresh air for my soul. Rhododendrons are so architectural and grow larger, while their "cousins" Azaleas growth habit is more compact, to my eye anyway. I read that Azaleas are Rhododendrons, but Rhododendrons are not Azaleas. No matter, both are beautiful! Blessings to you . . .
I just found your site and must say I consider it a very lucky find!! I loved the quote from your grandmother and your living in a state of abundance. I couldn't agree more about some not recognizing,"enough". You are a lovely unique find in this informative but oft times crazy online world. I look forward to catching up with all your past videos and enjoying the upcoming ones as well. I too love azaleas and rhododendrons and have never seen anything invasive with either of them. My mint and rosemary in the herb garden got away from me one year but mowing the lawn smelled wonderful that summer!😊
You are so inspiring. You lift my heart every day. I’m so glad i have found you. I always have a smile at the end of your videos❤️
Good heavens.... Rhododendrons are not invasive from my experience. They are prolific and gorgeous here in the Pacific Northwest of America and are prolific not because they spread naturally (I've never seen that though they can grow very big in our acidic soil) but because humans propagate them for their beauty. Yours are gorgeous and a perfect fit for Bealtaine Cottage!!!
It's all so beautiful x
Every thing looks so lush and beautiful. Have a lovely day.
The Azalea here love sharing my morning coffee with me 😊
You continue to inspire me to keep planting and creating abundance here in New Zealand.🙏
Have a lovely weekend, Colette! 🌞🐝✨ Your book arrived this week and I finished it the same day. I'm not on your Patreon yet but I swear I could already hear you reading it! Blessings xx
Plants can be invasive only if you let them, Colette. Some folks plop a plant in and expect them to stay the same size. Usually lazy people who then whinge about it later. 🙄
Beautiful rhodo....we had them in the family home....always cut for the shop window vases at the procession which would be next Sunday!!!!
always a joy to watch these videos
Bealtaine is looking so beautiful, I'm loving these diaries,such wise words today,Collette your gold,thankyou x
Well said about enough - "enough is as good as a feast"!! ❤️☘️
Collette, everything is so beautiful due to your emerald green thumb 👍all of the plants 🪴are gleaming because of you! Beautiful labor of love you have there♥️♥️ my pomegranate tree is finally producing, along with a fruiting mulberry. They are both developing fruit now. It will be exciting to see how they evolve.i have also been eating from my artichoke plants, three times allready. That is so much fun to finally eat something I grew myself.by the by, I just love the added pep in your voice this lovely morning 🌄❤could it be a dietary change?? Lol ♥️ it is a good, no great feeling to have all ones work done by mid morning like you said, you get the rest of the day to do you!! Catch a big ol hug coming your way!!
You're an inspiration, Collette!
Your home and gardens are beautiful.
I do love stopping by your channel 🌿🌈🦋🌼🌸🌳🌲love & blessings to you
Lovely rhododendron, never thought of growing it in a pot before. Will have to get one now.
We also have a plant in the same family as the rhododendrons that’s called a mountain laurel that grows here in Virginia. It is a very beautiful plant also.
Love Rhododendrum‘s also. In Pennsylvania and Appalachia here in the US they are very plentiful. Unfortunately, my family migrated to Michigan in the 70’s. Miss viewing the flora in Pennsylvania
Thanks so much for the tip on the acidic soil for the rhododendron. A neighbor just gifted me one!
Blessings to you and thank you!
Azaleas are common, here in N.C. I once had a glorious, big white one. Now, I have one that's the exact same color as yours. We call that azalea color, watermelon pink. The rhododendrons grow throughout the Blue Ridge Mountains, in the western part of the state.
.......silly me, I was listening out for a parrot in your garden! OH, you make me smile. Thanks for the coffee grounds tip, I have the same colour rhododendron!
Как я люблю вот такие сады, которые поначалу кажутся слегка запущенными, но это на первый взгляд. Пройдя немного по этим узким тропинкам, понимаешь, что здесь каждому цветку , кустарнику и деревцу отведено свое определенное мест . Я не знаю хозяйку всего этого великолепия, но я поверила ей - она действительно счастливая женщина.
"If I cared, I'd be dangerous!" Love it!
Beautiful as always. I try to count my blessings
💚Thank you for the inspiration. I'm having a big salad for breakfast. I usually ate vegetables later in the day💚
I thoroughly enjoy walking round your home and garden with you, even if it is only through video! So true, too, that many people "don't know the meaning of enough".
Your garden is so magical ❤️❤️❤️
Wow the Rhododendrons look stunning I've never seen such varieties 😍 everything looks great,even the aliens. Oh I've never heard of cloud pruning....I'm definitely trying that, it looks beautiful 🥰💖🙏🌳🌳🌳
Those davos creatures don't know the meaning of "Enough" ! ...Truth! 💕💕💗
Congratulations on paying off your mortgage! Bravo and well done. I know you don't need my approval but I am so proud of you. You did it on your own and in only 18 years I believe you said, that is simply fantastic!
Thank you so much!!