a simple life, a simple home - reorganizing my cottage
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A Simple Life, A Simple Home - Reorganizing my cottage
I’m so happy to share that my book - The Cottage Fairy Companion - is now available for pre-order!
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Simple Living in Summer. I wanted to share a little bit while reorganizing my bookshelves and talking about my love of books and art, and while I find it to be a very therapeutic pastime. I felt a need to pick myself up this week after a lightening storm started a lot of fires, so it felt right to indulge myself in some of my favorite pastimes and share some of what I love with you ✨
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Children’s Books I love
- Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (A Harry Potter-esque fantasy I love and great read-aloud): amzn.to/3eharfw
- The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate: amzn.to/3kfl86d
- The Penderwicks: amzn.to/3xFulst
- Ella Enchanted (a light, cute fantasy comedy): amzn.to/2UbWY1F
- The Tail of Desperaux (a classic): amzn.to/3wA9Z2t
Adult books
- Once Upon A River (audiobook read by Juliet Stevenson): amzn.to/3iba7jF
- The Hidden Life of Trees (a beautiful and educational book): amzn.to/3z13dnI
- Braiding Sweetgrass (also educational): amzn.to/3B6trag
- The Signature of all Things (audiobook read by Juliet Stevenson. Historical fiction): amzn.to/3yWykB1
- The Snow Child (amazing winter read): amzn.to/3i9wDJR
- James Herriot Books: amzn.to/3z0lGRI
My favorite books on herbs, wild foods:
1. Wild Remedies by Rosalee de la Foret
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2. Alchemy of Herbs by Rosalee de la Foret
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3. My favorite book on tea making: amzn.to/3cJQWud
Picture Books
- Maybe: amzn.to/3igDT6O
- Where the Wild Things Are: amzn.to/3yWKOZl
- Journey: amzn.to/3kkPTGS
- Margaret’s Unicorn: amzn.to/3yVptQ4
Some (of many) favorite movies and shows
- Miss Potter
- The Fox and the Child (2007)
- LOTR
- Hunt for the Wilderpeople (anything directed by Taika Waititi)
- Finding Neverland
- Sense and Sensibility (2008 BBC version)
- Hilda tv series (for children)
- The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1992)
- Moving Art (on Netflix)
- So, so many more
Music
- Priscilla Ahn (Dream, Living in a Tree)
- Howard Shore
- Alexis French
- Julie Fowlis
- Kate Rusby
- Yann Tiersen
- Vivaldi (look up ‘nulla in mundo pax sincera’)
- Anything that reminds me of Studio Ghibli
Documentaries
- Not a doc but a Ted Talk I love on Climate Change: • Forget climate Apocaly...
- Anything narrated by David Attenborough
- Botany, a Blooming History
- All Lucy Worsley Documentaries
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please give me your book, movie, or music recommendations! So we can all discover new favorites ❤️ Thank you for the encouraging comments in my last video! It was much appreciated. An important time for me to stay positive so I wanted to share my thoughts with you. I linked favorite books, movie, etc in the description ❤️
1. Into the wild
2. My side of the world
3. Anne of green gables (I am sure you have read it)
4. Enchanted
5. The beauty of not knowing
Far from the Madding crowd, Return of the native, The Middle March, Under the greenwood tree.
Books:
The Little Book of Cottagecore
The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs
Music:
Tim Janis
- I think his music would really suit your videos.
Keep up the great work:)
I am reading the Outlander series. A nurse travels back in time about 200 years and lands in Scotland.
I used to watch Tuscan Sun movie over and again, the setting was in Italy, beautiful! I want to watch it again but I misplaced the DVD due to busy-ness. I have many favorite songs, but one of them is The Journey by Lea Salonga. Also, like The Climb by Miley Cyrus.
I wrote bedtime stories for my daughters when they were young. Later, they printed them and made a book of them for my birthday. That’s probably my favorite book.. 😁
What is it about?:)
@@nadja9674 Random stories about gnomes, faeries and other strange creatures.. 😊
@@Rene_Voortwist So lovely!!:)
Awww that's cute!
Aww
I remember a quote from CS Lewis!
*A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest*
I´m reading them again, now.
Another one of his quotes really hit home for me many years ago - “Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage.”
I just finished Anne of Green Gables and I'm currently reading The Secret Garden. Yes, they are children's books, but I didn't read them as a child and I'm glad I didn't let that stop me from reading them now. I absolutely adore the stories and I shall read them over and over and over again for the remaining years I have left in life.
All the books by Laura ingles wilder ‘ little house’ books
I read those two last year and was blown away! :)
The Secret Garden, one of my favorite children's books!
2 of the best!
You have to read the whole Anne series! I didn't read them until I was an adult, either, and some others in the series are even better than the first, imo. I think Anne's House of Dreams was my favorite. :)
I have NEVER read every single comment on anyone's video until now. Couldn't stop jotting down all the wonderful recommendations made. Thanks everyone!!!
The way she smiled while sitting on the chair with those books around!! I just want to be that happy in life❤️
Amen !
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I've screenshot it and put it up on my status! Just loved it ❤
When I sit down to read a book--Dr. Seuss comes to mind. "Oh, the places you will go!"
I agree. Such sheepish grin while sitting amid those precious books is priceless!
You remind me of my grandma. She’s almost 82, and had never had internet, doesn’t have a TV, and has a flip phone she barely uses. Because of no internet, she has amassed thousands of books to learn from. Cookbooks, garden books, history, children’s books. All different kinds. Her small farm and little brick house are magical. She has book shelves on just about every wall. I was reading chapter books in kindergarten and no doubt got good at reading from the many hours spent at her house reading or being read to. It’s like my second home there. I am so busy these days with many projects, but I try to read a little when I’ve got some extra time, which is usually in the winter.
You’re so lucky to be able to walk through long grass… if we did that here in Australia we would probably be bitten by one of the many dangerous jerk snakes.
This comment hits home! I am preparing myself for summer and am constantly on the look out for them!!!
@@DiandSam We live in the blue mountains in Sydney and so we have the notorious brown snakes and funnel web spiders. It’s horrible because I love going bush walking but in summer it’s just too much of a risk! 😢 Stay safe!!
@@MissGold888 That sounds scary!
Let alone sit in it! 😅
I watch this in awe as I walk my dog through the dry spinifex with sun beating down on us unforgivingly, crows squawking off in the distance, the earth sending up waves of reflected heat ... and it's still winter in Queensland 😐👍
I was thinking the same thing. I whispered, 'watch out for snakes'. Nice to see so many Aussies enjoying this channel :)
For no reason, I've been feeling kinda sad and exhausted lately. Watching this video just took all those weird feelings/thoughts away and made me calm. Thank you!
There is nothing wrong with being a book hoarder. Says the woman who if she could build a house would have a library in it. My favorite books are anything by Tolkien and I love reading about history.
Bibliophiles are not hoarders.
Girl same lol
Agree not Hoarders :)
Have you read Any by Isabelle Allende??
There is no such thing as a book horder, no such thing. We are keepers of knowledge. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
I recently took a book binding class and wrote a story for my 4 year old grandson and his new puppy Luna, who is a white lab. It’s called the Adventure of Leo and Luna. I hope he treasures it always.
My precious grandchildren are named Leo and Luna 💕💕💕
What an interesting, unusual and intriguing idea. Leo and Luna are lucky to have you 🌸
Where did you go to the bookbinding class at?
I heard of one in South Carolina or somewhere in the south.
My heart soared when she opened the cabinets and it’s just filled with books
I love your black dog, please show him in all videos
One of my favorite books is “The Alchemist” by Paolo Cuehlo. I highly recommend it to anyone!
yes!
i love this too
My fav, too 😊
all time fav
I am 67 on the 18th, I love the Velveteen Rabbit... Love makes you real. ♥️☮️
HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY DONNA ❤🥳🌹
My favorite also. See above in comments. 😊 I am 68.
@@lauralee83 Well thank you dear!!!
@@donnadeneweth2128 🤗 You're welcome ❤ Have a wonderful birthday 🎂
_The Secret Garden_ was my childhood fantasy encompassed in a few hundred pages, loved that book ♥️
I just finished that book! Loved it.
Tremendous book. I loved it.
That was my favorite too! I have 3 copies of it!
Mine too. I wish i could be young again 💛
Yes!! Mine as well
Sometimes I will be quietly watching an episode, and a little tear trickles down my cheeks so unexpectedly. Paola, you are inspiring growth, thoughtful reflection, and healing here in this community you've convened. Your love of "Finding Neverland" prompted me to respond; it's one of my cherished 'faves', also.
There is 'Kindred' all round us, we just have to know how to feel it. I read the other's comments and see so many moved to share because your activities drew something out of our heart. Your willingness to share yourself and your honest, appealing interactions on the simplicities of life beckon to us from your bookshelves and brook sides, alike.
I am a social worker--on hiatus--living through my early 50s now, and I'm taking the time {I always should have} to reflect on my place in the world, the past, present and future of how I impact others and how this impacts me. I'm discovering that what I have really needed all along is to simplify. Mostly, I have learned that so much of me now requires what I've always given away to others so freely. It is wonderful to watch as you celebrate living through your early 20s by cultivating a peaceful life, focusing on what really matter to you in a way that soulfully instructs and inspires us all. Thank you so much.
This hit me today. Thank you.
Ha same and didn't expect to find ya here.
Oh! I forgot to mention - Rohan, my brother, can be spotted in this video ❤️ he helps me out with my videos, you can find him on IG @ Rohan_Merrill
were your parent's Tolkien fans? i.e. the riders of Rohan
Oh that's nice to hear,I thought only we Indians have Rohan name
Nice, he’s doing a great job. I know many Rohans in Jamaica. I guess it’s a Spanish-inspired name since Jamaica has a rich history in that regard.
He is really cute.😊
@@secretagent86 they are huge LOTR fans, they love that the name happens to relate to that as well. My father loves track and running and he named him after an Olympian 🤍
One of my favorites is "The Velveteen Rabbit." It was written by Margery Williams. The part I enjoy the most is when it talks about what it means to be truly loved and what it takes to become "real." It never fails to touch my very soul, and having lived a while now, I can confirm that it is true!
I bought it to read to my granddaughter, a lovely story
My mother reads this book to me!!!
Very sweet and yet profound book!
My fave part too.
Love 💕 that book, always read it to my son. I would have to hide my crying from him. ( Velventeen Rabbit)
A lot of people will say Harry Potter, but those books, read throughout my 20s as they were written, got me through some tough times. I am proud to count the characters as my friends and I visit often when I need to reset or comfort myself.
A sun-lit cottage filled with old furniture, books, plants, and wistful art, is truly the best home imaginable.
Book recommendations from what I know of you, and the subjects you seem to enjoy:
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Where The Red Fern Grows
White Fang
Night Cry
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
Professor Wormbog In Search For The Zipperump-a-zoo (for the artwork especially!!)
ANYTHING by Madeleine L'Engle, but if you haven't read her works before, try A Ring Of Endless Light.
My favorite book, written in 1938 and thereafter a classic, "The Little Prince" written by Antonine De Saint-Exuperly. A children's book well suited for adults.
Yes, so beautiful and wise! Saint-Exupery's adult novel "Night Flight" is super good too.
If you haven't read it, you'd also enjoy 'Wind, Sand, & Stars' by Saint X.
I love this book and short film too ❤
This is mine as well, and I wrote my final term paper in college on that book, as I'd read it as a child but again as an adult and picked up so much more meaning.
A wonderful book! I studied it in its native French language at school 50 years ago and have been re-reading it in English ever since, as the story has so much to give. I would say that it’s an adult book well suited for children!
Charlotte's Web by E.B. white is one of my favorites 📚
My favorite. 👍
I have a few favorites that I've had for years: Little Lord Fauntleroy, 1906, A Child's Garden of Verses, 1926, and Princess Goldenhair and the Wonderful Flower, 1915. I also love the illustrations and their attention to every detail. XO (P.S. I am 73 and still love my childhood books and all that they represented for me. ;0)
That moment when you opened your lower kitchen cabinet ... and ALL the books ... Oh My!! :)
Pride and Prejudice is and forever will be my favorite book (and love story) of all time 💕
Which book do you read?
I finished reading it last night for the very first time (i didn't get the chance to be able to read it as school curriculum) and its one of my favorites now! So many life lessons included, plus the romance makes it a lovely classic to read!!
Oh, I wanna read it!
I still haven't got it, but it's one of the books I'm more motivated to try :)
@@sakura5sango6
Which book do you want?📚📚
@@bobinagebobinage2052 The one she said, Pride and Prejudice xD
Today I have been very sad and am thankful to you, our sweet lady, for your heart lifting videos. ❤️
I had a sad day yesterday. 😞I hope you are doing much better 🤗❤
When my third dishwasher went out I threw it out and make a bookshelf inserted to fit all my cookbooks
Michelle Miller who grew up in St. Matthew’s, SC??
Good idea!
“Come On Seabiscuit”. It’s a story about a race horse who as a young horse faced many obstacles because of his looks, was laughed and was unwanted by everyone until a kind soul saw into his heart and with love between the two of them, Seabiscuit became a champion. To me this is a story that mankind should emulate to each other. Let’s not ridicule but show compassion
As a young lady I loved The Little House On The Prairie series by Laura Ingles Wilder. I have loved to read since age 6. I am 62 and love to hold a book.
You are such a breath of fresh air! It was beautiful to see your love of books, especially the ones with the pictures and the old books. Your inner world is fascinating and I am grateful to get to watch a part of it. You bring joy to my own inner world each and every week!
I agree with you!
I've been watching you for some time. You bring a sense of peace into my evenings, after a long day of work. You seem to be a real kindred spirit, but in this video, when you sat down on your chair, amidst your books, and grinned in delight, I absolutely loved you! Please keep being you and thank you for being willing to share your thoughts and peace with us!
The Borrowers! I have lovely memories of reading all of those books when i was a little girl. (I'm 66 now) I would climb the tree in the back yard and sit in the limbs and read for hours and just imagine the little people.
I live in a house not much bigger than that and it’s wall to wall books everywhere. There is always room for one more...or a couple dozen. Excellent selection.
Hands down, the Anne of Green Gables series by L M Montgomery.
My daughter is 40 and has her paperback series which she has read and reread! I have saved her Anne of Green Gables doll in my cedar chest! 💕
Love the Anne of Green Gables books. However, if you haven't read L.M. Montgomery's The Blue Castle (one of the few books she wrote for adults), you're missing out. It's up there among my faves - hilarious and poignant at all once.
L.M. Montgomery is my all time favorite author! I’m 51 and learned to love these books from my mother. I have read them over and over through the years. ❤️ When I took my dream trip to England in my early 20s, I found an antique set of the Anne books at a book fair in Bath, and had them shipped home. How I cherish them!
Those are truly wonderful
@@IvySage74 Emily is wonderful!
Oh, it has to be ‘ The lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ for me, first heard it on the radio (in instalments), which was spell bounding to say the least, then I went onto the book.
I love, love Heidi! I can feel the air and hear the goats on the hills and hear the pines blowing in the wind when she sleeps in the loft!
Wednesday just would not be complete without a new video from Paola.
My all time favorite book, The old man and the sea by Ernest Hemingway. I like to read it every year….the shear irony of the story always grounds me back to zero. Humm…I need to find it; as with you, I too am a book hoarder with a bookshelf in every room of my house including the garden shed!! Take care sweet thing …prayers to the all in the line of the forest fires 🙏. Stay safe everyone. ❤️
Paulo Coelho, Tolkien, CS Lewis, Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy and on and on and on!
Thankyou for sharing your books with us and your beautiful arrangement of plants and books and the area you live in. ❤️
My favourite book is The Blue Castle by L.M.Montgomery (author of Anne of Green Gables) I read this every year, sometimes twice or more because it brings solace to my introvert soul!!💝
Some of my favorite books as a child...The Secret Garden; Charlotte's Web; Stuart Little; Little Women; The Loner; Where the Red Fern Grows; The Call of the Wild; The Wind in the Willows; The Boxcar Children Series; The Happy Hollisters Series; The Betsy-Tacey Series. My all time favorite book that I first read when I was 11 y.o. (it took me all summer) is Gone with the Wind.
True classics
Yessss!! These are all amazing and favorites of mine too 😊🦋
Many favorites!
THE WORLD NEEDS YOUR PEACEFUL AND WONDERFUL TEACHING..YOU ARE A BLESSING..THANK YOU..FACT....AMEN 👍👣👣👣🌲🌲👁👁👁
I laughed out loud when you opened the cupboard! The moment you sat in the chair surrounded by neat towers of books is so endearing. From one book lover to another: I understand.
i would love to see a video about your books! your collection, favourite authors, recommendations, what kind of books you like to read, own and buy and where you buy them (:
You’re so talented, Paola.
When I was younger, I loved the ‘Nancy Drew’ stories. For some strange reason, this video is nostalgic. I want to go back to reading those stories again. They made me feel so free ❤️
Me too! In fact, I still have the whole set--from decades ago! They have a special shelf all their own.
@@margietucker1719 nice! 😀
Me too! I still pick up a Nancy Drew book from time to time and reread… it takes me back to my childhood
I loved the Nancy Drew books when I was little. I was such a book worm when I was little.
I love Nancy Drew too. Actually I also love playing the older Nancy Drew computer games!
“If I choose to loose hope, I will no longer be able to see it”. Wow, needed to hear that today, thank you 💕
Books are our friends and will take us on adventures to far off lands if we let them. Brilliant using unused space in kitchen cabinets for books. Thank you for sharing.
In a time of my life when I feel like i don’t measure up enough you post simplicity and it soothes my heart bless you 💐
You're enough 💛
You're weekly videos continue to restore my faith in the human spirit.....Thanks. As a retired history professor, I recommend John Adams by David McCullough.
When my children were little we read the Flower Fairy Book over and over. One Halloween where children wanted to picked there own flower fairy for their costume. One of my sons was the Holly Fairy, the other son was the Dandellion Fairy, one daughter was the Strawberry Fairy, and the youngest was the Apple Blossom Fairy. I had so much fun creating their costumes. They are now all adults and have good memories.
I just love that shot of you sitting on the chair amongst your "best friends" books and the grin on your face. You remind me of my awesome sister - who got me into reading a while back....and thanks to who I too have many "best friends". Here's to lovely days and nights spent in the company of awesome "friends".
My favorite book is Walden by Henry David Thoreau but I also love Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. Thank you for sharing some of your favorites.
Want to read Little women,any thoughts before I start it??
Its a very good book its quite different from the movies
@@albertnaffy7436 I haven't read it in many years but what sticks with me about it is the deep, warm family relationships in the story. It's beautifully written and full of simple wisdom. I think I should read it again. I think it reminded me a bit of Laura Ingalls Wilder's books, but more literary and sophisticated than those stories.
To those who are considering reading Little Women. If you watch the movie there are 4 versions I have watched over the years. The one I think that's most like the book and my favorite has Winona Ryder as the main character. Enjoy.
Tina, interesting that you should mention that. I am also interested in transcendentalism and have read some good books about that as well.
Favorite books: All Creatures Great and Small series, James Herriot. Favorite movie (and book): Out of Africa
I love these books too
James Herriot’s books are some of my all time favourites! My librarian in high school knew I loved them, and gave me the copies they had, since no one else was reading them.
I love OUT OF AFRICA. It has a great soundtrack too. My husband has been to the Karen Blixen museum in Kenya.
Out of Africa! Stunning movie!
James Herriot is underrated. I read his books over & over again. Fell in love with Yorkshire 🥰
The Borrowers is one of my favourite books - I still believe the little people live in my walls and 'borrow' things I mislay. I fancy I can hear them every now and again. I am still hopeful of meeting these tiny folk and holding their secret for them, and I am 69! I ardently believed as a child that if I loved my tiny pocket doll enough, she would become real. A tiny part of me still holds that dream and I still have that doll - Little Tuppence. Heidi was another favourite, and Anne of Green Gables and my own children loved Little House on the Prairie - I learned most of what I know about America from reading those books three times - for each child when they came to an age they could enjoy it. And the older chidlren always crept close to listen again once and twice more. Thanks for sharing the magic of your book collection. Sigh.
I've always loved Watership Down and A Wrinkle in Time. They take me to other places, have strong characters, and beautiful narration! Thanks for the lovely video and books!
I love to read The Wind in the Willis, especially in the Spring, when Mole is having a spring clean.
I would love to see you write your own book! How neat would that be!! "The Adventures of the Cottage Fairy"
I love your smile when you are sitting in the middle of your books. I understand it completely. 🥰
Dogs steel the show and make me smile. The melt my heart without fail.
I am happy to see you enjoy James Herriot. I read his memoirs as a young child and then read them to my own children. They are amongst our favorites from bedtime reading days. I also read them the Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit, all of the Ramona Quimby books, and much more. It is amazing to think that so many books were shared each night 10 pages at a time. Enjoy your books!
I loved The Chronicles Of Narnia series and movies growing up. Also as a kid I loved the Animal Ark series, Puppy Patrol, Dog Diaries, and Horse Diaries. I love animals!
YESSSS
i think you would really love the moomin books by tove jansson. tove was a finnish painter, illustrator, writer and comic artist and her story is very interesting in many ways. the best copy of the moomins is the one with her little illustrations in it. many think of the moomin books as childrens literature but tove herself said that she doesnt think they are for children or adults, but to everyone. sending peace and love to your kind soul 🦋
First video I watched. Brought me to tears. As a child I loved stories, fairytales, and playing with magic…now a mother who struggles everyday with depression and anxiety. I know that I forgot about the magic. It hurts to think about it.
My favorite book of all time is The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. I've read it at least 8 times by now, and I recommend it to everyone.
I just purchased that plant stand for my home and I’m loving it!! You made yours look beautiful with a mix of plants and books. ❤️
In our home we love the Little House series and read it often. It never gets old!
Where did you buy the plant stand, thanks.
Can you link the plant stand ? Ty
@@shirleylandry3604 www.wayfair.com/outdoor/pdp/arlmont-co-6-tier-wooden-shelf-storage-plant-rack-stand-w005049033.html
Looks similar
How not only brave, but generous of you to show what is hidden behind your cupboard doors, and freeing - would you agree? - to bring them out. I found a bookcase last Spring the perfect depth for books. I also display stacks on a folding wooden chair and randomly throughout my home. My oldest grandson exclaimed "Wow, I didn't know you had so many books!", in a good way. Books are a multi-layered whole other world, a fantastic escape, a wealth of knowledge at our finger tips. Peace and thank you. 🤗🌻📚
Paola, the books in the cupboard was the cutest thing
This week I had a lot of stress because of school, and I'm waiting for your videos to calm my mind❤️.
Best book I ever read, "The Good Earth" by Pearl S Buck, 1940s, Young poor woman who marries a poor Chinese Farmer. Could not put that book down, they even made a movie of it.
ooh yess love that one as well. O-lan is such an interesting, beautiful character.
I too have been a life-long lover of books. In 2017 I retired and moved from southern California to a forest outside of Olympia, Washington. Because books are heavy I needed to lighten my load a bit to help defray shipping costs (I'm 66-years-old so you can probably imagine the collection I had). There are a few I wish I'd held onto, but by and large I'm enjoying the ones I still have and once in awhile add another. I have to admit, when you opened those cupboard doors under the sink I said, "oh my God", not that a person shouldn't have as many books as they choose to, but because you're so young. Thank you for sharing your special moments with us. Be well. Stephanie Jones
Love your smile when you open your kitchen cupboard, and see all those wonderful hardcover books, and look towards us, we viewers!! Makes me think, to get rid of cleaning 🧹 products, and re-purpose the space!!
"The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before." Your work is pure art!! I read Once Upon a River upon your earlier suggestion..it transformed me to another world..loved it. Thank you! ❤
Oh! I’m so happy to hear that! It’s such an atmospheric book✨
@@TheCottageFairy 💛🤗
You are so inspiring i wad lost in my thoughts of what i wanted but you helped me through it all im having problems making friends but you feel like a friend sending good thoughts and peace have a amazing night or day❤️❤️✨✨
The joy on your face as you sit amongst your books tells it all.....that is how I am about my fabric as I am a quilter. The book "The Silver Nutmeg" started my love of reading when I was a child. Thank you for your videos!
A really fairy lives a quiet and beautiful life in this world!
I highly recommend The Overstory by Richard Powers. It's about how trees intersect with people's lives. It's fiction but it's very informative, it teaches you a lot about the way trees respond to their surroundings. I think you would really enjoy it!
Saw a review on Instagram and I was like,wait,this sounds like s fairytale ☺️😂
I’m reading it right now and I love it. Somehow the trees really come alive in the story
That sounds fascinating! I love hanging around redwood trees.
As an ent and tree lover: noted!!
Ah the title alone captures my imagination. I’ve requested it from my library. Thanks for the suggestion.
I recomed reading The Hobbit.I read it in school and I love the message.And I also really enjoyed the movie.❤
I am just reading it now with my son and I just love it. Such a great message.
@@paperandsnacks yay! Its a great book.I also read it recenly and it has made me appreciate the otdoors more.
That's my current read ☺️..
Finding Neverland was a WONDERFUL movie! Oh, how I wish I could afford to build a little whimsical tiny home/shed in my backyard for painting, reading, relaxing, crafting, and feeling whimsical. I would build a garden surrounding it and I'd never want to come out.
I once met a man who loved all the books I had and I had shelves. He said that each book was a part of my soul and that seeing them showed him who I was. How did he know?
@Rebecca Gutierrez-Haefeli Yes, and we were together for a brief time.
@@1wholovestrees what happened 😕
Seeing your sweet smile as you sat surrounded by your beloved books brought a smile to my face! I so appreciate getting a peek into your reading collection. Sending you, and the beautiful western states, wishes for clear skies again!
As a pianist, I can't help but notice how beautiful the background music is and how well it compliments your videos! Thank you for some peace and inspiration before I head to bed for some nightly reading, your work is absolutely beautiful :D
I love sound of music with my whole heart xxx
All of the beautiful treasures you have make this channel a beautiful treasure for me to watch.
Thank you so much for living such a beautifully conscientious life, and for sharing it with us!
Blessings.
Your videos calm me. Thank you so much. I love books about the fairy world.
My favorite book from my childhood is "The Witches" by Roald Dahl. This writer knew exactly the secret paths of a child's mind.
The phantom Tollbooth is another Dahl favorite ❤
Laura L. I love The Phantom Tollbooth, but it was actually written by Norton Juster, who just passed away March 8th! 😢 Roald Dahl is very close to my heart though. Matilda is my all time favorite, for many reasons. :)
@@withlovekylie LOL! True! I always get that mixed up with James and the Giant Peach. But I do LOVE Fantastic Mr. Fox ❤
@@withlovekylie Ohhh I didn't know Norton Juster had died. Sorry to hear! I meant to add The Phantom Tollbooth to my recommendations but felt I was already going on too long, LOL. It is really representative of its era in some ways--like the TV show "The Prisoner", for example. It's a brilliant book, full of quirky humor and cerebral, imaginative ideas. I particularly remember--I found him genuinely frightening--the faceless gentleman monster known as the Terrible Trivium.
Everybody should read Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory books, but Dahl's adult short stories are next level.
@@withlovekylie Loved (and still love) The Phantom Tollbooth. I played the Spelling Bee in a school play we did of it when I was a kid. Remember yelling "CHARGE - c. h. a. r. g. e.!" as I dashed into a battle.
As a child I loved the Betsy-Tacy books. As an adult, I would cry when I read them to my kids.
We are both bibliomaniacs! I love it when I see younger people, enjoy books, as much as I do!
The book “A Country Woman’s Year” by Rosemary Verey with a forward by Prince Charles. Beautiful diary about the author’s garden throughout the year and the small town she lives in. Also of course “The Secret Garden”. Love the movie “Hunt for the Wilderpeople.” I really enjoyed that one. My favorite movie tho is “Enchanted April”. Soooo good!
I really enjoyed Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Another beautiful visual postcard. As some one who has lived abroad for quite some time, I can always find a lil Europe in the forest you show or is it I find a lil America in the Europe I lived in…🤔
The shelving came out so beautifully. You are so inspiring. I pray the land by you remains unscathed. Have a great week…
My favourite book as a child would have been ‘Little Women’ and I loved the film ‘ The Wizard of Oz’
I think anyone attracted to this channel would love the movie, "This Beautiful Fantastic". I never get tired of watching it!❤
Favorite book: The Kite Runner♥️
I see you like suffering and pain lol. Read it once for class, never reading it again! XD Tremendous book though!
Could this be anymore beautiful? Just wow, breathtaking
I loved your collection of books. You look so happy surrounded by your books and your secret stash. My favorite books as a child are Anne of Green Gables, The Secret Garden, Amelia Bedelia, Curious George, Pippi Longstocking, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
I don’t see a book hoard. I see the makings of a fabulous private library. 😉🤓📚📖
Hi
Which book do you read?📚🖍🖋🖊
I hope that the fires die down soon and everyone is safe. We don’t usually tend to have as much heat here but there is a old Scottish Gaelic proverb that is we use:
Chan eil tuil air nach tig traoghadh
which is pronounced:
Ha neel tool air nah teeg
troo-ah-gug
This translates to:
There isn't a flood which will not subside.
Best wishes and lots of love
John Donne's poem "Elegie: To his mistress going to bed" is a romantic masterpiece. If you do not know John Clare the so called "peasant poet", his poems on the English countryside are a delight.
I'll check him out! Thanks
I was loving the 'that's it's ' at the end
I feel like I have to watch your videos ar least twice to truly apreciate them