

Peace-filled Season
December should be giving Floridians a hint of cool, and drier weather. Not so. It is 70 and foggy right now. Grass is always greener,...
Shelley Overton
Dec 15, 2015


Holiday Buzzy
​​​ ​Working our way into December, life isn't slowing down. These are my landlady's "pets". The rooster is a yard rooster, and seems to...
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Dec 4, 2015


Sewing and Painting at the Cottage
Art, definitely, has taken a front seat this week, at the Cottage. I needed to get into the studio and create. I have actively ignored...
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Nov 20, 2015


Nature and the Country
It has been quite a road, and I've only been living in the cottage at for 2 months. I have had my hands full with boxes loaded in every...
dotted sky by Shelley Overton
Oct 29, 2015


Fall Planting
You would think I would be painting by now, but, alas, I am enamored of my new country garden. This is inspiration. The okra is at the...
Polka Dot Cottage Blog
Oct 6, 2015


Country Life Adjustments
"Life on the farm is kinda laid back..." John Denver had an idyllic version of life in the country. I guess, living near suburbia, it...
Shelley Overton
Oct 1, 2015


Suburban Living to Rural Living
​ It wasn't a particularly easy move to the new homestead. Only one man showed up from the moving company. When more did, one was drunk,...
Shelley Overton
Sep 9, 2015


The Dream Comes Alive
<a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/14373263/?claim=6tqcmv7v2qm">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a> I have had a dream. I don't even...
Shelley Overton
Aug 16, 2015