Christmas Day at the cottage

Our Little Cottage in the snow

the snowy lane a welcoming sight on Christmas Eve

Our Tree, Santa has arrived

the Stockings are hung in the 'Doorway' with care...we have no fireplace or chimney inside

Alan wearing a few of his gifts, new hat and scarf and head lamp for those evening strolls in the park

My surprise gift. I opened the box to find clementine with the tag on it, and the ring box.

Yes the answer is yes.

now we have a wedding to plan, we will have a barbecue July 29th and a wedding will break out.
casual with family and friends.

this is my beautiful ring



















Gavin and I checking out a gift

Alan and Les checking out more of Alans gifts
lighted reading glasses and a light for his keychain. It is very dark here at night.

Alan's new hammer, hoping it will make putting the siding on a little more enjoyable. He decided to use it as a scratch card scratcher...I'm not sure if he won anything.

the boys in our Christmas morning tradition of mince tarts, kindereggs and scratch tickets

no great amounts won here














a new flock of sheep

Our engagement is blessed by the heartshaped potato. It was in the bag of spuds Alan was preparing for Christmas dinner along with prime rib, yorkshire pudding, brussel sprouts & carrots.

Isn't that Grand.






Domenic, Harold's son came to visit and got to open his gifts too.

the boy loves yorkshire pudding.

With his daddy Harold and Auntie April.

what a sweet heart he is.

Les Konked out














Alan Ellie cat and Gavin after supper just relaxing











the flowers I did for the candle holder that didn't get lit.. Oh well maybe new years eve.


It was a wonderful first Christmas at the cottage. We love this place even more each day and this summer will be so grand with all the visitors and not so much work.

Inside this winter we will be doing the finishing work around the new windows and doors.

So that is it for now from Sanddollar Cottage...bye for now

Its almost Christmas

Christmas is slowly coming to Sanddollor Cottage.

the first tree put up was the little Hummel tree.

I collected Hummel ornaments for a few years and now can do a whole little tree. I just love them.

This is our little livingroom tree. We cut it down and had to take some off the top as well. I think its quite funny looking but its decorated and the Angel was finally found and set in her propper place.

on the tv stand that doesn't have a tv I put the little tv music box. It is very special

we have our candles on the sideboard 'Theodor'

and I did a bowl of clove spiked oranges today.

Later this is where the nativity will be, but not today we have to find a place for all the candles.

so thats it so far for the Christmas decor here at the cottage. I'll keep you posted. still no snow, it looks like a green and wet Christmas here in pei.

bye for now from Sanddollar cottage.

a walk on the beach nov 11,2011

Well we decided to go for a walk to see how high the waves were, they were very high as you'll see in the following pictures. It was quite mild 12c and very very windy. It was nice to get back to our little cottage after this walk. I am sad to think of the fighting men who didn't have one to get out of the rain all the years ago.
bye for now from Sanddollar Cottage.

good bye to the man in the rock 'Thor'

In the last storm we lost our dear Thor

He was formed by the sea and taken away by it as well


I thought he would last the winter but he didn't even make it to winter. We'll miss him, but will be always looking for more formations in the rocks and watching them disappear as well.

a lovely sunday in November

okay this wasn't sunday's dinner, this was today-monday. november 7th. Alan came home from work to do more work on the outside of the cottage and I came home at 6pm to this lovely roast chicken potato & carrot dinner. What a grand man I'm so thankful he loves to cook.

the moon through the trees (shakey as it is)
Sunday November 6th

we went for a refreshingly warm walk on the beach. We are so lucky to have our beach.

this is a little spot on the beach carved out by the water, during the summer the smaller rocks were covered with sand but the stormy weather has uncovered them.







there is a neat ledge, it makes a wonderful seat to relax and watch the waves.

Alan really relaxed on the ledge

this is the view from the ledge
its between our beach and the next beach closer to the Ferry

awe isn't that cute. Great moustache started there Alan. Movember is in full force.

oops there I am on the ledge again. Its a great spot

oh Alan relaxes so much better than I

checking out the erosion of the cliff and rocks









we had a bon fire and had lunch in the backyard it was so warm out. See the insulation on the back of the cottage, he's doing such a great job to keep us warm this winter.








This is what its really all about. the simple life, doing what we want at Sanddollar Cottage

cooking hotdogs on the fire, walking on the beach and in the woods. It just doesn't get any better.









Just a kid at heart, I don't think we'll ever grow up.

So that was our beautiful warm day on November 6th at Sanddollar Cottage in Woodislands PEI. Ain't life grand!


well that's it for today All the Best from Us