The cottage

Wanna see the cottage we stayed at in Maine? I thought so. I forgot to take a picture of the front (d'oh), but you can get a good idea of the style of it from the other photos:


As you walk in the door the spiral staircase was on the right with the living area behind it, and the kitchen was on your left. straight ahead is the door to the deck.


Here I'm standing with my back to the sprial staircase. the wall with my bike helmet/jacket is immediately on your left when walking in the door. Behind the fridge is a shelf where we had our pantry-ish items. See the coffee maker? to the right of it is one of those nifty "heat the hot water to the exact right temperature for whatever type of tea you're making" things. I totally want one of those, but they are expensive. funny, I didn't use it all week because I didn't bother bringing any tea!


Another view of the kitchen


The kitchen is to my left as I'm taking this photo. The door on the left is to the bathroom. The door in front is out to the desk. That table is where we ate breakfast every morning. The flowers were REAL. And beautiful.


This is where we drank wine and beer, and ate our dinners, and sat and read and talked. We spent a lot of time out here. The woods go down to a stream and there's a path near there. This photo is taken just outside the door, looking towards the right


The little grill where we grilled our veggie dogs for dinner!


This gives you a good idea of the style of the cottage, though it's even CUTER from the front. The big window you see here is the window that the table with the flowers is at inside.


Wine glasses!


The bathroom! can you tell who the last person to use it was? I hate it when I don't notice that before taking the picture.


This is standing about halfway up the spiral staircase and looking out over the living area.


These are the birds I FELL IN LOVE WITH. I want them, but neither I, nor anyone else I've asked, knows where on earth I can find anything like this. I'm still open to any suggestions.


Standing up in the loft looking down. I did take a photo of the loft but it was so messy that I don't want to share it! Basically, it was just a queen-size bed with two nightstands, and one of those 3-panelled screen thingies next to the railing that overlooked the living area.