City Cottager's Snippets



City Cottager with her dear little friend!

 It is a gray, rainy, cool, damp day at the Cottage. As my outside activities are on hold I thought I would play with my blog a bit. I have a large pot of homemade chicken soup simmering on the stove top and a warm cup of tea to sip on as I type my thoughts. Life is good at the Cottage!

I have the idea that I need a mission statement to help me navigate though the years that are left to me, which I intend to be many! So with this quest in mind I have begun to collect meaningful pictures, quotes and my thoughts that I have had while working in the garden or just sitting on the back stoop with Tivo Le.

This is a perfect picture to begin this personal quest for a mission statement. That is Joe when he was about 4months old and me, "The City Cottager". I have had the wonderful pleasure of being Joe's Nanny since he was 2 and 1/2 months old. Watching him grow from a new born, helpless and completely dependent to an active, inquisitive 9 month old has been a journey of wonder and amazement on my part. Life is so very precious and beautiful. Joe radiates the joy and excitement of living and learning.

The following Native American Proverb is most appropriate for this picture.
"Treat the earth well: it was not given to you from your parents, it was loaned to you by your children.
We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our children."

My mission statement will most certainly contain some of these ideas;
 - radiate joy and excitement of living and learning
 - treat the earth well
 - remember that the Earth is on loan to us

Raising chickens in my backyard will add to my life's journey and help me to live out my mission to treat the earth well, and be a bit more green!

Well my soup is ready and I am ready for my soup!
The journey continues at the City Cottage!