Old Virginia Summer Cottage

On a recent day trip, my mother and I  trekked out of metro Washington to visit her 91-year old friend at her summer home in Lancaster Courthouse, Virginia about two hours away.

Taz, the guard dog greeted us

The property has been in her family for almost a century and is on the river.  BeeZee's cabin is deep in the Virginia woods down a dirt road, dense with hollies and mountain laurels.  It is just what you imagine the old summer places were---on a pond--complete with lifesaver ring and dock and stocked with freshwater bass.

 The house hasn't  changed.....

I love the tree growing in the middle of the wrap around porch.

The screened in porch is the main living area in the summer. 

     

Mom (in pink) and BeeZee relaxing before a lunch of Chesapeake crab salad, home grown tomatoes and cucumbers.

Stepping inside was witnessing a family history: it is obvious that the cottage evolved over many years, artifacts collected on the property mix with an eclectic collection of family furniture pieces.

The cottage has two rooms: one large room containing the kitchen, bedroom and living room, and a small bathroom.

                          Details, details, details---years of collecting can be seen throughout.

Bottles of "river glass"- containers from colonial times found in the area.

Coming from the Metro DC area where McMansions rule;  it was rejuvenating to  "step back in time" at BeeZee's cottage.  Even the two hour drive was an escape--beautiful countryside with cornfields and small towns.

Seeing BeeZee's cottage sparked me to initiate my blog---I couldn't let such a unique place remain a secret!!!  Thanks, BeeZee for all the inspiration you and your cottage gave me!