tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post6261731554014017540..comments2024-03-27T23:00:22.683-04:00Comments on for the love of a house: happy holidays to you...for the love of a househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13151787635612708698noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-46007692758034592972017-04-29T15:56:00.029-04:002017-04-29T15:56:00.029-04:00Spending a cold and rainy spring day going through...Spending a cold and rainy spring day going through your enchanting blog from the beginning. After reading this post, I felt compelled to say "hello". Thank you for sharing your home and heart. I am excited to continue reading...<br /><br />Beth in INbethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-52127834936009390472012-08-04T21:19:47.723-04:002012-08-04T21:19:47.723-04:00I'm so late to this party, but I wanted to dro...I'm so late to this party, but I wanted to drop my calling card in the tray, as I see it is still there waiting. :) <br /><br />I first found your blog several months ago on Pinterest (your kitchen sucked me in), and I have been following your new posts ever since. Just the last few days, though, I have gone back to the beginning of your blog to read about how you got where you are. I have loved reading every.single.entry and looking at every.single.picture! I feel like I'm reading a well-penned novel about a much-loved home, and be doing so, feel like I've met new friends (hello to Dan and Ella!).<br /><br />I live in Milford, NH with my husband and two daughters, ages 6 and 3. We are currently updating our kitchen, and (as I've said before) you have have been a huge source of inspiration along the way. Thank you for graciously opening your home to us, and sharing the beauty of your corner of NH, as well.Lana Siejkowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06332094280441968090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-34607985109099696862011-03-30T15:01:41.828-04:002011-03-30T15:01:41.828-04:00Reading back through old entries! I'm visiting...Reading back through old entries! I'm visiting your blog from New Orleans (but originally hail from Ohio and made my way south via a few years in DC). Love your blog!Linzeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05103725004220332887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-35022670864259470442011-02-11T07:47:12.189-05:002011-02-11T07:47:12.189-05:00What a neat tray! We're on military assignmen...What a neat tray! We're on military assignment in Kyiv, Ukraine. When the defense attache wives get together, calling cards are left with the hostess gifts- I love it!Tara G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09199251979718649256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-59344727612046663442011-01-16T21:46:12.476-05:002011-01-16T21:46:12.476-05:00I just found your blog (maybe through Sweet Savann...I just found your blog (maybe through Sweet Savannah??) and I live in SW Washington but we are moving to Austin, Texas in two weeks. I've lived back east in NY before too and visited MA and NH and ME quite a few times. LOVE the *oldness* of New England but can do without blizzards, ice and shoveling snow! Austin weather is more me!! Thanks for sharing your home with us!!<br /><br />Jenny of<br />www.jennybandco.blogspot.comJENNY @ jennybandco.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03540724009301020217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-70882394994104799872011-01-04T22:40:34.514-05:002011-01-04T22:40:34.514-05:00Chelsea- I am so happy that you and your mother bo...Chelsea- I am so happy that you and your mother both 'visit'!!<br />Elizabeth- I am so touched and honored that you read through all my posts, thank you! Ah, yes- that 'old-house-love' is addictive isn't it?! Thank you for your beautiful compliment.<br />Susanne- what a fabulous calling card and comment. Thank you! I cannot tell you how much I adore knowing that you are in Norway and you follow my blog. What a gift! It makes me feel like I have a friend in Norway! I hope you know you have a friend in New Hampshire too!<br /><br /><br />Until all of your new comments I truly had no idea that you all were out there reading my blog .....<br />Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!<br /><br />xoxo,<br />joanfor the love of a househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13151787635612708698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-86218580319774787022011-01-04T10:56:08.851-05:002011-01-04T10:56:08.851-05:00A belated calling card from Tønsberg, Norway. My n...A belated calling card from Tønsberg, Norway. My name is Susanne and I have been following your blog for awhile now- do not remember when or how I found you, but I have been a regular follower ever since. Thank you for the gift of your blog! It has brigthened my day on numerable occascions and it is always such a treat to "visit" your lovely home.<br />I do not have a blog of my own, something I hope to remedy one of these days...<br />I live in the oldest town of my country, more than a thousand years old. It is a small, beautiful town by the coast of Norway (Oslofjorden, so it's on the southeast-part. We're in the middle of a really cold winter here (november was the coldest it's been in a 140 years!)and are dreaming of summer and warmer places.The sun turned just before christmas, so now we will joy a little bit more daylight everyday. Brighter days sure brigthens the spirit! I promise to leave a few comments from now on:-)<br />Love from SusanneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-69471568451494768872010-12-29T20:09:58.945-05:002010-12-29T20:09:58.945-05:00Hi, there from Richmond, VA. Came across your blo...Hi, there from Richmond, VA. Came across your blog a little while back via (I think) Trina at acountryfarmhouse and spent a very enjoyable day or two catching up on all of your posts. I fell in love with our 100-yr-old farmhouse here five and a half years ago and have so enjoyed finding inspiration in your own story of old-house-love. Thank you so much for sharing it, and your inimitable sense of style and history.<br /><br />~ElizabethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-42132425425912941632010-12-28T21:15:30.874-05:002010-12-28T21:15:30.874-05:00Hello Joan and Dan!
Happy Holidays from Burling...Hello Joan and Dan! <br /><br />Happy Holidays from Burlington, VT. My mom (from Lynchburg, VA) sent me your blog, as we're both in love with old farmhouses and old houses in general! We love reading and looking at your beautiful pictures. Thank you for sharing!<br /><br />ChelseaChelseahttp://apageinourbook.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-22502569525886388002010-12-28T11:36:45.639-05:002010-12-28T11:36:45.639-05:00My most sincere, heartfelt thanks to ALL of you fo...My most sincere, heartfelt thanks to ALL of you for your wonderful, dear comments! I can not express how happy we were to meet so many readers! Thank you for introducing yourselves to us and leaving your calling card!! You were all the best Chirstmas present EVER!! You are all so wonderful to let us know that you are out there!! I had no idea until reading these comments that I had so many readers in NYC!! I love knowing that! <br /><br />This morning Dan woke me up with a cup of coffee saying... "Lebanon, Oregon called in this morning!" (thank you Janine from Tasmania- we love how you always say that and have adopted it!!)<br />Yes, the person who visits from the little town in Oregon where Dan's father is buried sent us an email. Even thinking about it now, makes me tear up..... That someone across the country who lives in the same small town where Dan's father is buried (she even lives close to the cemetery) just happened to find my blog, and then returns to read about our home on the opposite coast absolutely warms my heart. It makes me feel so connected to a place that is near and dear. This blog world is amazing, and I can not thank YOU enough for being on this journey with us and for letting us know that you are there!<br /><br />with love,<br />joanfor the love of a househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13151787635612708698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-76749617507320743572010-12-28T11:27:05.597-05:002010-12-28T11:27:05.597-05:00I have been living and restoring an old farmhouse ...I have been living and restoring an old farmhouse for the last 31 years, I have raised three children during the time. Still have alot of work to do. Mary in Surry, VaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-16360810495913790072010-12-28T06:30:43.689-05:002010-12-28T06:30:43.689-05:00That room is perfection! And I love your tray. I w...That room is perfection! And I love your tray. I wonder who those people are?<br /><br />I visit from Brisbane in Australia and love your blog. <br /><br />Wonder what Bunny does for Christmas?<br /><br />It is boiling humid and torrentially raining here. xxxxxxxxxxxxxFaux Fuchsiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317677066408030053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-13449149463993631652010-12-27T02:46:18.182-05:002010-12-27T02:46:18.182-05:00Happy Holidays! That tray is such a treasure.Happy Holidays! That tray is such a treasure.Melanie {The Tiny Tudor}https://www.blogger.com/profile/03333850561872321707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-2744601958746560982010-12-26T19:42:08.124-05:002010-12-26T19:42:08.124-05:001881 - That tray truly is a treasure! Over the yea...1881 - That tray truly is a treasure! Over the years, who has held it, how have they used it, have the people been happy? I believe we leave a bit of our energy in everything we touch and encounter; our footprints are left behind in some way. The size and shape of the tray are just gorgeous, Joan! <br />I haven't visited for awhile (happily, I just re-found your blog URL). My calling card: I'm born and raised in Southern California, living within the same 15 miles since I was 5. I'm in Huntington Beach, just about 1/2 mile from the water, where I can hear the waves on the night air through my bedroom window. Blessings to you in this season of love and joy.Rose - Watching Waveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08753071639280850781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-51572048021524109542010-12-26T17:45:01.769-05:002010-12-26T17:45:01.769-05:00Joan, Dan & Ella- Merry, Merry Christmas!
We...Joan, Dan & Ella- Merry, Merry Christmas!<br /><br />We're having a white one here in Virginia and are snuggled inside by the fire.<br /><br />Hope you had a wonderful day-<br /><br />Much love-<br />Carolyncarolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648176456040275745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-72870017533724399552010-12-25T12:45:08.134-05:002010-12-25T12:45:08.134-05:00PS- Tricia again. I forgot to tell you that your b...PS- Tricia again. I forgot to tell you that your blog and posts about about the dog shelters inspired me to donate and also become an automatic monthly donor to the ASPCA. I am so happy about it !! Thx for the inspiration.tricia s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06247980519576579740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-8052407602944131972010-12-25T12:43:29.365-05:002010-12-25T12:43:29.365-05:00Dear Dan, Joan and Ella- I found your blog about a...Dear Dan, Joan and Ella- I found your blog about a week ago from the Country Farmhouse comment on who gave Trina the candlesticks :) I commented to say this already but you have been my go-to guilty pleasure over the busy Christmas season. When ever I earned a 5..or longer....minute break from various tasks I allowed myself to read a new post. I live outside of Phila in Collegeville PA and have a vacation home in Vermont. Your descriptions of your feelings and the scenery of NH have confirmed the falling in love feeling my hubby and I have about our Vermont place. When the kids are done school...we are going :) Until then, I am going backward to read all of your posts. Thanks for hours of happiness.tricia s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06247980519576579740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-45843218445219689622010-12-25T05:32:52.762-05:002010-12-25T05:32:52.762-05:00My name is Julie , Ive posted abit here. I came ac...My name is Julie , Ive posted abit here. I came across your blog thru the "circle" of blogs that we all seem to follow. I live in Neede, Holland since 1999,originaly from Michigan. My Grandmother was from here Holland and I feel abit of her here. She went to the states in her teens way back when. I dont have a blog but I really enjoy reading the ones I follow. <br />Your tray is beautiful along with so many of your things. Happy Holidays ... Julie in HollandJulie B. [Holland]https://www.blogger.com/profile/11974062033692887509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-73689043356967424802010-12-25T01:43:53.182-05:002010-12-25T01:43:53.182-05:00ever since i read little women, i've loved the...ever since i read little women, i've loved the idea of calling cards. thanks for your inspirational blog. happy holidays! <br />tera, los angeles, ca <br />www.elginhouse.blogspot.comtera @ elgin eco-househttp://www.elginhouse.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-58224078659217682202010-12-24T22:51:01.506-05:002010-12-24T22:51:01.506-05:00My name is Katy. I was born in Nashville, Tenness...My name is Katy. I was born in Nashville, Tennessee...the home of country music! I am in the process of building my first home in Brentwood, TN (just outside of Nashville) and I follow your blog for inspiration. Merry Christmas to you and your family!Katy Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09594964181475093430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-80324351618338006452010-12-24T19:31:27.934-05:002010-12-24T19:31:27.934-05:00Hello from Atlanta. I stumbled across your blog o...Hello from Atlanta. I stumbled across your blog one night and immediately had to bookmark it. The tray and engraving are beautiful. It's a lovely idea to have the people who visit your blog leave a calling card. I still have some around here somewhere that my very genteel mother had printed for me a million years ago. Wish I could drop one in your tray.<br />Merry Christmas to all,<br />JanaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-44005686899234951522010-12-24T16:42:08.396-05:002010-12-24T16:42:08.396-05:00I love this post Joan!
Your tray is gorgeous. You ...I love this post Joan!<br />Your tray is gorgeous. You and I seem to be drawn to beautiful things that have a story behind them...a connection to history.<br />I think that's why I have felt connected to you since we first discovered each other. <br />I feel so blessed to have you in my life, and I know that our friendship will continue in 2011. <br />I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas.<br />May 2011 be a year filled with happy events shared with the people you love...<br /><br />love,<br />BrookeVelvet and Linenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07254920453147895763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-30551988793826877032010-12-24T14:40:25.482-05:002010-12-24T14:40:25.482-05:00Happy Holidays from Ellen in Charlotte, NC, many s...Happy Holidays from Ellen in Charlotte, NC, many smiles...<br />http://life2ndhalf.blogspot.com/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03453429612511514721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-35118352681434071922010-12-24T14:01:05.245-05:002010-12-24T14:01:05.245-05:00Merry Christmas!
Joan I too wonder about the trays...Merry Christmas!<br />Joan I too wonder about the trays I have, who received the one as a golf trophy 25 years ago, how many cocktail parties they've all presided over. DId a butler serve coffee in bed to the lady of the house on the huge handled one? Thank you for sharing your home and inspiration with us blog voyeurs. May your 2011 be filled with joy, light and laughter. Oh and really yummy bones for Ella<br />Te, from Southern CaliforniaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-64656247090051501652010-12-24T12:09:43.552-05:002010-12-24T12:09:43.552-05:00Oh my! I was so touched by this post and all that...Oh my! I was so touched by this post and all that you shared! I adore that tray and fully understand how it has come to mean so much to you! My husband and I live in Dallas, where we work full time and devote our free time and resources to animal rescue, most usually dogs, of all descriptions and persuasions. We don't have children of our own and this is our way of giving back to the universe for all that we have been blessed with. We have loved your little Ella from first glimpse! I often visit this blog for inspiration, as we had our own little renovation disaster (a fireplace!) earlier this year and have been sorely tempted to declare "NEVER AGAIN"!!!!! Your blog is delightful and though I seldom comment, I thoroughly enjoy every word and picture! Happy holidays to you and yours and a blissful 2011!!!Vickie H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13251792725792438123noreply@blogger.com