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Cottage Love in Carmel-by-the-Sea
Originally settled by a band of bohemian artists and writers, Carmel-by-the-Sea is one of the prettiest cities you will ever see. Visitors feel as though they have stepped into something from Grimm’s Fairytales, and perhaps they have. Part of the allure of this seaside town arises from the storybook homes populating it. Romantic cottages are waiting to be discovered around every corner. There’s just something about these cozy abodes that tugs at your heartstrings and makes you fall in love with them. Here are some sappy but sweet cottage quotes about these lovelies. Enjoy!
I am excessively fond of a cottage; there is always so much comfort, so much elegance about them. I advise everybody who is going to build, to build a cottage. ~ Jane Austen. Anything ever written by Jane Austen is solid advice, in my humble opinion.
Every antique farm-house and moss-grown cottage is a picture. ~ Washington Irving. This is true, hence my obsession for photographing them excessively.
A cottage will hold as much happiness as would stock a palace. ~ Hamilton Wright Mabie. I have never lived in a palace, so cannot draw such a comparison. And even though I believe happiness comes from within, living in a Hugh Comstock dwelling like this would certainly amp up the happiness factor.
Everyone can identify with a fragrant garden, with beauty of sunset, with the quiet of nature, with a warm and cozy cottage. ~ Thomas Kinkade. Mr. Kinkade, of all people, understands the veracity of this statement.
Her modest looks the cottage might adorn, sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn. ~ Oliver Goldsmith. These are actually clematis flowers and they do appear to be peeping over the gate. Petal peepers!
I knew by the smoke that so gracefully curl’d above the green elms, that a cottage was near. I said, “If there’s peace to be found in the world, a heart that was humble might hope for it here”. ~Thomas Moore. Agreed, I would love to find peace in this cottage!
Give me the sea and a little cottage just to be. ~unknown. Definitely!
Thank you for visiting my blog. You may also enjoy The Garden Gate Story: Inspiration from Carmel-by-the-Sea, and Magical and Enchanting Gardens of Carmel-by-the-Sea. Wishing you peace, love, happiness, and beautiful vistas.
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Most Beautiful Sunset Quotes Ever!
The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset–Stephen King. There is nothing like watching the sun set in California. Sunsets here are incredibly surreal and beautiful. My obsession with them has fueled my penchant for taking oodles of photos. I thought I would pair my sunset captures with some of my favorite sunset quotes. I hope you enoy them!
A sunset is the sun’s fiery kiss to the night–Crystal Woods. 
Soon it got dusk, a grapy dusk, a purple dusk over tangerine groves and long melon fields; the sun the color of pressed grapes, slashed with burgundy red, the fields the color of love and Spanish mysteries–Jack Kerouac. 
The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire–Pamela Hansford Johnson. 
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky–Rabindranath Tagore. 
Twilight fell: The sky turned to a light, dusky purple littered with tiny silver stars–J.K. Rowling. 
Softly the evening came with the sunset–Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 
What can you see on the horizon, why do the white gulls call? Across the sea, a pale moon rises. The ships have come to carry you home. And all will turn to silver glass, a light on the water. Grey ships pass into the west–Annie Lennox. 
When the sun has set, no candle can replace it–George R. R. Martin. 
Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting–Richard Paul Evans. 
It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream–Bern Williams. 
Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal–Elbert Hubbard. 
No matter where you are in the world, I hope you are able to enjoy your sunsets. Thank you for visiting my blog. Wishing you peace, love, happiness, and beautiful vistas!