collies – Bella Blu by the Bay

It’s been quite the year. I sold my beloved Bella Blu Farm, moved to a smaller home in Florida, my dearest Joylena has a new and wonderful owner, then the we sold the Cove House and moved into our new lovely, but flawed, place on the Bay in West Islip.

I’m still unpacking. And yeah, I’m tired. Definitely too many goodbyes for me this year. Looking forward to 2024, which SHOULD be uneventful by comparison. But, you never know!

Here are some photos from the last 2 months. Most are holiday but I’m trying to give you a sense of where we are on “ before and after “ here at the new place.

Living room from the pass through of the kitchen.

Still thinking to paint the built ins white to open the space up.

So much still to unpack so the foyer was only modestly decorated.

Before the gray got eliminated! Loving it white.

Schuyler and Spencer dreaming by the hearth.

Hoping, as the boxes dwindle, my posts increase. We are off to Bella Blu South soon. Wishing everyone visiting my blog a happy and prosperous New Year!

We have always had dogs. Mutts, Toy Fox Terrier, a Cocker Spaniel, a Maltese, a Norwegian Elkhound, a Lab-Rottweiler cross, then we had three shelties, and now two collies.

I happened to be sorting photos on my iPad the other day and started doing a new dog album. Since we are not back at Cove House yet and my feet are still dancing with impatience, I thought I would share some pictures of the collies, Spencer and Schuyler. Just a few of them around the house and grounds. Sort of a two for one. The house, as it is these last two years since purchasing, and photos of the fur balls. After all, who really owns your house? You or the dogs?