o l l a v: A Cottage in the Woods

It's been a few years, but I'm finally taking the time to update this.

We decided to spend Pesach (Passover) in one of our favorite towns (and the first stop from our honeymoon), New Paltz. In looking for a great place to stay we found cottages in a nearby town just a few minutes over the hill (mountain really) from New Paltz.

Clove Cottages B&B is a fun set of little separate cottages on a grounds that contains two lamas (a big selling point for us). The cottages were originally for seasonal workers but later converted to a B&B.

This was our little cottage, number 2. It had a perfect little parking spot for our car, one main room with full kitchen and a back bedroom. A perfect spot for our Pesach retreat.

We brought along all our Kosher Pesach pots and pans (tupperware) and a bunch of art supplies (wooden box).

What a wonderful smile to come home to. While we were here I wrote a little short story about a man who was a migrant worker and was living in this little cottage with his wife. The simple life in this cabin had really captured me.

I don't have a photo of it, but we woke up one morning to find one of our windows covered in lady bugs. I captured each one and set it free outside. We heard from the owners that each season they congregate on the one side of the buildings (East I think for the sunrise).

On our adventures in the woods we found a bunch of pull tab beer cans in an old fire pit. Amazing how long "disposable" things last. It's ironic how hard we work to make archival prints yet these labels last so well in the elements with little effort towards longevity

And here's one of the lamas that brought us out to the cottages. They were pretty friendly and we made sure to say hello whenever we were coming and going. The owners were very nice and sociable, but I think we spoke to the lamas more :)

In the evenings we worked on a few art projects.