Mosaic Monday: The Stone Cottage

Are you getting sick of Willowwood yet? Because I think I've got one more post after this. Four posts out of one visit -- that's got to be some kind of record. I've got a master bedroom project coming up at the end of the month, and a book review as well, so hopefully subjects will get a bit more varied here soon.

So, the Stone Cottage at Willowwood... First of all, can I tell you how much I love stone cottages? And stone houses? I am always drawn to them. The Mansion in May designer's showhouse that I visited this weekend was a gorgeous stone house, with a cottage and outbuildings as well. Oh how I was missing my camera! In fact, I have already written a post about a few of my favorite stone houses. So you can imagine my delight when I walked around a corner in the arboretum and discovered this beautiful example?

According to the Morris County Park Commission, the Stone Cottage at Willowwood is made of Roxbury Puddingstone, which is a kind of aggregate stone named after Roxbury, Massachusetts where it was primarily found. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries it was used in many foundations and walls of houses in and around Boston. I am assuming there was a local source for the stone used here. In fact, having dug in my backyard, I can assure you that the local shale looks very like puddingstone.

The cottage itself is thought to have been a possible residence for farm laborers. It is at least partially Greek Revival in style, which dates it to the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. I just love those beautiful stone walls, with the keystones set above the door and windows, and the plants clambering up the sides. Gorgeous! So anyway, before I start actually drooling, let's get on with Mosaic Monday.

Now let's have some mosaic fun! Here are the instructions:
1. Publish your Mosaic Monday post.
2. Once it is published, click on the title of the post. This will lead you to the static link for your post. The static link is the page with only that post on it. Copy the url from your browser at the top of the page.
3. Paste the url into the appropriate Mr. Linky box in this post.
4. Type your name in the appropriate Mr. Linky box in this post.
5. Click on "Enter."
6. Please link back to this Mosaic Monday post so that your readers can find other wonderful mosaics.
That's all there is to it! It's always a good idea to then check and see if your link is working. If you have any questions, feel free to email me: mrcarroll(at)optonline.net. I can't wait to see your mosaics! Here is Mr. Linky: