bee cottage

Fall is here but summer’s farm stand goodness lingers to the last of the warm days. I wanna do one last throwback to ode to summer with this menu, a favorite from my old East Hampton Bee Cottage days. Ready for two simple, easy and delicious recipes? You can’t go wrong with cool cucumber soup and pasta topped off with bacon, corn, tomatoes, and zucchini. Grab your apron and visit my link in bio to get cookin’!

The divine Julia Reed at Bee Cottage for lunch in 2016. Man, will we miss her. So much to say and so much said already and beautifully in @gardenandgun ‘s Jon Meacham’s superb tribute, link below. Rest In peace and rise in effin’ glory, as Julia herself might have said, but she would not have said “effin’” https://gardenandgun.com/articles/in-memoriam-julia-evans-reed/?utm_source=instagram&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=august2020_linkinbio&utm_content=julia-memoriam #juliareed #whatavoice #gardenandgun @voguemagazine #anoriginal

Woke up dreaming of summer days by the pool at Bee Cottage, balmy evenings in the garden and cocktails with friends. ​Loved every minute there, and love now that someone else is loving it 😉 The Bee Cottage Story will be with me always. Thank you all again who supported me in that journey and showed love for that little book. Six printings and still going…⁠
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This is a little vignette from “Bee-fore,” which is to say the house before #beecottage, which some of you know about. This collection of blue and white plates keeps turning up, which is a nice thing about collections—they can keep turning up in different rooms and different ways. These were in the master bedroom, a weird-ish place for plates but it worked. Like last week’s paintings (ha, some also hung with plate hangers!) these too are arranged #higgeldypiggeldy above a painted chest. The same plates appear in more orderly fashion a few posts back in a plate rack in the kitchen of Bee Cottage. All to say that whether you move or not, it’s fun to re-think your collections and to come up with different ways to display them. I’d love to see yours if anyone wants to share… .
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Bee Cottage garden in autumn – still with color and green. #beecottage #beegarden #easthampton

Last night I dreamt the lilies bloomed and all the New Dawns… Fingers still crossed… Rain or shine, pink or (all) green, the Almost Bloomless Bee Cottage Garden is on the ARF Garden Tour this weekend in East Hampton. Come anyway. I’ll be there and love to say hello. #beecottage #thebeecottagestory #beecottagestory #easthampton #arf #arfgardentour And must give credit to @tomsamet for photo inspiration.

Pink hat on porch at Bee Cottage. Accidental vignette that caught my eye. #beecottage #porchliving #thebeecottagestory #pink

Monday morning, Bee Cottage, in memory of a beloved aunt, who loved flowers and gardens. Rest in peace dear Gray Clark.

Roses bustin’ out all over at Bee Cottage. #newdawnroses #climbingroses #beecottage #thebeecottgestory #easthampton