Corgyncombe Cottage & Corg'ery
A little farm in the valley where the
corgyn dwell.
When Ethlyn comes inside from playing in
the leaves she rushes straight away to the kitchen library to
find one of her favorite books, The Great Corgiville
Kidnapping by Tasha Tudor.
Ethlyn can't seem to find the book she is
seeking. Due to Ethlyn's over fondness for Tasha Tudor books they
have to be put on a shelf higher than Ethlyn can reach. (Corgiville
Fair is another of her favorites.) Ethlyn's mummy
gets down The Great Corgiville Kidnapping
and reads her the story.
The corgyn's mum Diane collects old
apothecary items. Eliakim and Lydia's older sisters Emily and
Ethlyn manage a pretend apothecary out of Diane's old kitchen
called Emily & Ethlyn's Potions and Perfumery. Eliakim and
Lydia are the apprentices who gather the finest blossoms that are
in season and corgi hugs. They bring their gatherings into the
apothecary to extract into the sweetest of corgi remedies with
instructions to ensure corgi hugs, which they administer freely.
Corgyncombe Cottage & Corg'ery is a
little farm in the valley where the corgyn dwell.
Diane and Sarah have always loved Beatrix
Potter's stories and artwork and reading about Piggery Porcombe,
where Pig Robinson lived with his aunts Dorcas and Porcas. Diane
and Sarah decided to call their farm Corgyncombe Cottage and
Corg'ery. Corgyn is plural for corgi. A combe is a valley, dale,
vale, or hollow. Diane and Sarah made up their own exclusive
word: "Corg'ery" ....... a corg'ery being a farm where
an abundance of delightful corgyn dwell. Some spelling variations
of their own word Corg'ery include: Corgiery, Corgi'ery, Corgery,
Corg'ry, Corgi'ry. Diane and Sarah also enjoy Beatrix Potter's The
Tale of Pigling Bland as the corgyn sometimes
reminds them of wee piggies, particularly Pig-wig, the little
black pig who is always hungry.
Gathering can be hard work for young
corgyn and oft' times an after gathering nap is needed.
Photographs by Diane Shepard Johnson
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2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008: Diane Shepard Johnson
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