Odessa's Cottage

Slow living, sewing, history, travel, and general weird stuff. Accidentally a tøp blog as well, I guess.

[damndorothea]

i saw this somewhere else but reply / tag what you did today so everyone can see that we all did something different today

[odessascottage]

Acadia National Park, Maine

May 2026, photo by me

[i-know-it-is-hard-to-believe-me]

Clancy + Not quite trusting Torchbearer's intentions presence

Paladin strait // Navigating // The Contract

[odessascottage]

There is something so evil about platforms like Upwork that make you pay to *apply for jobs* as a gig and freelance worker (something with notably unstable income). And half the jobs are fake/scams.

If you asked someone to pay to apply for jobs in any other industry you'd be laughed at, so why are people okay with financially vulnerable freelancers being taken advantage of? And honestly the online community for freelancers (because you typically work alone and don't have in-person colleagues) is so toxic. It's like other freelancers rejoice in people getting taken advantage of and scorn the inexperienced worker rather than condemning the exploitive system.

It's often a degrading race to the bottom to see who will endure the most suffering and who will work for the least pay. And so many major media outlets no longer have in-house writers now, it's all freelance for the most part.

[rosieandthemoon]

Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra, Portugal

[odessascottage]

First beach of the summer

[odessascottage]

Forget me not flowers, photo by me

[theboyfromcork]

via donalfinndialy on ig/brit + co on tiktok

[odessascottage]

Unstoppable combo: sourdough, Kewpie Mayo, ripe tomato, mashed boiled egg, salt and pepper.

[dryseko]

[odessascottage]

Love an outdoor concert with lawn seating. Love that I'm getting to see Hayley Williams for $35 American dollars.

[odessascottage]

My favorite linen shirt has developed some holes and thin spots in the sleeves (my bad wearing it so much for things like working in the garden). So I tried a little Scotch darning.

I think it looks really cool and is visible, but subtle.

[j-k-i-ng]

“That morning light” by // Daniel Casson

Peak District, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

[odessascottage]

My students taking their time on the final exam did not have the positive effect on their scores that I had hoped.

[odessascottage]

I'd really like to peer pressure you all into gardening.

Even just growing a potted tomato plant in your window is gardening and it's good for your mental health and good preparation for the impending global food shortage.

[leoreturns-deactivated20110811]

[christopher-bryant]

leoreturns:

I have been waiting all year to post this.

[mizeliza]

[odessascottage]

I showed this to my friend who pondered it deeply for a moment until I said, "a drake is a kind of dragon..."

No daughter of my father's house would be permitted to overlook this knowledge but I forget my upbringing was rather unusual.