Hello from Dick and Sharon at Rose of Sharon, letting you know the Bed and Breakfast is CLOSED PERMANENTLY.

Our eight years of hosting guests in our home was an honor and a blessing to us. It all started with our first guests from Alaska and ended with guests from Texas. In between we had people from Canada to Florida, California to Connecticut, Illinois to Arizona, and Missouri to New Hampshire. Many came right from New York as well as several other states.

Guests came for college entrance interviews, a child’s college game or graduation, funerals of family members, weddings, and sometimes just visiting family and friends on summer vacations. Two highlights, were descendants of former owners of our home, “Rose of Sharon.” They filled us in on life in Norwood as well as sharing photos of life in the early 1900’s and the ‘50’s and ‘60’s. We truly were the ones blessed.

Then over the last eight years, we opened a Christian Bookstore (www.treeoflifebooksandgifts.com) in West Potsdam, began a small church fellowship (www.gbfnorwood.org) in Norwood, and started publishing a monthly newsletter called “Norwood Village News” for our community. This newsletter shares upcoming events of the various village organizations, digs into past history of Norwood, and highlights our village which is known as “a nice place to live.”

Finding that we now had too many billiard balls in our rack, a decision as to which one needed to go had to be made. It was a difficult decision because we enjoyed and loved each one for different reasons, but knew we could not keep the pace we were now embarking on. Our original intent was to have the bed and breakfast for ten years and so, though we are two years short of that goal, we decided it was time to let it go and have our home just for us and family.

God has blessed us with health, energy, ideas, and plans, and though we say “so long” to the bed and breakfast, we are not letting grass grow under our feet. We thank each of you who brought your gifts, talents, personalities, and knowledge of your part of this wonderful country to Rose of Sharon Bed and Breakfast. We were blessed beyond measure, will keep those precious memories, and ask God to bless you abundantly. “Happy Trails to You” where ever you travel!

Complimentary Breakfast

A hearty country style breakfast awaits our family when they visit.  It includes French Toast, pancakes, or waffles with scrambled or fried eggs, bacon or sausage, seasonal fruit, toast or fresh muffins, juice, and coffee.  .

Seasonal Snacks

During the Spring and Summer months they enjoy homemade cookies, eclair pudding cake, root beer floats, or rice crispy treats.  A snack at 3:00 each day helps us to sit and talk while relaxing from outdoor adventures or play with the grandchildren.  It is a special time of the day.

Hosts

Lovers of hospitality, Titus 1:8

Dick is a semi-retired carpenter, an artist, writer, and an avid book lover/collector. Much of his carpentry can be seen around the Potsdam area as well as here in our home. Some of his art is displayed throughout the rooms of Rose of Sharon.

Sharon is a retired home-schooling mom, former owner-operator of Mom's Schoolhouse Diner, does a little journaling, loves baking, house concerts, and convertibles. (especially 1964 1/2 Mustang convertibles!)

Dick and Sharon welcome you to their little "mansion just over the hilltop" for that peaceful, pleasant experience.

Velkommen til vart hjem.   (Some of the pictures on this page are courtesy of Pete Molinero and Andy Van Dyne)