Season's Greetings! I hope you are all well and busy. Thank you for your kind words about Hal's hand injury; he saw the surgeon again today, and unfortunately, the top joint of that finger will have to be amputated. We are sorry that has to be done, but we know it could have been much worse. Today is his birthday, and I love him dearly. Happy Birthday, Hal!!
Hello Friends! What a quick week this has been. Are you having a good one? When I was growing up, New Year's Day was officially the end of Christmas at our house. My mom worked full-time, and she used that day off from work to get her decorations taken down and put away. After she and my dad retired, they left the decorations up a little longer because they've always loved Christmas. Because we always get a fresh tree at Christmas, I could never bear to take ours down by January 1st and often left ours up until the middle of January. These days, I consider Epiphany (January 6th) to be the official end of the Christmas season. As much as I've enjoyed our decorations, I'm mostly ready to start taking them down for another year. Hal and I have another household project we are anxious to start (it's one we can do ourselves). However, I need to get most of the Christmas things put away first. I was disappointed not to share any pictures of our Christmas home this year, so I'm just going to share some now before I start taking everything down. I took a lot of pictures (as usual) 😏 but I'm only sharing my favorites. I hope you don't mind seeing a few more holiday images here in January.
Hello to you all and Happy 2020! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas at your home. We certainly did, but boy was it rushed. Such a short (and fast) time between Thanksgiving and Christmas in 2019. Whew!
I have been so slow lately; here it is January 7th, the day after Epiphany, and I'm just now getting to share some pictures of our Christmas decor. If you're a regular visitor here, you know I don't do a lot that's different from year to year because I have such a sentimental attachment to our Christmas things. However, I do try to change things up a little, just to keep it from getting too humdrum. If you're sick of seeing Christmas pics, you'll probably want to skip this post. :D
Happy Advent and Christmas Season to you!! It's a busy one, isn't it? As usual, we have several things going at once here -- just like all of you. :) Thank goodness we went to the mountains for our tree the weekend before Thanksgiving this year; we heard on the news later that several of the N.C. tree farms had to close early this year due to a shortage of trees. This shortage started a few years ago, and will probably continue for several years. Apparently, the trees grow about a foot per year, so...you can do the math for a six to eight foot tree.
Christmas 2018
This is the final post sharing Christmas pictures of my mom's friend's house.
Hi all! How's your week going? I'm making progress on our house now. The Christmas decorations are
coming down quickly and I'm transitioning to the softness of winter
decor. I like this time of the year; it's a chance to catch my breath
and re-group. This past weekend, our area had a winter storm consisting of freezing rain and a small bit of snow. We had a crock pot of chili and a skillet of cornbread here, and it helped to take the chill off.
Today, I'm sharing more pictures of my Mom's neighbor's house decorated for Christmas. In this post, I'm showing Susie's den and living room. I
Hello dear friends! Is it cold, wet, and dreary where you are? It certainly is here. Brrr!
I know you're all ready to be done with Christmas, but today I'm sharing the home of my mom's good friend and neighbor, Susie. I promised to photograph her house in all its Christmas glory, but I simply did not have time to get over there before Christmas, or even before New Year's Day. Last Monday, I visited my mom and we checked out Susie's Christmas home. I actually did another Christmas post about this house when my blog was still very new, back in December 2012. You can read that Here and Part 2 Here.
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