Happy New Year to you! I hope you're all looking forward to a new year of good things. I know we are here at Forest Manor. Last year had some good parts and some really tough parts, but isn't that just life in general? We are thankful for the good things and pray for strength to deal with the not-so-good things. I really like the feeling of hopefulness and expectation that comes with the start of a new year.
Before I completely leave last year in the rear-view mirror, I want to share a few last pictures of Christmas decorations at our house in 2018. I hate that I'm so late showing all this, but I just didn't have time to do so earlier.
We love Christmas trees at our house, how about you? One Christmas, about 15 years ago, I decorated three trees for our house. That was when we had our finished room in the basement; we had the main tree in the living room, one in the den, and one in the basement. Never again. They were fun to decorate, but a real chore to take down.
It's December 26th; are you tired? I am a bit, but not as much as I thought I'd be. Our Christmas day weather was perfect -- cold but not bitter and not raining. Hooray for sunshine. :)
I so hope that all of you had a good Christmas, filled with the people and things you love. We had a lovely Christmas with our families, and it's been wonderful to rest a bit today. I also took the opportunity to take some more pictures around the house. I honestly have not had a spare minute to post any pictures before, so I'm sharing now. If you're sick of seeing Christmas decorations, you'll want to skip this post. ;)
Wishing you JOY in the birth of the Christ child, born to save us all.
Hello to you all! I haven't published a single post this month, and before the blog pirates take over my blog, I thought I'd better put something up here.
Hi everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving day. I just love Thanksgiving -- everyone in our family does. This was our first Thanksgiving without my father, and there was definitely an empty spot there for us. In fact, we have two family members gone from us this holiday season, my father and Hal's paternal grandmother. His granny died back in January of this year, which is so far back that it almost feels like last year. She died just about six weeks short of her 101st birthday. I will be forever grateful that I had these two very special people in my life for so many years.
Hello friends! Are you having a good week? We've been busy, busy, and I don't see things slowing down anytime soon.
I have not posted on Duncan in ages, and I thought I would share a few pictures. Oftentimes, he can hear the wind from inside the house (or we think he can) and he almost begs demands to be taken out. You see, he wants to engage in his favorite activity -- chasing the leaves as the wind blows them around.
