I think Blogger is being a bugger ( as my British friends would say). I am sitting here at work, waiting for the big "I want to buy a million dollar house" call and trying tp read blogs and all of a sudden no one has any pictures. No headers, no picturs just text on everyone's blogs. So much for oohing and ahing over the glorious Christmas decor.
It snowed here a bit last night and then we had some freezing rain and probably some sleet thrown in for good measure. While all that was going on I was asleep and not aware of what I refer to as the Pre-Christmas Miracle. I think I have mentioned, probably more than once because my middle name is redundant or is it verbose, I forget and digress, that I like to decorate for the holidays with natural things. Saves money, easy cleanup and I just like bringing the outside in for the holidays. This is where the Pre-Christmas Miracle comes into play. Every year sometime before Christmas we are "blessed" with heavy, wet snow or a wind storm that knocks down a limb from one of our aging white pines. Sure enough I looked out the window this morning to see slush in the yard and a big limb. This one is probably only about 12 feet long, but it took out a couple of small hemlock branches as well. I don't like to do the mantel until about a week ahead of time because the greens dry up too quickly, but there are many other spots that will benefit from some nice fresh pine.
Got to go and look Realtorish as the boss is just pulling up....although she would be the last to criticize.
Later,
Janet
No snow here yet. Maybe on Wednesday. Glad to hear that you're "Thanksgiving" too!
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Go to
ReplyDeletehttp://theoldpaintedcottage.com/cottagemonth_enter.html to see some wonderful Christmas decorations. Pat at Back Porch Musings won their Holiday Decorating Contest. Her house is great! I have some of mine on my blog too if you'd like to visit.
I live in the Pacific Northwest, and when I was a kid, I could never figure out why we didn't have a White Christmas! Now my four-year-old is wondering the same thing. It's one of the few times of year I regret living in such a temperate climate!
ReplyDelete~Angela :-)
oops, sorry Janet! It's 1 cup chocolate chips. I've added it in there now. That's what happens when I try to multitask!
ReplyDeleteJanet, I think your birds may have flown over here. Are they red? They're living under my cloche on the coffee table. How much do you love them????
ReplyDeleteHi Janet, I like to decorate with fresh greens from my yard too but not too early. I am lucky to have lots of magnolia and cedar in my yard. And usually the old magnolia tree gets broken branches from our ice storms. Last year almost the whole top was taken out from a storm. The recipe uses 8 sticks of butter. :))
ReplyDeletethanks so much for the sweet comments about my new blog design.
ReplyDeleteHi Janet, thanks for joining in all the festivities this week on my blog. It means so much to know I can count on you to support my guests with kind comments!
ReplyDeleteI will put my pictures up maybe on Sunday night or next week. Soon. Not that I am expecting mine to be all that inspiring. I don't do anything outrageously inventive.
Ok, gotta run, nice chatting!
I know that whatever you do in your home, it will be wonderful! I KNOW it!
ReplyDeleteWe had about 4-5 inches of snow last night. All schools close here so Grace is a happy girl!
Bill is on his way home from Chicago (business trip) and should be home soon. I hate that he is traveling in rotten weather but he insisted he had to get back home. He hates being away anymore...too many years away in the Navy.
I did the quiz and was Thanksgiving as were you! That is my favorite holiday too!