Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

It has been a whirl wind of a holiday season. With Thanksgiving so close to Christmas,
I feel like I am flying by the set of my pants. I found out that my former father in law
came down with pneumonia on Thanksgiving day and was hospitalized. It was pretty
much touch and go and he passed the Thursday before Christmas. His funeral was Friday,
just after Christmas. The service was at my old church, St. Mary's, and my daughter Ellie
was helping with a lot of the preparations, including the Star Gazer Lilies on the alter. I
bought some for my kitchen, I live fragrance and the color.

 I got some sweet gifts from my children, a wine pamper box from Ellie.

And a framed picture of her engagement picture taken on Monument Avenue
with she and Wes.

A lovely orchid from my son Edmund from Chadwicks Orchids.

A sweet little glitter angel from my aunt.

And a last little celebration to send 2019 out and bring 2020 in to the new year.
Champagne and asparagus, herb cheese endive bites.

More blogging in the new year, 2020.

Decorating My House for Christmas

I do not do a tree in this house, there is no room for one. I emptied my Christmas
tubs and decorated the house  with my homemade garland and my favorite ornaments.

Every dish or bowl is filled with Christmas. each room has a little Christmas.

This really puts me in a good mood, you have a little glitter all around the house.

I did a little more decorating this year than I did last year, I hate when it comes time to
put it away.

I will end this post with a picture of the pretty triple  flower Paperwhite that I found at
Harris Teeter.

Christmas Decorating

So it has begun, today is December 1st, it is time to put the pumpkins away
and start decorating for Christmas. I decided to start on the front porch, I found
my decorations from last year and went out on a mission to find some greens. I
was driving around looking for nandina or red berries, but decided that tresspasing
on someone property might not be a good idea. So I headed to Lowes and found a wreath
and fresh cut greens for sale.

The ribbon came from the Dollar Tree and I may add more berries to fill the urns out.
I thought they looked good until I looked at my pictures, I see a few holes. My tacky
decorations are the red light bulb solar lights.

I just thought they were so cute, they are a lot bigger than they look here. Next, I will
start on the inside.