Happy End of 2023

 It has been a year. Glad to see it end in some ways though. 

I still have a few blooms.

To be fair, it has not been freezing here and those plants are close to the house, under the eves. 

The rest of the yard is pretty much toast. 

As it should be in December.  I am so happy though, to see a bloom or two. 

We had a nice Christmas,  but we have caught colds. 

Feeling better, but not great.  Hope you enjoy your last days of the year. 

Merry Christmas!!!

 I hope you have a wonderful Christmas!

Enjoy friends and family!

Walking In A Winter Wonderland

 With spiders?

Yikes!

There were hundreds of webs all over the field I was walking along.

Here are a couple of pictures of them.

Every morning I walk along the same field. Each day is different. 

This past week the spider webs were everywhere. With the cold and rain it made each web sparkle. It was really something to see. 

I hope you are enjoying your week and seeing wonderful things.

Re Do Christmas Garland

 

Last year when I went to get my snowman garland out it was no where to be found. I was upset about it missing, but thought I would find it by next Christmas. Then this year came and I still had not found it.

We all searched in every box, under the bed, in the closet etc. No where.  Also missing was a primitive snowman in an vintage icecream container, and a framed snowman stitchery.  All three cherished items.

I decided to quit looking and make a new garland.

Pretty close right?

I worked on this for a couple weeks. During this time I found out a dear friend was losing her battle with kidney failure. She passed before I finished making this.

So forever now I will think of her when I hang this garland each year.

Sad, but we sure had a lot of great memories during our young teenage years.

She will be missed by so many.

So , I am happy it is re done and hung and I am ready for Christmas!

I love snowmen!

I have a lot of snowmen I have made over the years and the other little snowman in the icecream cup was a bought item online.

This is what he looked like. Although, this is not him.

I guess I did not take a picture of him.

I wish I had.

Next year I will try to find another one online.

I don't have a picture of the stitchery.

Anyhow, school is winding down. We have three more days and then I will be off for two weeks.

I don't need to say how happy that makes me.

This year has been o.k. so far, but I do miss my time at home.

I hope you are ready for Christmas and enjoying the time preparing!

Snowflake Anne

I created three of these. 

I designed them.

They are made of paper clay.

A lot of sanding and molding.

I used real branches for the hands, legs and necks.

I re did them several times to get them to where I liked them.

I think I am ready for Christmas as far as crafting goes.

My fingers are sore.

Here they are. I hope you enjoy them too.

 

Tiz the season

Time once again has flown by and here we are in December already.

 Just seems like one day it is Monday and the next it is Sunday.

Lately I have been working on Christmas stuff.

Last weekend we went to a thrift store and I found this huge Christmas tree FOR 20.OO!

 It was covered in butterflies, birds and pastel light bulbs.

I ordered new bulbs for it and put them on today.

It was lit up for the first time tonight. 

Last couple of weeks have been difficult. I lost two friends and my daughter had to put her dog to sleep.  Then my grand daughter got sick with an ear infection and is just starting to feel better.

So I guess that is why the weeks seem to fly by.

I hope you are enjoying your week!