am i dreaming?

it snowed!!

and the timing could not have been better for photo ops, during our annual Franklin Dickens of a Christmas celebration.

that is, unless you were a merchant or a vendor hoping to sell lots of goodies....crowds were small on account of the weather. apparently not everyone cares for SNOW like i do.

i can't think of anywhere else on earth i would rather live,

than right here.

he gave me a hug!!

"legs" is from michigan.

this is not my hubby, but i do admit to knowing him.

i wonder if they are from michigan?

my second favorite shot of the day.

spreading salt.

my favorite shot of the day!

handsome son Ian.

xxoo

not only my dreams of snow came true...

but i couldn't dream of a nicer place to call home.......

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i love my home.

safe boughs......

i swagged our cozy den with fresh pine garland all around.


blurring the lines a bit.

between inside and outside.

like a little snow bunny waiting for the first falling snow,

i have found a warm spot under the branching arms of a winter evergreen.

embraced by safe boughs.

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we are expecting up to one inch of the white stuff tonight!

fingers crossed here.

happy holidays!

welcome to my front porch all decked out for the holidays!

using NO money.

i just pulled together things that i already own with treasures from the garden.

this was not hard at all......

i stuffed newspaper down in the artillery basket,

jabbed in some branches and artemesia (the silver foliage),

added fresh greenery, ivy and huge pine cones.

topped it off with a fluffy bow (well, i did spend money on the ribbon last year)

and there you have it.

it's similar to potting up a beautiful planter...

something tall and spikey

+

something round and fluffy

+

something hangy downy

isn't that nice of mother nature to provide a natural green and red backdrop.

(nandina and bishops weed)


i pulled my daughter's childhood chalkboard out of the attic
for an instant festive greeting.

wreaths and garland i have had for years...

relocation makes them seem fresh.

i set down those two wreaths, not knowing where i would put them, and then realized they looked fine right there.

a collection of watering cans sits here all year long.

sometimes i put fresh greens in them.

i borrowed one of the watering cans from the porch

and plopped a live branch into a glass vase sleeve (easier to change the water than emptying the whole can), and hung tiny mittens on it.

happy holiday's!

thanks for stopping by!

i know some of you have already had SNOW this year...

i sure wish you would send some of the white stuff my way!

take a breath...

grasp a moment...

or two...

gaze...

ever so closely...

the beauty,

and magic

is there.

waiting

just

for

you.