ROOT-TOOTING...

Finally!!!

got some time on the computer!

nothing spectacular to say!

just a "check-in" to

say H-I...

SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY 12.8.13 + SONG-OGRAPHY

SHS 12.8.13

Wondering... how this holiday season came woooo-shing in? 

I haven't done a whole lot better getting my camera out, reading other blogs or posting (thank goodness for i-Pad's), ...

I'm planning to participate in Ashley's annual Memories, Reflections and Dreams. It will be a fabulous way to document 2013!!! Here's the LINK to get you started!!! I hope you join me - You'll be able to blog-hop while you watch the New Year's parades on TV.

WHERE I STOOD, SILVER, TINY, IN THE CUPBOARD & SHADOW.

From WHERE I STOOD in the doorway of the Apple Farm Gift Shop... this is what I saw... sort of a skinny St Nicholas!

Well, these outdoor decorations looked more SILVER when I took the picture! Pretty huh? and there's a SILVER car in the background.

This WAS actually very TINY! a TINY set of sweaters decorated with holiday characters... a Santa, Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer.

All our baking supplies cannot fit IN THE CUPBOARD (known as the pantry at our house)... JPE used the "candy cane" melting chips to frost one end of his candy cane biscotti! YUM!!!

I took this picture the day before Thanksgiving! Taken at the charming, historic Santa Barbara Courthouse... several of the ornate lights are in the SHADOW! 

And, now for SONG-OGRAPHY! This is an archived photo! but... it's located in OUR (JPE & I  got married in this area) "special place" - Big Sur, California.

stop by Kathy's @ Don't Shoot Your Eye Out to see what others have posted!!!

This week's song is the "Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell.

"They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

They took all the trees
And put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged the people
A dollar and a half to seem 'em

Don't it always seem to go,
That you don't know what you've got
Til its gone"

Well, in Big Sur they left this yellow bus, painted it blue, yellow & red & turned it into a little coffee bar! Truly unique... the bus sits on the dirt parking lot underneath some huge redwoods! Lucky for us... it's only a little over two hours north of us!

I'll be posting on a more regular basis this week. I've got a little stash of photos to share, so please come back.

SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY 12.1.13 + SONG-OGRAPHY

SHS 12.1.13 + SONG-OGRAPHY

 Can you believe the holiday season has arrived?

So, THANKFUL to have had the entire Thanksgiving Week off!

We slept in, started decorating, car shopped, went to movies, visited with JPE's family...
I took some pics, but seem to have lost my photography "mojo"... 

My offerings for SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY,
hosted by the beautiful Ashley at Rambling & Photos.
Words this week:
STARTS WITH "S", TEXTURE, BLESSINGS, WARMTH & I WENT...

recently wandered through Apple Farm Gift Shop
if you're feeling "bah-humbug"
this is the place to find some holiday SPARKLE!

 some cloud TEXTURE 
no, we didn't get rain, unfortunately!

 definitely, two of my greatest BLESSINGS!
living on opposite coastlines {California & Washington DC} 
they don't get to see each other much!

WARMTH = comfort food
 {charming holiday graphics!}

 snow globe in the Apple Farm Gift Shop
{such fond memories of our travels}

AND, for SONG-OGRAPHY, check in with Kathy at DON'T SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT.

L-R: Natasha & JPE; Thanksgiving feast; Perry, Lauren, Daniel & Jenna; Celebrated Hanukkah too!

  this week's song is
"CELEBRATE ME HOME" by Kenny Loggins

"I believe I've missed each and every face.
Come on and play my music,
Let's turn on the love light in the place." 

M-E-M-O-R-Y  M-A-K-I-N-G  T-I-M-E-S! 

 

A MAN OF MANY TALENTS...

JPE is NOT just a fabulous baker!!! 

his talents extend to ice cream scooping with

decorative hearts of chocolate syrup.

oops! he missed the bowl...

P52 {WEEK 47}

The Nutcracker Ballet is a-coming!

Our holidays get into full-swing when I start playing Tchaikovsky's musical score for the Nutcracker Ballet... our daughters took ballet lessons, so I'm very familiar with the precision & skills required of ballet dancers. Although they never danced in a full-length holiday Nutcracker Ballet....

...our nephew, Daniel, has been dancing in the Nutcracker since he was 4 years old... He's played most of the roles... and in a couple of weeks, he'll be dancing his last Nutcracker Ballet at the Arlington Theater, in Santa Barbara, CA. {Daniel is JPE's nephew} I knew when I watched his first performance, he loved performing! for the past three summers, he's participated in "ballet intensive" summer programs --- in New York, Chicago and Salt Lake City!

Daniel again!
December 2012

My mom & grandniece, Katie, will be attending one of Daniel's performances... I know this year's ballet will tug at my heartstrings, so I can imagine the impact it will have on his mom & dad! He's planning on graduating from high school, and move onto the next step of his journey... and ultimately, a career as a professional dancer.

Do you plan to attend a Nutcracker

performance this holiday season?

if so, where?

SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY 11.24.13

SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY

The words for this week are:

HORIZON

BLUE

DIAGONAL

SHARP

LEATHER

THANKFUL FOR THIS VIEW

ON MY DRIVE TO & FROM WORK!

CUTE BLUE TEA POT!

STITCHING ON A DIAGONAL!

YOU'LL NEED ONE OF THESE TO COOK A TURKEY! 

FANCY LEATHER COIN PURSE!

A QUICK POST BEFORE HEADING TO BED!