SIMPLE GIFTS...

"May SIMPLE GIFTS bring great JOY at Christmas."

I've been a bit distracted...

haven't decorated!

nor shopped!

JPE hopped a plane to Ohio on Sunday!

(moved his travel plans back a week)

Chick, our guest of honor at Thanksgiving, was taken to the hospital last Friday.

Thankfully, he's doing better & will be moved to a care facility tomorrow.

Chick & Peanut ENJOYING the sunshine
:: Big Bear Lake, CA ::

Don't forget to ENJOY

the SIMPLE GIFTS!

RING... RING... RING...

Santa Manuela Schoolhouse, Arroyo Grande, CA
(snow ~ courtesy of Picnik)

"I heard the bells on Christmas Day,

their old, familiar carols play,

and wild and sweet,

the word repeat, of peace on earth,

good-will to men."

~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet & educator

author of the famous "Paul Revere's Ride"


Where do you go to hear the BELLS ringing?

O CHRISTMAS TREE...

from my SANTA collection

"Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree.

In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall."

~ Larry Wilde, humorist - Director, Carmel Institute of Humor

image here

(my addition to this quote)

"or the shape of your Christmas tree!"

SLE & ACE will tell you about the many

Charlie Brown Christmas trees

we decorated!

WELL, they weren't this sparse...


but, they were definitely lopsided, so we would put the scruffy side towards the wall.




With a few decorations
(homemade, purchased @ Pic 'n Save, & twinkling lights) 
our Charlie Brown Christmas tree
looked magnificent, majestic, & melted our hearts!


:: 5 questions ::

Do you have an artificial tree?
Do you cut your tree from the woods?
Do you have an aluminum tree?
Do you buy your tree from a public lot?
Do you decorate something other than a tree?

SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY 12.4.11

my knit stocking ~ pic taken 12.4.11

SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY ~~~ wanna participate? there's still time to take pictures & post them in the next two days!

Interested??? the words are: Portrait, Nostalgic, Time, Full of Light, & Motion. 

Had to pull one out of the photo archives... my "fave" PORTRAIT of Lydia ~ taken in July on her 8th birthday!

My hand-knit stocking... of course, I had to share my Christmas stocking ~ truly NOSTALGIC... (Mom knit this for my "first Christmas")

JPE left for OHIO this morning! the TIME? we got up at 3am to drive to Santa Barbara Airport!

Driving through AG (our hometown), I noticed one of the store windows was FULL OF LIGHT... a snowman!

"D" swinging a red lantern. A gift in MOTION.

Don't forget ~ you can check the other participating bloggers HERE.

Plan to join us! the words for Sunday 12.11.11 are:
Less is More, Holiday Lights, Ornaments, Cup of Cheer, & Nativity.

DECORATING SILLINESS...

"Friday's pm snack"

silliness to "kick off"

the 

WEEKEND HOliDaY DECORATING!

TIS' THE SEASON...

snow globe ~ Christmas 2010

the

M-A-G-I-C of the S-E-A-S-O-N

is upon us!