I took them out of the China cabinet where I keep these special Ornaments year round.
Glass Ornaments, so fragile
Tag: Christmas decorations
Hot Air Makes All the Difference
Inflatables at rest.
When we got back to the neighborhood on Sunday night, it was dark outside but the characters were not inflated so I couldn’t get the “after” photo.
By Night and By Day
Someone is About to Ascend
Ascend.
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Preparing CHRISTMAS Trees in Berlin
A definite “shelf-life”. Ben H. of WordPress Created this photo challenge.
Temporary. Christmas decorations qualify for the word of the week.
And on top of the Gluhwein Stand-
A Ten- rated by all of us in the car
After dinner out, Steve and I drove the three grandkids to Morningside neighborhood to check out the Christmas decorations.
The Early 80’s -my counted cross stitch phase
Saturday morning, I hung the ersatz garland up in the front hallway and positioned the ornaments so the fronts were visible. The little embroidered dates on them surprised me. Some of my friends were serious counted cross stitchers (Aida!!) I was more of a dabbler. Focusing on smocking and knitting when time allowed although Laura wasn’t born until ’83 so that explains why there wasn’t a mouse stocking with her name on it.
A surprise gift from my sister from Arundel Ladies Booth.
My friend Joanne knit the tiny sweater years ago
One ornament from my needlepoint phase
My Favorite Christmas House
Yes, the longest day of the year is coming soon. Craving the light.
This is the third year I’ve photographed this house.
I love how they go all out.
One year I sent it as my Christmas Card cause it looked like a Gingerbread Candy House all lit up.
This year I took the photo with my iPhone, just two shots.
I think they’ve changed to LED lights. It must take a tremendous amount of time to install all these lights.
Will I remember to drive by in July and see if they leave them up all year round, such a lot of time to decorate? Probably not.
At the end of the post, if you scroll down, you can see the string of lights Steve added to the front of our house. When I drove home from Ohio Wednesday night, I saw the colorful beacon along the driveway and it touched me that he put up a string of lights and plugged them in. Reminiscent of Charlie Brown’s sweet little tree. He must have found them in the garage.
You can see why I am so attracted to the over the top display highlighting the architectural details of the Morningside home. So cheerful in the dark night.
Here is the 2015 view taken Thursday night.
The 201o version above.
Lone string of lights on bare branch tree to stave off the darkness at my house. Less is more?
Wordless Wednesday
Ohio River Antique Mall Sampling
There is something for everyone. Three floors of all kinds of items.
I don’t need a single thing and yet I enjoy looking.
Instead, I should be signing up for the attic or basement clean-outs offered.
My friend and I were driving back from the yarn store. I was stocking up for the winter.
We’d seen this colorful place on the way out to Sewickley and made a stop on the way back.
The huge ornament is from Kaufmann’s Department Store Santa Land and the giant cage belonged to Mrs. Kaufmann’s tropical bird (which outlived her)
Bill the owner told us the story about the bird and the ornament and you can see how this scene caught our eye as we drove by.
Too bad I didn’t have this photo for the WPC Ornate- Kaufmann’s Christmas Tree
You know these suitcases (valises) each have a story. Not sure where they’ve been.
You know the dolls look at me….or in this case, look away from the lens.
Not sure if bride dolls are still manufactured but they were popular at one time.
Self portrait. There were two more floors but we didn’t have time today to explore.
I bought a handkerchief. Has a little nursery rhyme in the middle. Another post just for it another day.
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