Yesterday it finally stopped raining. We’d been cooped up in the house working away on the computer together. Suddenly tired of work, we poked our heads up and realized that we could really use a nice walk… without an umbrella.
Usually we either walk different routes around our own neighbourhood or we jump in the [...]
There is absolutely no way that Christmas Day could have been any better. At least for those of us who DON’T subscribe to “Dreaming of a White Christmas” or go around singing “Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow”. Oh no, Snow is a four letter word to me. I [...]
We used to have the whole Santa collection on the sideboard in the living room. Then as you may have guessed, the collection grew and grew until it didn’t fit anymore and had to be moved to the front door entry way. Of course that meant we had to move quite a few elephant [...]
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As I was amassing this “huge” Santa ornament collection I did manage to find just a few international Santas. Not many, as you can see, just some Father Christmases and Santas from China and Italy. Never did find a St. Nicholas or Sinterklaas from the Netherlands or Holland, where I was born. [...]
The other day I wrote about my abundant Christmas Music collection, almost all found used at garage sales and thrift stores. To me there is just no reason not to have it all when it comes to Christmas, especially when there is an abundance of everything available second hand. It’s guilt free Christmas, [...]
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As a child, I remember loving tiny things. And I still find myself attracted to tiny sculptures like these three tiny Santas, almost dwarfed by the tiny bottle brush trees, all only between 1.5 to 2 inches high. Yet they each have lots of detail and seem ready to bustle off in all [...]
Continue reading about 25 Days of Christmas Santa Ornaments - December 14 - The Teeny Tiny Santas
Way back in April when I started this blog I wrote about abundance in a recession. And today, thinking about Christmas, my fave time of year, I’m reminded of abundance. Our Christmases are full of abundance! As I always love to say the world is an abundant place as long as you like second [...]
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Only 25 days left! I have to admit that I really love Christmas. I love the baking, the decorating, the company, the anticipation of it all.
I probably love decorating and baking for Christmas the most, in that order. The artist side of me just has to have some fun with the decorating. [...]
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Last year, for my birthday, Eric gave me a Bonsai tree, a really cute little Ficus. Growing Bonsai was something entirely new for me. Everything about growing a Bonsai is quite contrary to my experience with houseplants. My aim with houseplants is to get them to grow as large as possible, have lots of [...]
