27 Sunday Nov 2022
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the decorating is taking shape…
worked on the living room table…
removed all the pictures, angels, sarongs, and stones…
found the bags filled with ornaments that have gone into it for the last few years…
got them into three of the squares and saved the last square for cards;-)…
and I also received the first card… woohoo…
31 Monday Oct 2022
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walking in the neighbourhood I’ve spotted a few cool Halloween decorations…
and came across a few fun memories from Facebook…
for many, many years, the kids came over on Halloween before heading out to collect candy, so we could get official pictures… too old for that now, lol…
no snow this year, and it is a balmy 8 degrees Celsius…
06 Thursday Oct 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, colours, decorations, Fall, halloween, moments, nature, walk, weather, widow
went for a walk the other day and enjoyed the colours…
the trees were looking so beautiful…
I came across these Halloween decorations just waiting to be turned on…
I bet they will look great when they are blown up…
I had a lovely time…
22 Wednesday Dec 2021
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had some fun wandering around and taking a few pictures of the various decorations…
nice to enjoy them close up…
who knew there were so many dragonflies;-)…
of course the purple was no surprise…
it always reminds me to look at things from different viewpoints;-)…
22 Sunday Nov 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, decorations, fun, moments, reindeer, reindeer part 2, sleighs, widow
brought up another box of ornaments from the basement…
I am sure now that all of the reindeer, and sleighs, have made their way into the den…
18 Tuesday Feb 2020
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I was looking through some albums recently and came across this photo from Christmas…
it was an ornament on one of my daughter’s presents… a family tradition has been to give an ornament to each person on one of their gifts…
made me think of all the love signs around the house which I have put out for the month…
there are hearts all over the place… in the kitchen, bathroom, dining, living room, bedroom… and on the stairway…
these two hearts are within eyesight in the bedroom… I bought the purple one, and the wooden one was made by my beloved… he was a very talented craftsperson…
I put up some pictures of the various hearts when I wrote this post… I enjoy seeing them and will leave them up for the month…
February is also Heart and Stroke month… a reminder of my beloved, who died just two years after a quadruple bypass…
24 Sunday Nov 2019
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had a delightful afternoon with a dear friend…
she makes decorating for the season so much fun… both of us are team players and we work well together…
we did some of the usual set-ups and then tried something new… we hung a collection of wreaths together on the wall… looks good…
I can’t even say how many collections I have… more and more I am bringing out less and less… I think that January and February might be a good time to go through the boxes and pass many items along to others…
the living room looks lovely and spending time together brought out my holiday spirit;-)…
25 Friday Oct 2019
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the sun shone all day yesterday… what a treat as it has been overcast for days…
got a lovely shot of the little orchid amidst shadows at my desk…
and as I walked along the street on my way home I got a few shots of the bright light…
lots of Halloween decorations to see too…
16 Friday Nov 2018
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big girl pants, Christmas, coffee table, decorations, drawer, family, fun, moments, photos, redesigned, widow
on the weekend I had a bit of fun as I redesigned the drawer in the living room table…
in the summer I usually fill it with sea shells and rocks…
in the fall I’ve used scarves or photographs…
for the holiday season there have been a few versions of Christmas ornaments… one year silver and blue and purple… another year there were red balls too…
this year I used silver, blue and purple and included some framed pictures of family and friends…
kind of enjoy thinking up new ways to fill it…
and it looks lovely… now to figure out the rest of the Christmas decorations…
this year I am hoping to do some serious decluttering of excess decorations… not that I have too many, lol…
20 Monday Nov 2017
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baskets, big girl pants, Christmas, decorations, flowerbed, grandson, planters, reindeer, siding, sleep, widow
last night my grandson drove me over to the grocery store where we picked up some planters and baskets filled with Christmas greenery and berries…
hard to tell from the photo I took this morning, but the planters have a wooden reindeer head in them… they are quite cute…
the baskets got plopped into two of the planters in front of the living room window…
may have to go back and pick up another couple of the baskets…
waiting for a fancy swag to arrive to hang on the front door from a fundraiser the oldest grandson is participating in…
outside decorating done;-)… although I do have an expert coming and she may have other ideas, lol…
I am laying in my bed listening to the wind whipping a loose piece of siding against the side of the house… it is very loud and seems to be never ending… wondering if I am going to get any sleep tonight…
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