A Creature Was Stirring

Somewhere in the house


I heard funny sounds


But it wasn’t a mouse


We’d loaded a tree


The new skinny one


Bought just for them


We’d had so much fun


And so we decided



To put out more trees


But I’d promised a surprise



And I’d heard their pleas

In this high-tech world

We all need a break


And they get such a kick

Out of things that they make


So Christmas came early


For Caroline and for Reid

Those tiny hands held chalk


And erasers they’d need


So the sounds I had heard


Weren't musical chords



Twas chalk clickety-click

On new, old chalkboards!





Merry Christmas everyone!

Linking with Faded Charm's White Wednesday.

The Closest I Will Get to My Christmas Dishes This Year

 

Do you ever just stop and do a double-take when you are looking at a magazine because you see something familiar?

I do.  And I would bet you do too. 

Recently, I was casually looking at a Country Living and suddenly came to a halt when I saw this:

Yep.  Homer Laughlin Currier and Ives red transferware.

Just like mine.   Well, actually I do not have the teapot.

But I do have 3 sets of double-handled cream soup bowls that are not included in those shown above.  Sweet!

Here is an old poor quality photo of mine mixed in with a few other things.  They are not REALLY Christmas dishes but I always thought they looked especially pretty at Christmas.  I guess someone else thought so too!   Seeing the magazine photo makes me happy I did not sell mine.  At least not yet.  Which reminds me….I need to sell more dishes.

Mine are packed away for now, so I won’t use them this Christmas.  Sometimes life just gets a little hectic.

 

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A Foggy Morn

 

Hubby and I have always wanted a room with a view.  In the past, we just enjoyed a view (if we could get one) from hotel windows.   Recently, we completely renovated a condo (I’ll post photos of the redo later) and it just happens to have a large master bedroom with very tall ceilings and a huge picture window.

 

The other morning a big of fog rolled in.

 

 

Now this condo sits on a hilltop.  So this is what it looked like when the fog cleared.

We do love our room with a view. 

 

 

 

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