Around the house...

Doing a bit of indoor decorating, now that I'm over the flu from last week...

In lieu of a tree, I hang my annual Christmas chandelier...

All of my favorites, old and new above the table to gaze up into...

...this one, the latest from my fellow, young and talented friend Boo, 

who sent this in the mail the other day...

And of course there are birds all around...

A box lamp given as a gift from Irma.

More of her creations here.

During these short, dark days, giving yourself the gift of light is

one of the most uplifting things you can do.

 All of those wonderful things that have hidden in boxes in the barn 

for a year, come out to show off again, all be it briefly...

 

The long tags with writing were a gift from Mosaic Norene...

Seasons greetings in many different languages ...

Cherishing inherited vintage Nutcrackers and remembering those who 

gave us recent ones...

Christmas cactus???

Winter fox...

Each and every one of these things, I remember from the year before.

From where I bought it, when it was made or who gave it to me.

They are all precious to me and I so look forward to

opening those boxes...to remember.

To celebrate the season one more time.