Hello Winter

Brian over at Brian's Home hosts Thankful Thursday every week. Coming off the "thankful month" of November, I'm trying to look past all the things about life right now causing me to feel down during this holiday season. So, this photo was an exercise in gratitude for winter. Those of you who know me know …

December Photo Challenge: Holly Jolly

With December's photo challenge from PJ, we say adios to 2017. This month's challenge is, of course, Holly Jolly in celebration of the holidays....which come the same time every year....yet I'm never fully prepared. But, here are my five for December. Holly Jolly 1 We kicked off the season with a holiday concert at Peanut's …

December month in pictures

Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home. ~Edith Sitwell December was a mixed bag of events and emotions. Peanut, her mama and I started the month off on a high note …

LTTL and Quotography: Christmas

Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time. ~Laura Ingalls Wilder  My last post highlighted the birth of Jesus and mentioned that, along with Christ's Mass, many people celebrate the season with other traditions as well. These …

Quotography: December

I heard a bird sing In the dark of December A magical thing And sweet to remember. "We are nearer to Spring Than we were in September." I heard a bird sing In the dark of December. ~Oliver Herford, I Heard a Bird Sing And when they're not singing, they're eating....and eating.....and eating some more. …