Sunday Sunset - The Flame

 To me, this surely looks like there is a fire behind the clouds! But of course the flame is the sun.

“The flame dances, fragile yet fierce, a whisper of eternity in light.”

Apartments

 We have a lot of squirrels around here. See these lumps in the trees? They are homes that the squirrels built, called Dreys. These trees are whole apartment complexes!

They are made of twigs, leaves, and other, softer material on the inside. They typically stay in their dreys at night and during inclement weather, and return to their nests around dusk.

Many have been covered in snow this week. I hope they are well insulated!

What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass 

W.H. Davies

Christmas Kitchen 2025

 Time to sit down with some coffee, as there are quite a few photos! So here is what I did in the kitchen for Christmas.

Kitchen table centerpiece

I made this using a gravy boat that I found on a dollar aisle.

The coffee corner

I made this sign and put it on the microwave with a little tree

“Cookie crumbs are Christmas glitter.”

A Trip To The Grocery Store

 We have been stuck in the house for several days, due to snow and ice. Today the sun came out a bit, so we went to get groceries. It was a beautiful trip. There were lots of icicles. These are on our next-door neighbor's truck.

Here is our flag in the yard.

This was my favorite snow-laden tree.

The snow on the berry trees was beautiful. It looks just like Christmas.

There were some pretty things at the store, too.

The undisturbed snow was even pretty. It had fallen in sparkly blue waves, almost like the sea.

“Snow is the earth’s way of whispering silence in white.”

The Christmas 2025 Living Room

 So here is my yearly Christmas decorations post...the living room first. I try to put out things that can stay all winter because it takes me so long to decorate. Like literally WEEKS! 

I hung bells on the vase.

Candles unlit.

And lit.

And on the shelf underneath

Audio cabinet

End table

“Stress may steal my peace today, but sparkle chases it away.”

The Tree

 Around Thanksgiving time, Jazz came over. I had this little kit to make a Thanksgiving Tree. You build the tree, and on each leaf write something that you are thankful for.  I think she did a good job.

Here we are peeking at to say Hi!

“A Thanksgiving Tree grows not from soil, but from gratitude.”

Sunday Sunset

 We had the first snow of the season yesterday. This is my view from the back door.

Now on to the sunset. It is a strange one. A straight orange line surrounded by small grey clouds.

"There’s something quietly breathtaking about that very first snowfall. The way the world slows down, how the air smells impossibly clean, and how even the busiest streets seem to hush—it’s pure  magic.”