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What is Christmas about?

Recently our very dear friends up in Alaska had a baby. The due date for the birth was the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Hubby and I waited in anxious anticipation to hear from our friends! Thanksgiving came … and…

December 19, 2023Christmas

O Come! O Come!

As Hubby and I were headed up to church yesterday morning, the sky came alive with the beauty and glory of God! The brilliant crimson sunrise reflected off the bottom of the low-lying marine layer of clouds. It…

December 18, 2023Christmas

Christmas Cactus Garden!

One of the highlights of my Christmas last year was going with hubby and our daughter to a Christmas Cactus Garden. I had never been to a Christmas Cactus Garden before. It was a lot of fun! If…

December 16, 2023Christmas, Marriage, Relationships

A Home Depot Christmas!

The happy couple from this past weekend’s wedding has been head-over-heels in a major renovation project this entire past year! The day of the wedding rehearsal, a delivery truck showed up at the house with the bathroom vanity…

December 15, 2023Christmas

Christmas cards!

Have you ever gone Christmas shopping for someone else … only to come home with Christmas gifts for yourself?!? Yes, I am at the top of the list when it comes to finding Christmas gifts for myself … …

December 14, 2023Christmas

The gift of Christmas! (2023)

This past year of 2023 has been an incredibly difficult year for hubby and me. It has been a year of giving, and giving, and giving to serve God and love others. It has been absolutely exhausting! When…

December 13, 2023Christmas, Gratitude

Best Christmas song of 2023!

My son, coming to aid me in my distress over having to give a speech, has provided for me the most perfect wedding speech ever! I present, for your enjoyment … the Best Christmas song of 2023! (to…

December 7, 2023Christmas

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! 2023

Thanksgiving weekend ushers in the Christmas Holiday Season! Cars can now be seen driving down the road with freshly cut Christmas trees tied to the top. Here and there Christmas tree stands are now set up. It’s beginning…

November 25, 2023Christmas, Gratitude

November joys … Christmas trees!

Hubby and I have been in search of lodgepole pine trees. But most garden nurseries in our area do not carry local/native plants. Crazy, isn’t it! However, last weekend we discovered the quaintest little garden nursey about 30…

November 24, 2023Christmas, Gratitude

Walking in a Winter Wonderland

A New Year calls … are you listening? In the sun, the snow is glistening. A beautiful sight … all kinds of tracks left and right! Walking in a winter wonderland! Can you guess who has been “walking…

December 31, 2022Christmas, Gratitude