Yes, we got snow!!!

Yet another Christmas themed "cozy" mystery!   Great Series!  But it should be read, from the beginning.  Each book has a different mystery, but the cast of characters continue.  And you get to love them.  :-)  Here is a link, to a marvelous place, which gives the List of these books, in order.

Yes, we got snow!

Sat. the bird bath fountain looked like this.

This is how it looks, Sunday morning...

"It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it."

~John Burroughs

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The barometer did a nose-dive!

Just sticking his pole in the snow, he thinks it's about 12 inches.

The patio...  This morning...

The pumpkin on the patio, on Saturday...

Same spot, on Sunday morning...

See the wee bump, in the middle of this pic?  Left is bird bath fountain and on the right, is the Adirondack chair.

The bump in the middle, is the pumpkin.  :-)

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Snow comin'~~~"Party-Party"~~~Old Times

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Saturday Night

Snow likely. Low 16F. Winds ENE at 10 to 15 mph. 8 to 12 inches of snow expected.

So, that's our weather forecast for Sat. night.  Looks like the Snow Faeries will really be active tonight.  :-))

(Btw, I really don't like "blinging pics," but it is kind-of appropriate, for this post.)

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Our Christmas parties duties are over now.  We only had 2 actually.  We were never in the *Social Circuit,*  even when younger.  Now it's just a work party and a Rotary Club party, to attend. 

Slow blogging inspiration day today...  So I give you another picture, from a Vintage Blog, I found, while looking for these pic.

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These pics are from the '50's and of course, I lived the 50's.  -grin-   The blog author says; 

"...... I loved the picture ...... because it has so many awesome things to look at.

1. The decor. 2. The hairstyles on the woman..awesome 3. The nothing but Tinsel Christmas Tree (love!). 4. The very stylish ties on the men."

And I add, look at the lazy-susan coffee table...  The fan over the doorway...  The curtains...  And are those Christmas cards, hung over the doors?  Remember stringing Christmas cards up, hither-and-yon, at the Holidays?  I do!  :-)

Free Vintage Christmas Cards, found on the Net

Finding Photo Ops~~~Snow~~~Quotes~~~

More picture taking fun...  It's too cold to go out and take pictures...  So I am left with what I can "imagine," inside.  :-)

Yes, this is of outside.  But taken, just opening the patio door and aiming the camera OUT.  ,-)  Put the inside Halloween pumpkin...  Out back.  I can keep taking pics of it, as it goes through the winter.   Sooooo....  Be aware...  You are gonna' see more of this little pumpkin, if you keep visiting here.   -grin-

More pic-taking-fun...  Looking for sparkles, in reflections, in glass.

 

"Winter came down to our home one night
Quietly pirouetting in on silvery-toed slippers of snow,
And we, we were children once again."

                       ~Bill Morgan, Jr.

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Oh, the above quote...  About winter coming...  "Quietly pirouetting in on silvery-toed slippers of snow"    Oh I love the "word-picture", this paints.  And I could go-off on a tangent of finding pictures, illustrating 'snow faeries' and etc.  :-))))))))))

And then, there is that old poem/song...  "Oh The First Snow Fall Of The Winter..."   That's pretty.  

And... "Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood."  Andy Goldsworthy  

  “Is it snowing where you are? All the world that I see from my tower is draped in white and the flakes are coming down as big as pop-corns. It's late afternoon - the sun is just setting (a cold yellow colour) behind some colder violet hills, and I am up in my window seat using the last light to write to you.”  Jean Webster, 'Daddy-Long-Legs' ......  

The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?
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The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?
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The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?
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And last but not least...   

"I used to be Snow White, but I drifted."   

Mae West

 

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Here and there, around the house... PLEASE WATCH!!!

PLEASE WATCH THIS!!!!
I guarantee you will have happy tears in your eyes, when you do!!!!!!!

Candle, on kitchen island...
 

Looking at doorway, from den, into front room...

Over kitchen table, into hearth room wall...

Looking at door, from kitchen, into den...

Den window, looking at evening star...

"Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance - each beautiful, unique and too soon gone." 
--Deborah Whipp 

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Faerie light reflection, in kitchen island top...

-smile-  Just little candle...

Morning, looking out window, over sink...

Reflections in den windows, at twilight...

Again, the "Cranberry Woods" candle, sitting on a doily...

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"Yes Gabriel, there will be a little train, around "Pop's" Christmas Tree..."

We seem to have the perfect Holiday Time Snow. 

 Just enough to cover a bit.

But not so much, to disrupt much.  And since it's stayed c-o-l-d, what little we got, has stayed.  Making a pretty cover...  I really love to have a bit of snow cover, at Christmas/Yule time.

Today is hair trim day.  I think I will "abandon" the Pixie cut, and go all the way (back) to the Judi Dench cut.  ,-)  But if I do, I must wear it with Attitude.  -chuckle-  I've done it before.  I can do it again!

 Remember "Elves With Attitude" from "The Santa Clause" movie?
("We're your worst nightmare, Elves With Attitude.")  
  Or, if you prefer, you can think of...

...THIS Elf With Attitude.  -giggggles- 

"There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, traditions."  ~Bill McKibben

Photo Phunnnnn....  Trying to get pics of faerie lights, which appear diffused and fuzzy.

Guess what?  There will be a toy train, around the Christmas tree!  We got another one.  After all...  When one is 80, they should have a working toy train...  To share with their 3 year old GrandSon, next door.  :-))))))

More kind-of-diffused light from faerie lights...