Snow?~~~Santa, are you listening?~~~

A perfect bit of snow, is on the pumpkin.  :-)

 

"Mrs. Jeffries And The Merry Gentlemen"

by Emily Brightwell

Isn't that a cute cover?  And this is another cute entry in the "Mrs. Jeffries Mysteries" series...  A very Seasonal "cozy" mystery. 

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Will we be in for a real winter snow storm, in "my neck of the woods", this coming weekend...?   -sigh-  Got to make sure we are stocked up, before it blows in. ~~~~~~~~~    Btw, I'm in the NE, so we "know" snow.  But the older I get, the less I seem to be able to "handle" the cold.  So I don't want to have to go out, in it.  :-)

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"Christmas won't be Christmas 

without any presents."

~Louisa May Alcott 'Little Women'

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With all my reading of British "cozies," I'm using my tea kettle to heat water for my decaf.  Instead of heating it, in a measuring cup, in the microwave.  But all we have is a very plain little tea kettle. 

I hope I will have a cute little red and white polka dot tea kettle, after Christmas.  :-))))

I hope.

I hope.

I hope.

:-)))

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...

Pie...Snow...Quote...Header...Pondering...Etc.

Mincemeat Pie

But did you ever see a Mincemeat Pie, like this????

I didn't feel like making a lattice top...  So I took a champagne glass and cut out some holes, in top crust.  -giggles-  Ho, ho, ho...

This time we did get some snow.  And now, some sort of precipitation is falling.
 

"The days are short, 

the weather's cold, 

by tavern fires 

tales are told."
~New England Almanac, Dec. 1704~

I changed my Header pic, over the weekend.  I'm growing to love this choice, now.  :-)  Of course, I usually "love" whatever Header pic, I have up.  For a while, anyway.

This picture seems to be of a store window exhibit...  With little "dolls" placed about.  The window and tree size, are rather super-sized.  And this effect, is charming.

But...

You know what ISN'T charming?  

In all the illustrations of old fashioned family gatherings, the rich are enjoying themselves.  And the "downstairs" people, are serving them.  After a while, I notice this.  And the reality of it, is ......  not-so-nice.

If the serving class was being well paid, then that would be a different matter.  But it wasn't so, in these lovely old fashioned times, we see illustrated... 

Little bird decoration, which we've had for a long time...

And a little old bear, which we've had for a long time, also.

This and that... On Dec. 8th...

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Have you ever made Mincemeat Tarts?  I make Mincemeat Pie for my husband.  But would like to try Tarts, sometime...  They look so cute.

The weather report missed, for Fri. night.  They said we could get 1-3 inches of snow.  Nope.  Just a little.  And it's all gone, by (Sat.) afternoon.

My 2014 calendar came...  That was a good thing, today.

"It is good to be children some times, 
and never better than at Christmas."
~Charles Dickens~

But my husband's little toy train set, will not be up, this Season.  He has tried everything, and he can not get it to work.  Soooooooo....   Out it goes.  And he is kind of "bumbed out."  :-)  It was so cute.  Little "Grandson" next door, used to love watching it.  Etc.

But since it won't work...  And since we have to get the ding-dang-tree up, we have to "step back and punt."

Below...

NOT, NOT, NOT my house!!!

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This picture is from "Between Naps On The Porch" blog.  As my click-able Source link above, says.  

I posted it, because it is soooooo gorgeous.  Oh sigh.  Oh my.  Oh sigh.  :-))))

Of course, there are so many simply breath-taking interior photos on the Net, this Holiday Season.  :-)

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