In the Christmas Spirit~Sharing Blogs and Mystery

My gift to you is to share a few blogs that have given me inspiration in a number of ways for this Christmas season:
The Pleasures of Homemaking, where I found eye-candy and ideas.
The Cozy Little House, full of inspiration, comfort, and splashs of red, a favorite of mine right now.
My dear friend at Red Dirt [...]

Open to Surprises

Daffodils are coming up all over the place around here. Even right in the lawn and pathways where we walk.

I was surprised to see them coming up at this time of year. Where I have lived, much further north, they did not sprout out until spring. Then I read that this is normal for down [...]

Outdoor Wednesday #38

Whoo-hoo! Outdoor Wednesday time. Here’s the view out my front door this foggy morning.
And from the upstairs dormer windows on a clear day.
Wonderfully cool on Tuesday morning. Opened my office window and looked down into the side garden. Ooops– I saw the waterfall pond had gone near dry! Pump was still chugging, and dear water [...]