Good morning fellow garden bloggers! I really enjoy the decorating and cooking associated with the fall holidays and I take tons of pics to share with friends who live elsewhere. This year it really is the best way to share the cheer of the season. I have always been particular about decorating the tree and enjoy doing my slow and pensive ornament placement. Then spend the next few days rearranging bits here and there as I catch something at a different angle. Or I notice in the daylight there’s a blank spot. Or there are two same-color things too close. Or the garland seems to droop too much on this branch so I need to adjust it but then that means I have to adjust further along the garland to even it out. Oh and now that ornament is crowded and it needs to move just a smidge. . .
I know, I am weird. But I have fond memories of my mom fussing with the tree for nights after we trimmed it so I thought everyone did that!
I love the decor and the cheeriness of the winter holidays because otherwise it is a dark, dreary, and cold time in the Northern Hemisphere. Deck those halls if for no other reason than to beat back the darkness. The Longest Night will soon be past us and once again the daylight will grow!
Ok, a few glamour shots:
Below is a swirled silver and blue ornament that was made by pouring paint (I used some shimmery blue and silver acrylic craft paints) into clear glass balls and then swirling them around until the paints are swirled and coating the glass to your liking. I love the marble effect and leaving a few spots clear to let light through.
I have my cookbooks on this bakers’ rack and they often get “garlanded” for the season. My pink santa hat and reindeer antler headband have a nice bucket to hold them.
And then the top of the fridge gets some fun holiday pretties:
Our winter weather has been mostly pleasant with clouds and sun mixed with a bit of rain. We have been getting inversions that trap fog in the valley at night. I don’t have to drive in it so I love it because of the way it diffracts and softens the harsh streetlights. We don’t have any snow down here but I’ve seen lovely pictures from Crater Lake showing a wintry scene just like something on a postcard. My patio is not quite so picturesque:
Inside the houseplants are doing well.
I know many here share my love of old ephemera so here’s my holiday vintage postcard collection:
From one of the postcards pictured above:
Don’t be mad with Santa
If he doesn’t come
on time,
For sometimes poor
old Santa
Has a slippery hill
to climb.
Heap on more wood!
the wind is chill;
But let it whistle
as it will
We’ll keep our Christmas
merry still.
So that’s what’s going on in my garden these days. I hope you are all safe and healthy as we head into the deep dark winter nights. Keep those lights bright and share the holiday cheer!
What’s going on in your gardens? I’m on the West coast and 6am is a bit early for me so keep the coffee on and I’ll be in shortly;)