♫♫CHRISTMAS TREE, O' CHRISTMAS TREE...♫♫

Good Morning Sweet Bloggers!! The season is upon us and I marvel at how fast the days go by!  My little tree has ornament overload because I cannot leave any little sentimental ornament in the box! Ha!

My Mom, my Bill, cousins and friends as well as my grown children have contributed through the years.  My favorite is the Madonna of the Poor ornament by far...

 

 The Milkweed pod ornament was made when my children were little and it has survived many Christmases.

The little Moon Santa below is one of our own creations.  I would draw a pattern, Bill would cut it out and then I would paint it.  I have several that are very large for wall deco.

Although this is a little blurry, it is also one of my favorites, my original Santa face painted on a light bulb that is shaped like a flame.  I covered the threaded part with a bit of red plaid fabric for his hat.

 

This one is one I drew and then Bill had cut out of roof flashing metal!  Love it!  I miss my Bill so much and it was hard decorating without him.  So many memories!

 

And Last but not Least, a photo from outside when done.  It is only a 3 ft. tree but I hung just as many ornaments on it as if it were a large floor tree-ha!

 

And here is my little Lilly in her new doggy Christmas neckerchief that my cousin sent in the mail today.  Love it!

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and do check out the other Pink Saturday posts to see what others are sharing at Beverly's How Sweet the Sound! 

My heart to yours...

Christmas Decorating, Advent

I love the colors of Advent (See my Kerrie's Home Journal blog for info and post for First Sunday of Advent).  I decided to decorate the kitchen table with advent colors instead of the usual after Thanksgiving Red and Green deco.

   The colors of Advent just happen to be my favorites, purple, lavender, pink and white!

This lovely ornament from Marydon fit right into the color scheme, too!

I already had the little basket flower holder and this is one of my clay birds I made a few years ago.  He is much more lavender in real life.

And the cup and saucer with Morning Glory flowers on it was from my mother's collection.  It is on the mantel my hubby made in the kitchen over the table.

I just love this tiny 2 x 2 inch plate that is hand painted china.  I bought it from the artist at a craft show.  My Mom also was a china painter.  The object next to it is a fossilized whole clamshell I found many years ago.

Another little gift from Marydon that graces my window over the sink is a little silver vase made from a butter knife handle.  I added flowers.

And this is a picture of my kitchen from the bedroom hallway.  The room beyond is my living room, the El part where my piano sits.  The French doors to the left open into our den/everything room-ha!

Thank you for visiting and come again soon.  For a quick Beef Stew Recipe, visit TWO HAPPY.


♥KERRIE♥
My heart to yours...

A SURPRISE VISIT!

TWO WONDERFUL POSTS TODAY!! We had a surprise visit from Sister blogger, Sweet Marydon from Blushing Rose and her husband Harold!!  I couldn't have been happier!!  Although they could not stay very long as they were following a schedule, we had a wonderful visit!  Marydon is just what I expected from our long friendship through blogging and e-mailing.  Two kindred spirits!!  Hubby took pictures and I did, too!  Our daughter Barbara was at home and enjoyed all of our gaiety and laughter!  Thank you so much Marydon and Harold for a wonderful bright spot in our day and lives!  Below recorded for my memoirs are the photos:

 Bill showing Marydon the quilt he made when first diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma.



Lovely Marydon and me, kindred spirits.  We both were wearing gold hoop earrings-ha!  She must be a long lost sister!!

She came bearing gifts and I got to choose a wonderful ornament with a teapot in the center of sparkles and pink ribbon!

We are checking out items on my window ledge over the sink, a picture of Bill and me when dating in an Apple frame.

Here we are in the den where my and my daughter's computers are...where we view the lake and all the wildlife.

And here I am getting teased about being so short-ha!

And then we had to say goodbye although I could have done with a much longer time-ha!  Good people, good times!  We built memories today of Osprey and a wonderful visit from Marydon, THANK YOU!!!

Be sure to visit Marydon at Blushing Rose http://blushingrosetoo.blogspot.com/ Have a wonderful day dear friends, I did!!
                                          ♥KERRIE♥
                              My heart to Yours...