POTATOES AND SUCH

 Good Morning! How is everyone doing? I finally got my tree down, but I still have boxes all over the livingroom. I've got to buy a bigger box to put the lights in. I probably  missed my chance to get a rubbermaid at a cheaper price. 

My daughter and I are cooking some fried potatoes. Yum, I can't wait for them to get done. It's our favorite treat. 

I went to sweet Daniel's funeral and it was very poignant. The service was full of soldiers from his old platoon (I'm not sure if that's the correct term). They played Taps which made my eyes water. All the soldiers stood and saluted while Taps was being played, even veterans stood and saluted. That was very moving. 

I hope you're having a good week so far. Our weather people are calling for us to possibly have snow this weekend. I'm really hopeing they are correct! 

 Good morning! Hope all is well in your world today. It's finally turned cold here. First things first, I had my son build me a fire this morning. So nice! I've been pretty lazy lately, ahem, still have my tree up. It only has lights on it. Surely I'll get it down this week. Hopefully today. We'll see. My oranges I bought to decorate the outdoor tree have rotted. Darn it. Perfectly good oranges gone to waste. 

I love the tree in the picture below. I love how all its branches lift upwards. It looks really pretty next to the cloudy sky, which is also pretty! This is in the Chick Fil A drive thru line. I get a look at this pretty tree every time I go for CFA, which is more often than I care to admit.

On a sad note, one of my closest friends son was killed by police the other night. He was having a PTSD episode. Previous times when this happened he thought he was back in Iraq. No one knows for sure, and the outcome was tragic. I don't know how, or even if they can, treat PTSD. I know a lot of veterans suffer from it. I wish mental health was better tended to. 

I hope you are having a great day. Thanks for stopping by.

TOO MUCH LIKE SPRING

 Oh goiodness! I don't like this warm weather we're having here in Georgia. Today we reached a high of 70. Some days we've been close to 80. Daffodils are emerging and today I noticed that my white azalea is sporting buds and a few blooms.

 I like winter. I enjoy having cold weather where I get to have a fire in the fireplace. I like wearing sweaters and knitted hats and gloves. I think it's supposed to turn cold again in a week or so. I'll be happy when that happens.

I hope you're having a good week. Thanks for dropping by.

SPRING IN MY THOUGHTS

Every year after Christmas I start thinking about Spring. This year it's already begun because i noticed daffodils starting to emerge. How exciting is that?! I can't wait to see their sunny faces. Our weather has been so mild I'm thinking we'll have an early Spring. Last year I picked all of my daffodils to make a little arrangement. I failed to plant more like I planned to do. Here are some pictures from last year.

I love this little girl vase. I have a bigger one too. She looks so pretty with her crowning glory.

This Sedum worked well for her hair, I thought. I hope she'll be as pretty this year. I may have to replace the sedum.

This is another of my little vases that I think is so adorable. I love this parrot.

I used to look forward to Spring because of my garden, but as I've gotten older I can no longer tend to it so my gardens have reverted to the wilds. Pots are now my obsession. I'm looking forward to filling a few pots this summer.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you are having a good week. 

A LADY AND A PLANT

Hello!  I can't believe it is already January 4! Time has swift wings. We are unseasonably warm here. High in the 60's lows in the 40's. I'm still in the process of taking the tree down. I'm running on slow energy so it's taking me a while. 

I want to share the cutest little pot that my daughter gave me for Christmas. I planted Sedum, Little Missy in her. She's about 3 or 4 inches tall.

Isn't she just the cutest thing? I absolutely love her. I also got a plant stand and grow light for Christmas. As soon as I get it set up I'll share. I now have TWO plants. 

So far so good on 2026! I hope you have a great week. Thanks for stopping by. 

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR

 

Good Morning! I hope everyone made it through the night safe and sound. We had lots of barking dogs. Luckily, most of the fireworks in the neighborhood happened early so midnight was quiet. Thank goodness because I went to bed at 10:00. I admit I'm a party pooper. I tried, I really did. But my eyes were closing on their own and I finally gave up.

Just some clean up planned for today. My son and I cleaned out one of the cabinets in the kitchen. It's practically empty now! He's so nice and tall he could reach all the way to the top shelf. So nice! 

I hope you'll have a restful day. Thanks for stopping by!

BRINGING IN THE NEW YEAR

 Hellooooo! Can you believe Christmas Eve was a week ago? Time is going by so fast. I still have two presents under the tree for my grandkids. They were out of town for Christmas, I hope to see the soon. My tree is holding up very well so I've no plans to take it down any time soon. We have rain in the forecast and I want to decorate the tree for the birds so there's no hurry to get it down. 

We had some fog the other day. This is a cattle field. Can't tell if they are out or not.

Here are a few more stockings. 

I wish I had taken a picture of my failed crochet piece, but I took it apart before remembering. I started it off 9 inches wide. It ended up being a whopping 18 inches wide!! I've been told that the yarn I am using is really difficult for newbies, so I have a trip to Hobby Lobby planed for the near future. I've been using the same big fuzzy yarn I used on the bauble garland. Not a good choice. Maybe I'll just make more bauble with it. I hate for it to go to waste, it's not cheap.

I hope you have a fun and safe New Years. My only plan is to try to stay up!!! That's a big deal for me. 

Thanks for stopping by!

A LITTLE BIT MORE CHRISTMAS

I'm not ready for the season to be over, so I thought I would do one last post on Christmas. These days since Christmas have been slow and, honestly, a bit boring. I've tried to learn to crochet a scarf with cataclysmic results. I'll save that for another post. It will give you a good laugh. 

Soon I will be taking the stockings down. I love my stockings. They look like they are needlepoint but they aren't. I had to sew the boots. I just happened to had some dark green velvet. I've had these for almost 40 years. They make me happy every year when I unpack them. 

This is a Spider Plant that i gave myself for Christmas. I want to start growing some plants since my gardening life seems to be over. I've tried to research some easy plants to start off with and this is one of them. I can't wait for it to get babies. They look so cute hanging down from the mother plant. 

I love the way it's both white and cream colored. They say this plant likes coffee grounds! I'm a little nervous about adding that to the soil. 

The New Year is quickly approaching. I have no plans other than trying to stay awake to bring in 2026. That might be a difficult ordeal, lol. With Don not here, I want to stay up with the kids. I hope you have a healthy and happy New Years. Thanks so much for stopping by.

DAY AFTER DOWN TIME

 Hello! I hope you've recupperated from all the merriment yesterday. We had a lovely day, though we were really missing Don. It hit me hard when I onlly set out 3 places for dinner. 

We woke to some fog this morning. I was a little late getting a picture so it's pretty light. But I love the look of fog in our woods. 

My daughter gave her brother the new Jaws Lego kit for Christmas. He spent all day putting it together. He said it was the best time he's ever had on Christmas day! 

The house is a wreck. Hopefully I'll get it back to good today. I'm really looking forward to the new year. Not much good came our of 2025. 

Do you have big plans for New Years Eve? Any parties to attend? I hope this week brings you rest and peace. Thanks for stopping by.

 

That's me at the blackboard. Merry Christmas!

CHRISTMAS EVE GREETINGS

 Christmas Eve greetings. Our morning broke with beautiful blue skies and brilliant sunshine. Our temperatures will be near 70 today. I wish we had colder temps, I want to have a fire and hot chocolate. The cold will be returning next week. At least the kiddos can get outside with their new bikes, or skateboards or other outdoor toys. 

I set up our Christmas Eve table last night. I still need to tweak a few things, but I think it's looking nice. We always have spaghetti, it's the one meal everyone likes, lol. I have picky children. Heck, I'm picky. 

I have a cute story to tell you. Years ago my sweet, favorite aunt called my dad all excited and upset. She had been watching the news and alerted dad that an unidentified flying object had been sighted over Atlanta. She was freaking out, asking what she should do. Dad said, "Nell, that's Santa" to which she sheepishly replied, "Oh!". I love that story. She was such a dear but her fears got the best of her.

I hope you have a lovely Christmas Eve and Christmas morning. I'm just enjoying a nice quiet day.