I'm joining Sandie in her monthly meme 5 in 5 - one day late as it turns out as I always intend to publish on the fifth. Lots of things seem to be getting away from me recently. The days are flying by. I've been busy making Christmas cards, but not finding the time to post them. The 5 in 5 post was also on my mind, but it wasn't until I saw Sandie's blog and then Mary-Lou's blog show up in my Feedly account last night that I realized that the fifth was already here. The advantage to it this month, is that both Sandie and Mary-Lou featured Christmas decorations, so I decided to do the same. We always seem to have a few new ones, and this year is no different. I've downsized a lot of our decorations, and sent several to Goodwill this year as well, but the new ones just seem to show up!
First off two decorations from trips we took in 2019. The first came from our trip with Sarah and her family to DisneyWorld last January. This turned out to be much more difficult to photograph than I expected since both Mickey and Minnie are quite sparkly in real life. I had totally forgotten I'd purchased the ornament until I unwrapped it as we were decorating our tree.
The second ornament came from Holland, Michigan when we were there for the Tulip Festival in May. This ornament has been laying on my roll-top desk in the hall ever since we returned.
The largest of our new decorations is the result of a lovely gift certificate a friend gave me for my birthday in May. As soon as I saw this lovely "scene," I knew it was the perfect way to use the gift certificate. This is on our dry sink that originally belonged to my great-grandmother. On the side table in the same room is a collection of tin houses and a church. In addition, it's something my friend would love. It's too bad the flickering battery-operated candles don't show in the photo!
All year round, I have a collection of pitchers on these shelves in my kitchen. For Christmas last year, I found this one with the red and green arrangement, and this year added the little red cardinal to the shelf.
Lastly, a particularly beautiful poinsettia. We always have two or three in the living room, and I love this pink and white edition.
I love decorating for Christmas, and sitting in the living room with all the pretty lights and a fire in the fireplace. We've already had nearly 25" of snow this year, so it certainly feels like Christmas-time.
