My View.

While I provided a counselling session

today, I sat in our tiny living room and

loved the view of the Christmas tree in

the turret. Many pretty views that I love.

~ Chy

Undecorated Tree.

Our tree is not decorated just yet. We

discovered a couple of burnt out bulbs,

so it's on hold while we figure out the

size that we need to find to replace each.

Then we can go ahead and finish putting

all the decorations on. Looking forward

to the final look. The fireplace and the

railings will be next, then we'll be done!

How is your decorating coming along?

Do you put up a tree and trim your house?

~ Chy

It's Happening ....

Can you guess why our turret has been

emptied of the antique cupboard and

the writing desk? If you guess that it's

time to put up the Christmas tree, you

are correct! I love this day. We put on

music and decorate through the day. I

am missing we don't have snow yet but

that will come in time and we're in no

hurry for the white stuff. It can come as

late as it needs to. We are fine to wait!

Have you begun to decorate yet?

Do you love this time of year?

~ Chy

Capturing: Day 14.

Last week, we held our Candle Light

Memorial Service ~ the Virtual Edition.

We were live from my home and my

co-facilitator's home, separately. Our

grieving families joined in via Zoom.

It was lovely and heartfelt. I put all

the names of the babies and children

we were honoring on our Christmas

tree. Each family was then mailed

their little ornament and tag, along

with a card. A small gesture to bring

hope and healing for those who grieve.

~ Chy

St. Nick Visited.

St. Nick has arrived and left a number

of special gifts under our family tree.

Kids, siblings, grandparents, friends.

All will be gifted from our little tree.

It's just the 2nd year we've had this tree

grace our turret. I love it even more now.

"Brown paper packages tied up with string."

We couldn't resist this year to emulate the

song from "The Sound of Music." The first

movie I ever saw and a theatre production

we've both worked on locally. For this year,

we chose brown paper, with a few colors too.

Are all your plans and prep done now?

Has St. Nick visited your family home?

~ Chy

Tree Shopping.

Last week, before all the snow, we had to shop for

a little Christmas tree for our community preschool.

Dgs and I had fun getting our pictures taken at the

Ikea tree lot. A sweet tradition that he loves each year.

Dh lugged the tree into the car and then back

out again once we got to preschool to set up.

In the stand, watered and ready for the

branches to fall in to place. I'll take a

few more pictures once it's back in its

place, fully opened up and all decorated.

~ Chy

Behold, the Tree.

We start with a clean slate, an empty

spot in the turret and sturdy tree stand.

Add in the tree, plug it in and voila!

Christmas has arrived in the cottage.

A different view from the floor. Bright

and light. And waiting for decorations.

Looking in from the living room. Now,

where did we put the tree skirt last year?

~ Chy

Last Look.

A last look at our Christmas Tree,

on Christmas Night. So sparkly.

~ Chy

Before the Gifts.

A few gifts that had been giving to us

around the tree. But this was before

our gifts were put out and well before

Santa Claus had arrived. Love our tree.

~ Chy