Let The Merriment Begin

The decorating is complete.

I took advantage of all the natural greenery adding berries, fruits, and cinnamon sticks.

The house smells like Christmas.

 

The silver is polished

 

The tree is overflowing

 

 

The Christmas crackers await eager hands

 

On the porch, the old wooden sleds have been decorated with boughs of fresh Cedar.
The little Wrens have decided to make it their nightly roost.
'Tis the season for sharing...

Making A Start

I've decided to go minimal on the Christmas decorating this year, at least that's my intentions.

I do seem to have trouble knowing where to stop, once I've started.

For many years, I would hang twinkly faerie lights from every eave of the house, every tree in the yard, even the bird houses would get a mini-set of twinkle.

I would be the crazy neighbor, hanging lights from the porch long after dark, whilst the rest of the world snuggled inside.

This year, the front porch has been decorated with a fresh Balsam Fir wreath, and the doorway draped with a fresh-cut garland, both sharing their intoxicating heady scents of woodland.

Antique wooden sleds stand sentry on either side of the door, awaiting the arrival of our first snowfall.

Simple decorations shared from Nature's bounty.