Christmas – packed up and put away!

There are still a few signs of Christmas hanging in my home. My gifts haven’t been put away in their proper spots, photo cards from family and friends are still displayed and the bin of wrapping paper is readily available even though no...

Earth Day – not!!

Yesterday, I drove past what up to 5 weeks ago had been my parent’s house. We had sold the house “as is” and I will admit the house and the property needed a lot of TLC and work. I was however shocked to see the new owners had chopped down every...

Christmas stories

The one of the many things I enjoy about decorating for Christmas is unwrapping and displaying the different items and remembering the stories associated with them. 1. Some have funny stories like my handmade wooden reindeer, a gift from a student, that has burnt...

two identicial nutcrackers

Why? Why have two identical nutcrackers? Because as I was cleaning out my parents home I discovered that my Dad had bought my mum and I the exact same nutcracker. My mum had said to divide up the decorations thus two nutcrackers. Through the years my mum bought most...