New Year, New Look! …and a Look Back at Christmas 2017

I know a lot of you don’t much care for winter, but in my dotage, I’ve come to have quite an appreciation of the opportunity it gives to go inwards. It also gives me the chance to catch up on stuff that I don’t seem to have time for the rest of the year.

And so, I’ve spent a good deal of time during this past week, when the god of winter was howling at the door, to spend time at the computer revamping this website. It’s been a few years since the look had been updated and I felt it was past time to for a change. I’m very excited and pleased with how it has turned out. I hope you are, too.

Hopefully, I’ve gotten the major bugs worked out but I’m quite sure some tweaking is still required. I’m especially happy with the new “HOME ” page. You will notice that you don’t land right on the “BLOG” page anymore but on a page with lots of images and an overview of Glittermoon Vintage Christmas that you can scroll down to see.

Please take some time to have a look around and then leave me a comment with your opinion. Positive or negative, it all helps.

 Just click on the “HOME” button to get there. I’d love to hear if the navigation works ok for you, how you like the “new look,” and just about anything else you’d like to let me know about. Thank you!

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And now….. Christmas 2017!

I was awfully behind getting ready for Christmas again this year but it came just the same as it always does and we had a lovely one. I hope you did, too!

I want to share a couple more pictures, this time of the critters who spend time under the tree.

For the second year in a row, my sister and her 3 girls made the trip down here for a whirlwind Christmas visit. They arrived Christmas afternoon. I had everything ready, the table set, trees lit, packages wrapped, Christmas music playing, etc. They brought a fresh turkey from the Amish market at home. We slapped it in the oven and set about having a grand old time.

After dinner, it was time for presents!

And then, like a whirlwind…it was all over.  We felt a little low after they left the next day.

But the next day, we regrouped. I spent the rest of the week very happily doing….nothing!!! It was wonderful.

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After a toast to the New Year, Mother Nature sent us the Big Chill.  Pretty much everybody in the US  knows whereof I speak. It was cold!!!

But, my it was beautiful.  The first day of the storm sent us snow – and wind. Lots of wind. I am so very grateful that we were the some of the lucky ones who had a warm and snug home to hunker down in.

Emma P. and I braved the elements to get outside and fill the bird feeders so our winged friends would not go hungry.  Here are a few shots of what we found in the garden.

After a while, Emma was ready to come in.

And that brings us up to today.  The trees are still up and so are all the decorations. I’m not quite ready to let Christmas go just yet.

This is the view from the dining room towards the garden room. You can see both trees from here.  The snow had just finished falling and a wintry sun came out, shedding her gorgeous light upon us.

And that, my friends, is where we are today.  Maybe sometime next week, I’ll feel the urge to move on to a clean slate. But not just yet.

I would like to wish each of you a wonderful 2018, filled with joy and love. Cheers!

I’ll be back soon!