There are many things to love about Christmas.
One of the things I especially love every year is a shiny bright Christmas tree,
quietly in the corner of the living room, glowing with many colored lights.
Each glass ornament is like an old friend come back to visit.
Some old, some not so old, but all so wonderfully made!
Love it, love it, love it!
Merry Christmas Eve to all the people we love so much!
Last Saturday afternoon we set out with our cameras in hand, ready to spend a sunny afternoon taking pictures in different parts of downtown Cincinnati. The creative team at church had put out a call for pictures of doors for an upcoming project so we were on the lookout for all kinds of doors - homes, businesses, churches, whatever we happened upon. My favorites are always the old and the colorful doors, and sometimes the unusual or funny doors that happen catch my eye. Who'd have thought that there were so many cool old doors to be found? We wandered through Walnut Hills, Mt. Adams and some sort of scary parts of the downtown business district. (But in the light of day we felt safe enough.)
Old garage doors on a house in Clifton
A dry cleaners in Walnut Hills
A closed shop in Walnut Hills
A fancy gated doorway in Mt. Adams
Side entrance to a business, in an alley
Used to be a nice restaurant ....
Wonderful beat-up looking red door in Mt. Adams
My all time favorite kind of door - rounded top, in a little house in Clifton. I will go to my grave wishing I lived in an old house with a rounded door!
Who could it be? Reflections of me in a door in Walnut Hills ....
One of my favorite pictures from this field trip - my favorite color green, paired up with an awesome old doorknob!
Nifty purple-ish blue door - very crisp!
Don't you just love these big ornate doors with all the architectural detail?
Layer upon layer of paint from the years gone by - and look at the cool old lock!
Newer purple door in Mt. Adams. (Is purple an "in" color now and I don't know it? We saw so many purple doors on this outing.)
Rusy door with bronze door knob in an alley.
Didn't exactly proclaim "Home Sweet Home."
Old wood doors to a (closed?) business in Walnut Hills. (Reflection of the hubster crossing the street behind me was accidental. But fun.)
Oh. That's the end. I took a lot more and it was hard to choose which ones to show you. Hope it wasn't too much of a bore. We sure had a fun day, just me, the husband and our cameras!
Have you ever seen such a sight ...
As a sock on a tree?
Quirky and colorful,
Stylish as can be?
As seen on a number of young trees in downtown Cincinnati, courtesy of some folks who love to knit at a shop in that part of town.
First of all, let me say "Happy Halloween" to all. It's been a cloudy, chilly day in our neck of the woods so there were some bundled-up little trick-or treaters tonight. Brrr. I ended up buying three kinds of candy - Reese's Cups, Butterfingers and Milky Way bars. 2 bags of each. I thought that would be more than enough, based on the history of our neighborhood. Much to my dismay, we gave out ALL the candy so there's nothing left for me to nibble on. Darn. That wasn't how it was supposed to work out ....
On to better and happier news. This wonderful little babe is once again visiting overnight, sleeping peacefully in the next room. Oh, how I love to have her visit! She was here last weekend also, on Friday night. On Saturday, we went to see Great-Grandma Dode who hadn't seen her in a while.
She got a little fussy and tired toward the end of our visit - oh, yeah, the girl can cry when she wants to! That's not often, though - she's a happy-go-lucky relaxed little girl most of the time.
And we all love her to bits!
*People photos courtesy of the hubster, with new camera and lens!*
We've really been enjoying the fall season.
I love walking the dogs, hearing the leaves crunch beneath my feet as we make our way through the neighborhood.
I love my little arrangement of pumpkins and gourds on our front porch.
I smirk at my neighbors who have strung bright orange and purple lights in their windows, in honor of Halloween.
I've been debating about what kind of candy to buy for the trick-or-treaters on Saturday - Reese's Cups or Butterfingers?
I avoid the kids Halloween cartoon specials on TV and hate when they bump my favorite shows.
Everything would indicate that it's Fall - we're right in the middle of that most beautiful and colorful time of year, right?
Then why in the world has our local Christian radio station started playing Christmas music? In October? What's up with THAT?
Last night I was running an errand, flipped on the radio, and to my horror I heard "Sleigh Ride" playing. Surely a mistake, or a joke of some sort?
I waited for the song to end to hear what came next ... and - to my horror again - I heard that old holiday favorite "Silver Bells" begin to play. No way. I couldn't believe they were intentionally, purposefully, airing Christmas music in October!
That's so wrong! C'mon people, can't you wait until December 1st?
