You may have noticed that we have been missing from Blog World and Facebook recently.. We took a quick 2-day trip to Gatlinburg, TN (Smokies) with our really good friends, Judy and Charlie. This was our Christmas trip together ---so that we could see the gorgeous Christmas lights, eat at a wonderful restaurant, and talk-talk-talk....
We had rooms at the Rocky Waters Inn (where we enjoyed a balcony --with the roaring river right behind us). We also had a wood-burning fireplace in the room ----AND our room had a big jacuzzi in it. What more could one want!!!! Even though the time was short, we had a wonderful trip--with terrific friends! (Thanks, Judy and Charlie!)
We will blog about this trip ---but today, I want to show you some of the pretty outside lights at our home this year. I took these pictures on Saturday ---while trying to learn to take BETTER night pictures... I think the photos came out pretty good---so I'll share them with you today. Above is a street view of the front of the house... You can enlarge the pictures to 16x10 for better views.
This is our front porch. I didn't hang lights this year around the door ---so am just leaving the porch light on instead... The little tree is decorated with candy canes and red bows...
Here is my hanging basket ---and NO, this Poinsettia is NOT real... It wouldn't stay alive outside this time of year!!!
Here is a close-up of the little tree... You can't see much of it, but we have a holly floor mat beside the door.
This is my favorite 'night picture' I took that evening---showing one of our 3 lit wreaths. Hope you enjoyed seeing a few more Christmas pictures from our home. (Can't wait to show you some of the Christmas lights from Gatlinburg!!! They were fabulous!)
I will try to catch back up with your blogs this week.... It's a busy time of the year (I'm sure for ALL of us--you too I bet)...
Hugs,
Betsy
