Favorite Ornaments

I love ornaments ---so when George and I got married,  we started a tradition of giving each other ornaments for Christmas.  SO--since 2001 (our first Christmas),  we have added many gorgeous (and sometimes funny) ornaments to our tree.  I showed you three of my bird ornaments yesterday.  SO--today I'll share a few more with you.

We only have one large Christmas tree in our home ---and it is full of all kinds of special memories.  It is definitely a "hodge-podge" tree---but that is our choice!!!!!  We love all of our many different ornaments.  Above was one of my favorites several years ago.   It is my  "Gardening Greenhouse" ornament...  We don't have a greenhouse (wish we did)--but our garage serves well for that!!!! ha....  I had never seen this ornament (or even a similar one) before ---so for that reason,  it will always be very special.  And I'm sure you know by now that I LOVE gardening!!!!

Here is a funny ornament I gave to George last year.  It obviously is Santa (George) with his ladder and bucket ---carrying his HUGE "To Do" list.....   George always says that "I" give him lots of  "Honey Do" lists ---and I must admit that I do!!!!!!  Isn't that a cute ornament???

Here is the King's Arm Tavern --one of our favorite eating places in Williamsburg.  We try to buy ornaments sometimes when we visit certain areas ---and our vacation in Williamsburg /Jamestown /Yorktown was fabulous!!!

This silly little ornament is one which I gave to George one year...  She obviously is a sweet little FISHIE.... Can you hear her????  She is going up to George (like I do) saying "Kissie Kissie".......   Cute, huh?

This is our newest ornament.  We visited Biltmore House and Gardens at Thanksgiving --and bought this new ornament for our tree.

This ornament is from one of our favorite places in the entire world,  Mt. Nebo State Park in Arkansas.  We have a special cabin there which we rent when we go there---and we always think of Cabin 60 as OURS.   We will go back to Arkansas this year the end of March in 2011.

This  pretty little ornament came from another of our favorite places,  Ocean Isle Beach in North Carolina.  Ocean Isle is north of Myrtle Beach ---and we love going there...

You may think this is the Pillsbury Doughboy---but it's really my own personal chef,  George.  George has so many talents ---and one of them which I didn't know about when we first started dating was that he LOVES to cook.  WELL--since I'm not much of a cook (although my mother tried her best to get me interested) ----I was THRILLED to turn that little responsibility over to George.   He cooks our entree --and I add the veggies/salads, etc... SO---this little ornament is in honor of my personal chef... Yeah Rah!!!!

I could show you many, many more of our ornaments --but you may already be pretty bored... SO--I'll stop for now...

Hope you have a wonderful day... Show us more of your Christmas beauties --if you haven't done so.

Hugs,

More of our Christmas Pretties

If you have been a follower of mine for more than a year,  you may remember many of these Christmas decorations from last year.  But--since I have so many newer people,  I decided to share them with you today. I apologize if this is all OLD news for you!

Above is our Christmas calendar.  This little hanging calendar is special since I have had it in my family since my sons were little.  My sister-in-law (Evelyn--who died in 2007) made this for us ---and I remember that, beginning on Dec. 1st,  my kids would place one ornament each day on the little tree.   All of the ornaments were in the little pockets at the bottom, and then were put on the tree (one each day) until the 24th,  when the star went on the top of the tree.  That way the boys knew how many days it was until Christmas.

The top of our Entertainment Center cabinet is decorated with some Christmas memories. Most of these little goodies were given to us by friends.  My favorite from this group is the little Santa on the right.  He is made from a small claypot.

The little snow-covered cabin on the left in this picture was a gift that I gave to George the first year we were married.  We both wanted a cute little log cabin in the woods ---so this was IT.... ha ha... The big snowball in the back was given to us by a friend who lived in Colorado at the time.

I have an entire blog post upcoming,  showing some of our ornaments ,  but had too many for one post.  SO--I'll show you three of them today.  Above is one of my favorite birds,  the male Cardinal.

And this was my first bird ornament (I have 7 now).  This little glass hummingbird will always be special to me.

And,  since Eastern Bluebirds are my all-time favorite bird,  I was thrilled when George gave me this ornament --which included two little Bluebirds and their home.  Isn't it gorgeous?

Finally,   here is a picture of my favorite place in our home... I can sit on my throne (recliner) --enjoy the fire blazing in the fireplace while just gazing at our tree (with all of the other lights off of course).  Several of you thought it was a HUGE tree.  It must have been the angle because it's not that big (about 7 feet I think)... But--we love it!!!!

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I just have to add one more SNOW picture for you.   This is looking onto the deck --toward the upper side of our back yard.  We enjoyed the snow (about 6 inches or so) --but we didn't enjoy the bitter cold temperatures.  And now the weather people are saying that we may get some ICE...  Let's hope that they are wrong.  An ice storm is much worse than any snow storm...  Yipes!!!

Have a wonderful day, and enjoy the season --no matter what your weather is!!
Hugs,