Well I wouldn’t call it walking in a winter wonderland but we did have some nice strolls through the woods of Michigan.

Every year I make a wreath for my Mom-in-law. This year it was a quilt wreath:

Toyland by Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough  Toyland, toylandLittle girl and boy landWhile you dwell within itYou are ever happy there Childhood’s joy landMystic merry toylandOnce you pass its bordersYou can ne’er return again When you’ve grown up, my dearsAnd are as old as IYou’ll laugh and ponder on the yearsThat roll so swiftly by, my…

I forgot to show you – I finished Bea’s quilt around Thanksgiving time. Nice to have a husband tall enough to hold up a big queen size quilt. Bea chose the arrangement of the blocks last January. There are so many ways to arrange Roman Stripe quilt blocks. I like that this quilt has a little…

Just like Picasso, we had fun painting with light. A string of Christmas lights: Bea put small flashlights inside her socks: Oh and do you like my new BIG photos. I’ve had them too little for too long.

We went down into the city to see the Christmas Market last weekend. The weather was strangely warm and foggy. The crowd was big.

Mmmmm our house smells like GINGERBREAD! This gingerbread man got a broken arm so Bea made a frosting cast. He might be in pain. Claire spent about 40 minutes decorating this gingerbread girl. I like to call her Hot Lips. After Hot Lips Claire spent about one minute decorating this gingerbread person (no name). This…

I pulled out of the driveway this morning and noticed a package on our front steps. I made a mental note to remember it when I got back home. A few minutes later when I did get back home a mischievous squirrel had chewed a hole in the box and was about to gobble up…