Holiday Photo Spam
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the House of Many Cats.
This wreath is one of my handicraft projects that turned out looking pretty good. And it was amazingly simple: a foam circle, a pre-tied velvet bow and a spool of pretty green ribbon. The hardest part of the whole thing was making the little loop on the back to suspend the wreath with. Thanks to the hot glue gun, not even that was difficult.
For the past couple years we have had a small tree in the bedroom, on top of the television set. A string of lights and a set or two of gold ornaments from the five-and-dime are all this took. The big gold star is really a candle holder stood on edge. The little stuffed black-and-white cat beside the tree is tangled in a string of shiny ornaments. I bought it from one of those mail-order catalogues a few years back.
The little window sill in the entry way is the usual home of my cat gargoyle candle-holders and my statuette of Bast. A festive red candle and a little wooden cat-snowman adds a holiday touch.
As a child, I could lie on the carpet staring up through the boughs of the Christmas tree for hours. As an adult, I still love the play of lights and shiny ornaments...
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We are still waiting for some decent snow here in south central Alaska. We watch news reports of folks down in the smaller states complaining about having inches and inches of snow to deal with and we can barely contain our envy.
The weather has finally turned more seasonable after a very rainy month. Temperatures were well below freezing this morning and this afternoon a fine, dry snow blew in on the northern wind. A large Pacific storm is just starting its way up the Aleutian chain--I am hoping it will bring heavier snows later this week.
Because Alaskans really like snow. We are all geared up for it. We have studded snow tires, cozy winter parkas and warm, felt-lined boots. About the only time we will complain about snow is before October or after April. The rest of the time we embrace it. Snow softens the landscape like a blanket and brightens our long nights, reflecting starlight and moonlight.
There has been some anxiety lately about the lack of snow cover but in my experience, we will have enough snow by Christmas to make things look festive. That's when I will take some outside photos of the local area and the Christmas lights--once we are in Winter Wonderland mode.
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This wreath is one of my handicraft projects that turned out looking pretty good. And it was amazingly simple: a foam circle, a pre-tied velvet bow and a spool of pretty green ribbon. The hardest part of the whole thing was making the little loop on the back to suspend the wreath with. Thanks to the hot glue gun, not even that was difficult.
For the past couple years we have had a small tree in the bedroom, on top of the television set. A string of lights and a set or two of gold ornaments from the five-and-dime are all this took. The big gold star is really a candle holder stood on edge. The little stuffed black-and-white cat beside the tree is tangled in a string of shiny ornaments. I bought it from one of those mail-order catalogues a few years back.
The little window sill in the entry way is the usual home of my cat gargoyle candle-holders and my statuette of Bast. A festive red candle and a little wooden cat-snowman adds a holiday touch.
As a child, I could lie on the carpet staring up through the boughs of the Christmas tree for hours. As an adult, I still love the play of lights and shiny ornaments...
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We are still waiting for some decent snow here in south central Alaska. We watch news reports of folks down in the smaller states complaining about having inches and inches of snow to deal with and we can barely contain our envy.
The weather has finally turned more seasonable after a very rainy month. Temperatures were well below freezing this morning and this afternoon a fine, dry snow blew in on the northern wind. A large Pacific storm is just starting its way up the Aleutian chain--I am hoping it will bring heavier snows later this week.
Because Alaskans really like snow. We are all geared up for it. We have studded snow tires, cozy winter parkas and warm, felt-lined boots. About the only time we will complain about snow is before October or after April. The rest of the time we embrace it. Snow softens the landscape like a blanket and brightens our long nights, reflecting starlight and moonlight.
There has been some anxiety lately about the lack of snow cover but in my experience, we will have enough snow by Christmas to make things look festive. That's when I will take some outside photos of the local area and the Christmas lights--once we are in Winter Wonderland mode.
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