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25 Songs of December: 12.19.16

19 Monday Dec 2016

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The horizon doesn’t look so bright as we look toward the New Year, so this carol seems appropriate today. “Brightest and Best of the Sons of the morning, dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid.” There are many melodies that can be used with these lyrics; this version by Kathy Mattea is a beautiful minor tune.

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25 Songs of Christmas: 12.16.16

16 Friday Dec 2016

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As the temperatures plummet and snow and ice is in the forecast, here is the beautiful Wexford Carol with Alison Krauss and Yo-Yo Ma.

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All is calm, all is bright

13 Saturday Dec 2014

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Up before the sunrise on a weekend,
Darkness dispelled by the glow of the tree.

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Recycled Christmas

30 Sunday Nov 2014

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I love decorating for the holidays. This year I decided on trees for the mantle. I started with a mesh tree that my sister scouted out for me at Building Character. Today I scavenged through my craft supplies, determined not to go out to a craft store, and created three more trees. Tree one was made from pale gold wallpaper found at the Lancaster Creative Reuse store, and vintage beaded string, stars and glitter. It started out like this:

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Trees two and three were created from magazines. This is what they looked like all folded and ready to decorate:

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Gold paint, lime green paint and lots of glitter transformed them into this:

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And finally, on the mantle!

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Taking Down The Tree

12 Sunday Jan 2014

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(A post from 1/11/14 that failed to upload, so here it is, a day late)
Today didn’t feel like the best of days to take down the tree, what with a flood watch and driving rain and wind and all. The cheerful lights help to dispel the gloom, but it is the second weekend in January. Besides, my ornament storage box arrived this week, so I had no excuse to put off dismantling the tree.

20140111-173153.jpgMade from cardboard and easily assembled, this eight-drawer box holds 165 ornaments. We have a lot of ornaments, but there’s still room to grow. It’s ridiculous how happy something this simple makes me, but it’s so nice to be able to store everything in one place! I started acquiring ornaments in the mid-80s, and my collection includes a lace crocheted angel and spun glass balls from my years in Richmond, and many fun, funky and beautiful ornaments from my sister to our family, including moon faces and sparkly ribbon candy. We have a felted ball picked up at an art gallery one Christmas while in Chattanooga. Most recently we bought a black glass bat in Greenwich Village.

20140111-174129.jpgWhen I first moved to Lancaster, “dusty rose” carpet was in vogue, so rather than fight it I decorated my first ever tree in pink and green balls, and sparkly pink glass bells. Shortly after that I moved again, and having acquired furniture in pale greens and blues, my trees for a few years were blue, green & purple, always with white lights. After marrying, I added strings of the colorful lights that my husband likes, and our tree has gradually become a sparkling, brilliant tree chock-full of every ornament we own.

20140111-174736.jpgLately I’ve begun to collect owl ornaments. Now they are all tucked into their assigned drawer, waiting for next year!

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Winter Rain

29 Sunday Dec 2013

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A few degrees cooler and we’d have snow, but instead rain drips off the eaves and forlorn geese honk overhead in their endless migration from pond to pond. With candles lit and tree lights sparkling, leftover Christmas carries us through the winter gloom to New Year’s Day.

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Music For A Winter Solstice

01 Sunday Dec 2013

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