Snow folk

 For years I used to put my snowmen on the steps. A few years ago I started putting them under the tree.

This year after putting a bunch of them under the tree, I realized I had plenty left to put on the steps too.

This little light of mine

 I have a little Christmas lamp that I put on my bathroom counter this year.

I probably bought it because of the snowmen but I liked the little shade on it too. It may not look like much in this picture but it sure is pretty when you turn the light on.

Maple Timber Coffee

 A new business opened up in my little town. It's called Maple Timber Coffee. They serve delicious hot and cold drinks as well as breakfast and lunch items. I've been reading a lot about it on on Facebook and have wanted to stop. 

Last Saturday I finally did before I headed over to Walmart to do my weekly shopping.

This used to be a pizza shop. The inside looked really nice and I snapped a quick picture while the girl was preparing my delicious drink

I ordered the gingerbread chai and someone described it on Facebook as Christmas in a cup. Let me just say WOW. It was amazing. A little more expensvie than I would normally pay but makes for a nice treat every now and then

Work tree

 We did some decorating at work for Christmas and of course there was a tree.

And a collage of some of the other decorating we did.

A morning sky

 I was on my way to work the one morning and the sky was absolutely beautiful. Of course I was driving down the highway at 65 miles an hour so I really couldn't get a picture. The best I could do was snap one when I got to the stop sign when I got off at my exit.

Please excuse the filthy windshield.

The many faces of Gibbs.

 I took a quick picture of Gibbs and then asked AI to help with a festive holiday makeover

This one I have as my wallpaper on my phone.

Gibbs as Santa

And Gibbs as an elf. This one might be my favorite.

The snowman tree

 Just a closer look at some of the things on the snowman tree

I think everything on this tree came from Dollar Tree

I thought this looked like a snowball so it went on the tree.

Of course every good snowman starts with a snowflake.

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Extreme decorating

 I went to Walmart last weekend and when I pulled into a parking space there was a truck parked next to me. I couldn't help taking a picture of it.

I would love to see this one at night. I'm curious about what kind of tape they used to that would hold up to the weather and wouldn't ruin the paint when it comes off.

More decorating

 Last Saturday I finally got around to putting decorations on the tree in the living room. Here it is all finished. Definitely not a professional job but it's good enough

This tree is an eclectic collection of decorations ranging from store bought to handmade. There's also the ones that came from friends.

Lots of ones that were hand painted by me a lot of years ago when those plaster craft kits were all the rage.

Handmade ones that look like they are quilted.

A handmade one that came from a blog friend a lot of years ago

A gift from my niece one year. Sadly, she is no longer with us.

December Happy Mail card.

 I went kind of easy this time around. I found a picture I liked and printed it out. I mounted it on red cardstock then attached it to the front of the card. Then I decided it needed some glitter. I used glue and a paintbrush to add it to certain parts of the picture then sprinkled on the glitter.

Tuesday Dec 2

 It wasn't a pleasant morning. I got up and we had gotten snow over night. It was still snowing. Then I got on Facebook and read that someone posted how bad the roads were.

I went out to start the car, clean it off and shovel the driveway a bit.

I got about 3/4 of the driveway done and just couldn't do any more. This old body just can't take it like I could in the past.

I pulled out of the driveway and headed to work. Normally my drive there is about a half hour. I was only about half way to work and the half hour had already passed. I couldn't take it any more. I pulled into a parking lot, texted the girl at work and told her I was turning around and going back home.

When I made it back home, I finished shoveling the driveway and then went inside. I ended up sleeping til 12:30 and when I woke up it was sunshiney and the road was clear. Had I just pushed on I would have been fine. I spent the day on the couch watching Hallmark Christmas movies instead.

Trees in the cave.

 The first two trees to be decorated were the ones in the Ann cave. If you recall I added a second one last year when I bought the pencil tree. I probably should just do one but I can't help myself.

First up is the pencil tree that is a snowman theme. I still need to get a tree skirt for the bottom

The other is the wildlife themed tree that I've been doing for years now.

The village

 The village is all set up for another year. I don't know if I'm completely happy with the set up but it'll stay that way. I still haven't gotten things plugged in so it can light up and I'm not even sure if I'll bother with that this year. I don't spend all that much time in the living room anyway and I don't think I plugged it in all that often last year.

I'm thinking that I should probably stop adding more buildings  because I really don't have the space to make this any larger than it already is. maybe in the future I'll just add some small accessories.

Drawings year 2 week 26

 Here we are at a year and a half of drawings every day.