Wednesday, December 11, 2013

The Season


The season.  December.  Winter.  Christmas.  The Santa mugs are on the kitchen window sill.


Pretty stained glass wreaths suspend in front of windows.


Vintage ornaments fill glass jars.


And our tree is trimmed with handmade ornaments from years past.


Our house is warm and cozy.  The weather cold.  The date on the calender approaching school break. Each of these things is a favorite.  I usher in December with glee.


As I washed dishes the other night and looked up to notice these two outside doing a synchronized dance,  December was completely summarized in that moment.


-dana

15 comments:

Jacque. said...

The moments you capture are priceless.

karen @ badlandsquilts said...

Life is good indeed! Christmas break is so nice to take a break from the daily homework and hussle of life going by so quickly.

em's scrapbag said...

Love those Santa mugs. And the synch dance makes me smile.

Kar said...

Love seeing how the girls spend their time together. Priceless! Love all those Santa mugs!

Kim said...

Merry Merry what a nice peek into your own Merry Christmas preparations :0)....mine are coming along too :0)

Happy winter days ahead and
happy Sewing

dolores said...

I love seeing your reflection in the window while to take the pic of the girls! Can't believe they are out there in capris! It's 21 outside! Oh..and we had about 9" of snow!!;P

Tell the girls we want to see the dance!

Beth said...

The Santa mugs are so cute!!! I have seen some of them, but not all.
The girls outside dancing made me smile. It is so wonderful to see them together dancing.
December is here.
Enjoy all those favorites.

Unknown said...

Lovely as always.

I'm still trying to re-home a snowman teapot to you. ;) The one that scares the girl in this house. lol

Dancing viewed through a window, wonderful.

Seeing a tree decorated with memories, wonderful too.

May the rest of the month be just as good as these past few days/weeks.

Enjoy.

Jo said...

Your home looks so festive and I love those pictures of your beautiful girls that include your reflection x

AnnieO said...

Seasonal highs that have nothing to do with the temperature...love that!

www.randomthoughtsdoordi.com said...

You know how people have those calendars with inspirational uplifting phrases on them for each day? Well that's what your blog posts are for me. You just lifted my spirits. December is a rough month for me and you just made today a lot better.

Wendy said...

such great moments. I have a huge collection of santa mugs and yours are lovely! Mine always makes me smile. I even have the one from when I was a little girl that my mom saved for me.

Jackie said...

Must bring a smile to your face to see your girls do stuff like that. My kids haven't quite gotten to that point where they can do stuff together and one of them, the youngest, not get hurt. Their game last night was "tackle". It didn't end well.

QuiltNut Creations said...

Love your stained glass wreath. Not much is better than the joy and love shared at Christmas

Amy said...

I'm drooling over the vintage goodness in your photos!! Merry Christmas! :D