Happy New Year!

Happy New Year's Eve!!  

Help yourself to a glass of champagne and join the party.

It wouldn't be New Year's Eve without fireworks.

Wishing you a happy last day of 2018 

and a wonderful 2019 ahead!

Pretty Birdies!

I love watching the birds on my birdfeeder, especially in the winter.  The splash of color they bring to the black and white landscape is always welcome.

I hope you enjoy these these photos of birds in the winter.

Of course the kittens are avid birdwatchers regardless of the time of year...  

A quick trip

Some days it would be nice to get away for a little while. This looks like a good place.

                                                           You are all invited, join me!

Happy Christmas!

Wishing all our friends at WTIOC a very Happy Christmas! I opted tor a funny greeting:

The Tree Lighting Finale!!

The lighting of the "Town" Christmas Tree was Thursday evening.  Unfortunately, I could not be there for the celebration, so these are photos taken by my friends. 

It is so wonderful that the town came together for this spontaneous project.  I hope you enjoy the photos and the sentiment of this community project as much as I do!

Happy Holidays, One and All!!

A Special Christmas Tree

Years ago, in my small town on Cape Cod, a man created a beautiful Christmas Tree made from buoys.  It was in his front yard for everyone to enjoy.

Sadly, he passed away this year, and the tree went into disrepair.  Upon learning of this, the town's people rallied, with a small group leading the charge.  A call went out for used buoys, and people donated loads of them.

Volunteers cleaned the buoys and painted them.

They got a permit to display the new tree on the Town Green.  Yesterday, the frame was delivered, and they assembled the new tree.

                                       

Watching this all unfold was so heartwarming.  It seems to exemplify the holiday spirit.

Tonight, the tree will be lit as a town-wide event.  Part 2 of this post will feature those photos.

ETA:  Here's the backstory of the original tree and the new one:
For those that don’t know the back story of this tree, it was created by Jimmy Filliman, a native Cape Codder who’s family many of us grew up with. The pieces were all found objects that Jimmy collected as he walked the beaches & and used to build assorted treasures including this phenomenal buoy tree. It was estimated at consisting of 200+ buoys, that he individually hand tied to a beautiful piece of driftwood for the trunk. It was a wonderful, beautiful, and creative way to recycle and reuse items to make this gorgeous and TRUE Cape Cod Christmas Tree. Jimmy passed away tragically this past Spring due to complications of diabetes & I’m helping to coordinate this community project to rebuild as similar a model as we can do justice on the town green in Eastham as a memorial to him, and for his family this holiday season. 

Enjoy the week

No new challenges today, maybe just a smile or two. Have a wonderful day everyone!

Okay, I am smiling a little bit, I hope all of you are too!! 😊

Handwriting competition - Results

Here are your matches:

TW

A: GJ

B: Q

C: Roxie

D: Amy

E: TW

F: Regina

G: 1SC 

H: PGFan 

GJ

A:1SC

B: PGFan 

C: Q or Roxie 

D: GJ 

E: Amy

F: TW

G: Regina

H: Q or Roxie 

Q

A: GJ 

B: Roxie 

C: PGFan 

D: 1SC 

E: Q

F: Regina 

G: Amy 

H: TW 

Amy

A: GJ 

B: Regina

C: Roxie 

D: PGFan 

E: Q 

F: 1SC 

G: TW 

H: Amy 

Roxie

A: PGFan 

B: Roxie 

C: Amy 

D: 1SC 

E:  Q 

F: TW 

G: Regina 

H: GJ 

PGFan 

A: GJ

B:Q 

C:Roxie 

D: TW

E: 1SC 

F: PGFan 

G: Regina 

H: Amy 

1SC 

A: 1SC 

B: PGFan 

C: Q 

D: GJ 

E: Amy 

F: TW 

G: Regina 

H: Roxie 

Here are the real matches:

A - 1SC

B - Amy

C - Roxie

D - Regina

E - Q

F - PGFAN

G - TW

H - GJ

Your matches are quite amusing. Q and 1SC managed to get them all wrong, TW and PGFan got one correct, and GJ, Roxie and Amy won, with two correct matches.

The one most guessed correctly was Q's and the most guessed wrong was TW's.

It was fun! 

Happy Birthday, Lynn!!

Our Dear LynnInVA has a birthday today.  Let's celebrate with our friend.  

We hope you're adjusting to life in Colorado.  At least people there know how to drive in snow!!  Just remember to brush off your entire car.

Lynn, we celebrate you on your birthday, and wish you a wonderful year ahead!!  Now let's have some cakes!!  The ladies have been baking for days.

We can't celebrate a December birthday without some yummy holiday drinks! 
Cheers, friends!

Have a great day Lynn!