Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! 

It's been ages since my last post, when Blogger said I couldn't post any more photos. Haven't had a chance to work on that yet, but saw that some post their photos from Flickr.  This is what I'm testing today.  Hope to learn a lot more about photos and blogging in 2013!

December's been a busy, busy month!

Celebrating our 50th Wedding Anniversary!

Cake for church coffee hour

A friend gave me the Gingerbread ornaments not knowing that our family's
made gingerbread cookies and gingerbread houses for many, many years!

What could be sweeter than yummy chocolate tucked in with beautiful flowers? 

Decorated our Christmas Tree with mostly  gold and white ornaments

Definitely have to learn more about posting from Flickr - and also about so many other things! It's always good to have a few projects lined up, especially with a brand new year ahead!

May 2013 be a good year for all!

Still Enjoying Christmas and New Year's

Happy New Year in Chocolate!

 After lunch with some friends the other day, I found a  mysterious box on my doorstep. Wasn't expecting anything!

Fragile? Berries? Hmmm......

So well-packed! Styrofoam inside the box, foam padding, freezer pack -  no danger of damage in transit. What fun!

Oh, yum! A box of really large chocolate dipped strawberries!

What a sweet gift! How yummy! Almost hate to eat them!

Maybe we should have a Christmas tea party?

I love my little Christmas tea set! Spode's Christmas Tree pattern - spent years collecting enough for our family dinners - and I remember how excited I was when I got the little miniature tea set! No granddaughters, but all of our grandsons have  enjoyed using it for little Christmas tea parties over the years.  

I love this little teapot from one of the dollar stores too, but use it just for decoration.  It's so cute!

It's already the Ninth Day of Christmas! Only a few more days to enjoy the decorations before packing it all away. Everything's so rushed before Christmas that it's nice to have a little time afterwards just to relax and enjoy it all. Years ago we took everything down on New Year's Day, but now I like to leave it up through Epiphany.

Tomorrow(or today!) it's back to school here - so great to be retired!