Welcome to another week of things to like! We're celebrating advent now which is one of my favorite times of year, but last week of course was Thanksgiving. I got to go see my family and after a variety of snafus it was a lovely weekend.
My parents' house got ~4-5" of snow on Thanksgiving day which was beautiful and my dad drove us back up into the National Forest to get Christmas trees the next day. It was gorgeous. My uncle and cousin and I hiked up the mountain to pick trees for me, his family, and my parents.
While hiking in the forst with my parents the next day we cam across these fantastic dried pods! I know they're probably weeds, but I thought they were so cool! I pulled them out of the snow and took them home with me. Such amazing structures!
Spooky and Blue went to New Mexico with me, and they had fun running around in the snow, but the doggy highlight of the trip was meeting my parents' new puppy Quark. He's definitely a handful but so adorable! He's still very little and my dogs were very bouncy (Spooky scared him at the beginning) so we're going to re-introduce them again at Christmas.
Upon returning home I got to enjoy decorating my house for Christmas which I love. I've gotten a small tree the last few years and have too many handmade ornaments so I hung a few from my houseplants this year! Unfortunately the tree still has to be surrounded by the doggy fence since Spooky would eat all the ornaments if permitted.
The outside trees here are just gorgeous right now too- I love all the color. Mostly bright reds around campus.
Lee Anna's prompt for this week was what was our favorite or traditional holiday movie or tv show. One of my favorites from childhood is the 1961
Babes in Toyland, which I think is probably considered a classic.
I also have always been attached to the early 90s version of
Good King Wenceslas starring Jonathan Brandis. When I was a teenages I thought he was super cute. That one is harder to find now.
I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving and is having seasonable but not excessive weather! For more things to like click over to
LeeAnna's!
Those pods are so interesting. What a great place to hike!
ReplyDeleteIt’s so much fun to cut your own Christmas tree. Glad to see that Quark is doing well! And that he has a protective big brother!
ReplyDeleteyes just the kind of King teen me would have swooned over. Quark is still recovering from his illness and adoption into a family of fun dogs will be in his future! Your tree fence is a good idea. I have special ornaments from the past that all have a Chelsea bite out of them (my black lab puppy picked a new one to chew on each night!)
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Ooh - color on your trees. Ours is all gone. Babes in Toyland! Excellent.
ReplyDeleteA winter wonderland!
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