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I stayed home all day yesterday waiting for package to be delivered.

It came at 9:45 p.m.. (If I’d only known!)

Seriously, our UPS guy works incredibly long hours at this time of year. I don’t know how he does it.

Anyway, I got out my special lens for capturing bokeh and played around a bit. Side note – I was trying to capture bokeh with my iPhone but it just doesn’t cut it.

There we go! The secret is to focus on something in the foreground. Since we have a small tree and not a tall real tree as we used to, it’s a bit more challenging.

Monty wearing his holiday wreath.

And this one, with the newest member of my Vintage by Crystal collection: Deer Sitter. It can be hung as an ornament, but I will just place it near the tree.

Here it is, in late afternoon light:

The whimsical detail that Crystal puts into everything she creates blows me away.

I’m so entranced with everything in her deliciously charming line of spun cotton figures.

I have to get going and run some errands. I lost time yesterday waiting for that package, but I did manage to do some laundry, deal with some blog issues, and take these pictures. I have to go into the city on Saturday to do some coaching, so I want to finish things up (except for baking) today.

Happy Thursday.

 

Lazy Saturday

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Partly cloudy and cold today! But, so far, I’ve seen more sun than clouds, which I’m grateful for.

We had a lazy morning; reading, drinking coffee and chatting on the sofa. Now that I’ve got all the Christmas decorating done for the big and little houses, I can sit back and enjoy the view(s). Right now, I’m looking at the dollhouse and enjoying not only the decorated tree but all of the detail I see in each room. I mentioned before that usually the dollhouse exterior faces me when I’m sitting in the den, so I go for months without looking at the interior.

It’s like getting reacquainted with an old friend.

I bought this stuff at Target that I mistakenly thought was a small wreath. But it was a long garland, So I cut off a length of it and hung it on the cubby.

Hello, Snow White, Sneezy, Doc and Happy. I am determined to find Sleepy, the one egg cup that has so far eluded me. I’m officially putting it out to the Universe.

I have to throw a little bokeh in here. One of my favorite things to do at this time of year is to try and capture the bokeh from the lights on the tree. I miss it more often than not, but the process is fun.

Nothing on the agenda today other than lazing around and going to get my hair cut this afternoon. It needs it!

Happy Saturday.

 

A Little Potpourri on Friday

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• Let’s start with last night’s sunset:

I was sitting in the living room and happened to catch that moment when the sun dropped below the horizon. Talk about beautiful!

• I think it’s interesting to note that the first rehearsal of The Comedy of Errors  is on December 19th, the day the Electoral College votes, and opening night is on January 20th, Inauguration Day. Thank heavens this is a comedy. As directed by Darko, it will be very funny, of that I am sure. Humor will be greatly needed and most definitely appreciated.

I wonder: is there a companion piece, The Tragedy of Errors, being performed somewhere? It would be most topical.

• Random shots of the cottage taken yesterday in the late afternoon. I tend to do this when I’m about to leave my little nest and travel to Hartford for a stay. I want to remember it.

• I’d take photos of the kitchen and the office, but there are bags of groceries and piles of things I need to pack taking up space in those two rooms, along with the bedroom. I’ll be doing more of that today and tomorrow. There are many practical and absolutely essential things I need to take with me, of course, but there are also all those items I need to take to make the apartment a home-away-from-home. That makes moving in a long process, especially in the rain that is forecast for Sunday, but it’s the way it has to be for me. I know the apartments very well, though, and that really helps. I know exactly what I need to take.

• Bokeh. I can’t help it.

And one more.

• Congratulations to my nephew, Meredith’s eldest son, who graduates from Ohio State University this weekend! Much love to all.

• It’s very, very cold here today. Wind chill, sub-zero temps; it’s become very cold and it isn’t even officially winter, yet. That doesn’t bode well. We were spoiled last year by very little snow and ice and warmer than usual temperatures. It was nice, but I do know we need the snow pack to replenish the water table. I think that’s going to happen this year.

Have to get moving – there’s lots to do before Sunday.

Happy Friday.

 

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