We’re preparing for some snow tomorrow (also on the day after Christmas.)  It will be only 1- 3 inches, but it might impact doing last minute grocery shopping. I really don’t want to do any shopping on Christmas Eve. Last year, there were no empty parking spaces so people were parking on the grass, on the side of the road, in all sorts of illegal spaces. Not for me! Don will probably take a quick run to the store later this morning.

We really don’t exchange gifts anymore, though we did consider it this year. We always say that the tree is our gift to each other, and that’s true. We really don’t need anything and by this point, it’s too late to buy presents anyway. We’ll have a lovely and quiet day, topping it off with Christmas dinner.

We’ve also been watching Christmas movies, although with some variations this year. A couple of them are what we call “Christmas-adjacent;” Die Hard, which we watched the other night, and The Holdovers, which we’ll watch the day after Christmas. So far: A Christmas Story, and White Christmas. We watched Meet Me in St. Louis  a week or so ago. Tonight will be The Shop Around the Corner, tomorrow, A Christmas Carol (the Alastair Sim version,) and on Christmas Eve, It’s a Wonderful Life. We were going to watch Miracle on 34th Street  last night, but we got waylaid by Gold Diggers of 1933  on TCM. We realized we’d never seen it before and we were quickly hooked. We’re taking a year off from The Bishop’s Wife, per Don’s request. That’s fine with me because I often fall asleep during that movie – maybe it’s Loretta Young’s very quiet voice.

I’ve started reading A Gentleman in Moscow  again. This is my fourth reading of one of my all-time favorite novels. At this point, it’s classified as comfort reading. I need that.

If you want to see a little Christmas video of the girls, visit my IG Channel, Sophieandherpals.

I hope you’re all doing well in these days leading up to Christmas. Hang in there!

Stay safe.

Happy Monday.

What a crazy day yesterday! Lots and lots of rain (the snow is pretty much gone today) and high winds starting in the early evening and going on all through the night. It’s quiet this morning, thank goodness. And a lot colder. We may get some more snow on Tuesday. It would be nice to have some snow on the ground for Christmas.

I’m trying to honor some of your photo requests. That’s why I posted the dollhouse pictures yesterday. I had another request for another picture of our Christmas tree. Here it is.

A daytime photo. I’m sure I’ll be sharing a few more photos in the coming days, including some closeups of the ornaments.

The little tree in the studio. I think I got this at Target years ago. I had to be in Hartford for the holiday season and I needed some holiday cheer in my apartment.

Santa is on the porch of the Folk Art dollhouse. (Made by Vintage by Crystal.)

The puzzle I started yesterday. You’re thinking: “It’s Christmas time, Claudia, not Easter.”

Yes, you’re right. But I got this puzzle for half off and I love sheep and rabbits and vintage. And I love this image from John Derian. It makes sense now, doesn’t it?

The sun is shining, a very welcome sight.

Stay safe.

Happy Saturday.

We’re going to be getting high winds today. Oh, yippee. Currently, it’s raining.

So, we’re hanging out inside today. I spent part of yesterday moving outdoor furniture onto the porch and putting the last of the pots back in the shed. Don moved the vintage pots that are in the secret garden to the porch. Having so much snow so early in December threw me off and I didn’t get around to that until now.

Everything is secured.

Today’s holiday photos are of the dollhouses. I really did the bare minimum this year. I add the trees and some presents, but then, because I always display the exterior of the dollhouses instead of the interior, I don’t really see any of the decorations.

Hummingbird Cottage den decorated for the season.

Dove Cottage. Just like life-sized houses, the furniture needs to be moved to accommodate the Christmas tree.

The potted palm has been moved upstairs to the art studio until the tree comes down.

And the Lake House uses a vintage aluminum tree.

Every year, I have to re-glue some of the ornaments. They fall off in the storage boxes.

Stay safe.

Happy Friday.