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Knitting and a Present

December 7, 2009 at 6:14 pm by Claudia

Do you ever have days that seem gray and ‘blah’ for want of a better word? Today was one of those days. I had thought of all sorts of errands I should run – was planning on tackling them early in the day – but I just couldn’t get motivated enough to do them. It was gray and cold and cloudy here. All day. I’d better get used to it, because there will be many more to come this winter.

Some of you might remember a post where I showed this:


It is a scarf I’m knitting out of Noro yarn. Alas, it hasn’t progressed much with all the other distractions going on here. I pulled it out yesterday and started working on it again. I love this colorway of self-striping yarn. The pattern is one my sister showed me over a year ago.


Try as I might, I can’t get the photograph true to color. The salmon color is more of a raspberry and the blue is deeper with more aqua in it. Perhaps I left it too late in the day to photograph properly. I’ll try again when I have completed more of it – and in the daylight.

My day brightened considerably when I found this in the mail:


I won a giveaway at Loveleigh Treasures. Sares is a wonderful person, with a beautiful blog. She had a giveaway and the winners got a Christmas movie. I picked my favorite. Shall we see what it is?


It’s a Wonderful Life
! That sweet Sares added some hot chocolate and popcorn – perfect for a December evening. Thank you, Sares…we love having our own commercial-free copy of this great movie. I’m a big Frank Capra fan, by the way. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, It Happened One Night…they are some of my all-time favorites. They all make me cry – no matter how many times I’ve watched them.

Right after I posted this, husband and I discovered that It Happened One Night was on TCM that evening! We watched it, of course.

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Snow

December 6, 2009 at 9:39 am by Claudia

As I vowed to on Friday, I cleaned off the porch and stored everything in the shed. Not a moment too soon! That night, the weather report said our first snowfall was due on Saturday. Big, fat snowflakes fell and we were treated to our first glimpse of winter. This particular snowfall was very wet and only an inch of snow accumulated. Perfect. No shoveling.

This morning as I was letting the dogs outside, I took this photo of the sun rising through our trees.

Then I took this one:


Have a wonderful Sunday.

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Pink Saturday

December 5, 2009 at 1:05 am by Claudia

Happy Pink Saturday! I found these vintage ornaments in a little shop earlier in the week. I always try to add some vintage ornaments to my collection every year. Confession: I haven’t even begun to decorate yet. I don’t like to start until the second week of December. One of the ornaments is in my favorite color combination of aqua and pink.


Beverly has asked us to share one of our favorite memories of Christmas. Mine involves the magical world of Muirhead’s, our local department store in my hometown of Dearborn, Michigan. There were four children in our family, but for several years it was just my brother and me. Every Christmas, we would go there to see Santa. Muirhead’s designed this wonderful icy wonderland, rather like a giant igloo, with a train and all sorts of wonderful treats. You can see us on the train in the photo. My mother passed these on to me several years ago and they are very dear to me, especially since I lost my brother to cancer in 1991. Last year, I had them framed. My sisters came along later and their visits to Santa took place at other stores – I don’t know why. Maybe Muirhead’s stopped doing the Santaland? Eventually, Muirhead’s closed and went out of business. Luckily, I have these photos as a wonderful souvenir of those Christmas visits.

Please visit Beverly at How Sweet the Sound to see a list of everyone participating. We’ve got our first snow coming today and I am helping out at my friend’s shop but I promise I will visit all of you.

Have a wonderful weekend.

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I live in a little cottage in the country with my husband. It's a sweet place, sheltered by old trees and surrounded by gardens. The inside is full of the things we love. I love to write, I love my camera, I love creating, I love gardening. My decorating style is eclectic; full of vintage and a bit of whimsy.

I've worked in the theater for more years than I can count. I'm currently a voice, speech, dialect and text coach freelancing on Broadway, off Broadway, and in regional theater.

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