27 November
the blue spruce sits in the park just outside our door
this weekend the season officially begins and we will see it lit up and beribboned
Abby and Hopie time
~ ~ ~ Abby and Hopie go to the beach. On Saturday my granddaughter, Abigail, asked if she could come to her Hopie's house all by herself. Of course, I said I would love that! Her older brother, Verne, wanted to go to a friend's house and her younger sister, Natalie, is too young to be away from mum for an overnighter. So...it was me and Abigail for the weekend. She wanted to stay 2 nights! I think she may have been slightly motivated by the need for some alone time and Natalie's late night crying. ~ We cooked homemade cornmeal waffles together for breakfast. When your grandmother is a Montessori teacher you learn to cut your waffles up by yourself. You can see the concentration on her face. I didn't help at all! Verne's first day of Kindergarten! I drove up in the morning to watch him get on the bus! He loves it! On Monday morning Abigail and I drove back up to her house. My daughter, Hannah, came over with delicious donuts and Bonnie made a breakfast of bacon, s
Lovely capture.
ReplyDeleteVery simple yet it has a lot of festive mood in it.
gorgeous, see now you know what to do with textures!! this photo is awesome.
ReplyDeletesmiles...the lights of christmas always make me smile...lighting the night....
ReplyDeleteI so think you should do a photography tutorial post sometime (alas I know I will never be a poet)! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteThat's a beautiful shot of the tree bough. Carver, ABC Wed. Team
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteTree of the season.
ReplyDeleteROG, ABC Wednesday
The blue spruce is a beautiful tree! Happy Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful.... Michelle
ReplyDeleteLovely closeup. I can almost smell the aroma of spruce.
ReplyDeleteSimply beautiful. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Margie
ReplyDeleteNice closeup of the tree branches.
ReplyDeleteLeslie
abcw team
lovely coloring...
ReplyDeleteThat's a beautiful photo of the tree !
ReplyDeleteHey! In a month Christmas will be over! (The bills will linger a while longer of course.)
ReplyDeleteI can smell it from here!! Gorgeous capture.
ReplyDeleteAnn
The natural things are always the most beautiful! Very nice photo!
ReplyDeleteSpirit, thank you so much for commenting at my blog, so I could come experience your world view. As I say, "Wage Peace," you are so loving, so kind. The prose poem is lovely, and I do hope you wake up to a windowful of wonder!
ReplyDeleteI live in Madison, WI, and we just had a lovely snowfall outside my window. I wish you peace and serenity during the oft-times madness of the holiday season... Amy
Beautiful shot. Thanks for linking up.
ReplyDeleteVery nice! Love it!
ReplyDeleteI can smell its aroma too;o)
Love the texture and focus in this photo!
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