~ ~ ~ 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
Such a pleasant, beautiful, warm and loving image of the season!!
ReplyDeleteme too....i like to leave the lights off and just sit in the glow with my coffee...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful words beautiful tree. B
ReplyDeleteHow gorgeous is that!?
ReplyDeleteThis time of day is SO relaxing and a time for some reflection. Have a happy week-end!
ReplyDeleteyou caught the feeling I enjoy.. that quiet solitude.. great poem....
ReplyDeletePeaceful indeed!
ReplyDeletesome of the best moments of the day this is a beautiful shot.
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ReplyDeletewhat a gorgeous Christmas tree !
Nice weekend,
Sylvia
I love just sitting and looking at my tree. This looks like a vintage Christmas card. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLove the glow of lights in the tree - and that wonderful quiet mood it gives the room. I do the same! Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI love your tree ~ beautiful photo capturing one of my favorite moments of the holiday. Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeletewhat a beautiful tree and such a special place to unwind.
ReplyDeleteI do the same thing. Lovely Lovely. Came over from FF.
ReplyDeleteNo tree here yet but I love the early morning stillness.
ReplyDeleteA lovely way to start the day and so mesmerising ... Thanks so much for sharing with us at Our Beautiful World!!
ReplyDeleteI love such moments, they're sweet. One of the joys of Christmas time! Love how you captured that moment here.
ReplyDeleteThat is one beautiful tree, and a lovely, serene poem as well.
ReplyDeleteI love to lay on the floor near the Christmas tree with the lights on and remember what fun it was when our children were young. Christmas has a more spiritual meaning to me now as I grow older. Too bad I was so busy when I was younger to really reflect on it. Beautiful photo.
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