Peace Be To You.......

Sunday's rest should be a good one for all and I hope you are all well. Take care.

It's Christmas Time in the City......

When I was young in the fourth grade I had a jealous moment of the sixth grade class.  We were practicing for a school music show and our small class of 21 students sang our puny sounding song.  Two classes later, the sixth graders, started to sing their song.  My brother Dwight was in that class and it was a large class of 36 or more students.

They were a badly behaved class and they were shifting and giggling and not paying attention to the teacher.  The piano started up and then they all started singing "Silver Bells." It was so wonderful.  It was a wonderful song.  The large group made it sound like a real choir and I was so sad that I was stuck in a small class.  Whenever I hear that song of "Silver Bells" I think of that day and also  now of my brother who we lost three years ago.

Christmas Joy..........

The reason for the season is beyond decorations and yet a celebration is required.

Wednesday's Wandering....

It is not much of a wander as I keep giving you Christmas decorations.  I will find time to go outside but not today.  Plastic has become the staple of the making of many ornaments these days. You can't avoid them entirely.

Wreath Ornament..........

I may have posted this a year ago but I took a new photo of it.  It was a specialty ornament that I bought after Christmas a few years ago.  It is amazing how it is one blown piece that has bene hand painted meticulously to make it look like it is made up of many parts.

Monday's Partridge in a Tree

Have a good Monday for most all of the day.

Saturday's Shadow and Shine......

It has been a busy day and the battle has been fierce.

Tomorrow will be a better day.

Shiny Gold.........

A newer ornament that I purchased last year shows a decorative textured design on it and it's shape a little more usual than the traditional ones. I will get outside this weekend and shoot something else other than Christmas ornaments.

Shine and Glow

When I was young the variety of stores in the area were limited. Being a farming community the major stores were more like hardware stores.  We did have a dimestore in Osceola, but the major stores were Gambles, Western Auto, Coast to Coast and all were on main street.  They were like a farm and home store today. One could find a few Christmas ornaments in these stores even though they sold tires and appliances.  I guess they were a lot like the present day Ace Hardwares.

The indent ornaments were popular when I was  young and they seemed magical with their three dimensional design.  They broke easily as they were made of blown glass and the glass was thin.  I remember hanging plastic bells and round Shiny Brite plain balls of color with them.

This is one that I bought in a replica set  a few years back and I think they now use thicker glass to make them more sturdy. They are also sadly using blown plastic for some of them too.

One memory that just popped up was the one of dad always having to deal with the straight line electric Christmas lights.  We usually had two small strings of lights.  When we bought a third string one year I though we were rich.