A Little Christmas In The Hall

We usually enter our house

from the garage.

As you head up the hall

you pass MyHero's office

which shall NEVER be shown

on my blog because I can barely

stand to look at it myself...

just sayin'..

hmmm...maybe I should use

THAT for a copycat

room makeover?

As you continue up the hall

there is a niche I had built in.

I love to change this little area

up with each Season.

This year it is home to

a little Christmas garden theme.

There is a small tree

with ornaments from

Marjolein Bastin's collection.

I love the sweet simplicity of them.

A little watering can full

of flowers, surrounded by

terra cotta pots.

The little clay

HOPE

was sent to me by

Laurie over at Heaven's Walk

last year.

Here's another of her little clay tags.

There's a little sled on the tree,too.

Right in front of it stands

a wonderful Pfalzgraf Santa I have

had for many years.

I love him as much today as

the day I got him.

I love his sweet face~

To the right of it is a

big, old snowman.

He was a rescue when someone

moved and left him behind.

He doesn't care.

He loves it here.

Did you notice that

I gave him a little redbird

to keep him company

when the lights go out

and we are sleeping?

And, speaking of sleeping,

the master bedroom is just

across the hall.

We have a little sitting room

off the bedroom.

In the original house this

was part of the old family room.

We kept the fireplace in

this room.  It is made of

chunk marble which is not

readily available anymore.

I don't do much in there for
Christmas but I do deck the
mantle a bit.
And this is where I hang my
big kids' stockings.
They are made from the good parts
that were left from one of my
Gramma's quilts. 
I made them in 1979 the year
MamasBoy was born.
A shot taken at night....

And...IN MY BEDROOM...
on my bed waiting to be unpacked
is this..

I am home for now~
leaving Mimi and BigBoyE
and Charles-In-Charge
at their own home.
We have been together for
just over a month
and Mimi feels recovered
enough to try it on her own.

Hmmmm...wait until she finds out
that
COOKIE
 was the
Secret Word
for BigBoyE's
continued cooperation!
shhhhhhh..

Okay....I'm lonesome...
HOW LONG
have I been gone?
5 hours?
Seriously?
That's it?
Gonna be a long few days
until Christmas!