Merry Christmas Everyone in 2013 ~ Peace on Earth!

Have a Blessed Christmas 2012

Christmas at my house...angels, candles, baking, music, roses...love!

Smokey is in his condo looking at the Christmas tree. He loves the little red bells hanging at the bottom and hits them off the tree to play with on the floor. He's the only one to have toys in his stocking! The tree is 11 years old. When I bought it, the verdict wasn't in yet on artificial or real trees. Definitely going back to fresh greenery!

My neighbor and friend, Colleen admiring the love in the roses at the Nativity!

 My own unglazed sculpted nativity scene I made when I lived in San Francisco. I love it for its simplicity.

                                              
 I love the color red for Christmas. Here is St. Nicholas on the floor and my red and white angel I brought home last year on top of the bakers rack.

 My new green angel for my treetop. No lights just beauty and ethereal. She was the only treetopper left at Home Depot a couple of weeks ago. There wasn't even a box! She was really just laying on her side waiting for me to rescue her to adorn my tree!

 My kitchen table has my first angel of decoration and baking I brought home ten years ago. Also a little red clay angel candlestick by the cookie can that a friend gave me in the early 90's when I  lived in San Francisco. All through Advent, I have various ingredients for cookies, punches, and the Christmas cake waiting to be used up. I keep several candles here to light for inspiration at different times.

 My big Nativity scene was made in Mexico and I found it in a little Mexican grocery store down the street from where I lived in Gilroy at the beginning of the millenium...remember that? 2000!

Robert is the love in the red roses. He will be home next year from Iraq with everyone else advising and training!

Peace on earth to everyone!

Christmas Advent ~ one more week till Christmas!

                                                                                

It is a howling wind today with driving rain and flooding, this 4th Sunday before Christmas in Advent. I was taking stock and just happy that there are people who care about the disappearing tigers, polar bears and other large mammals on our planet. The trees, the other small animals all necessary for our lives. It is heartbreaking but in this special spiritual time there are many words of comfort that can dispel the gloom. Not like we will have this wonderful planet the way God intended but that great and small acts of kindnesses, among all animals as we tell our story don't go unnoticed by others and more importantly, by our Creator. It is also a special time when wonderful spiritual beings are prevalant...Angels. May they guard our lives while we go through our crisis on earth. Peace and Joy!

Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice.

Before the Lord: for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with rightgeousness and the people with his truth.

                               Psalms 96:12-13

...good tidings of great joy, which will be to all people.

                    Luke 2:10

Advent ~ 2nd Week

Breaking down the big job of Christmas into smaller activities is how I get things done during the Advent Season. First Week was shopping, Christmas cards, mailing packages and practicing the special music of the Season. Now in the Second Week, I tackled decorating. The tree is up and bejeweled, the windows decorated with tiny blinking lights and shiny garlands, the house has angels, stockings, candles, and lights throughout and the wreath is on the front door.

It seems during this time more and more angels begin to appear here and there. A friend made me this beautiful name tag that I wanted to share. This is my Praying Cinnamon Angel.

We're having eggnog and cookies Sunday to sit back with and enjoy the festive house. Wonderful Christmas music will fill the air!