Gone To The Beach
Wishing you all a
Happy New Year!
Looking forward~
love
lizzy
gone to the beach.....
***Sunday we'll take the first beach walk of the new year! Check back.
And next week a quilty looking back/ looking ahead post, I think. ***
Hello hello, are we having fun as the big celebration is near? The other day I went out with a friend, pub drinks cancelled by covid but we did go to the Festive indoor farmers market and craft bazaar.
I haven't been to the farmers market in two years [ask me why] and this was a real treat. It's held in this brewery now, maybe all winter if the December days are profitable.
I have to admit shopping in a big down parka, mask, fogged up glasses and catarcact, own bags, credit cards only in the sellers' phones w/poor reception, sigh, is not fun or easy. I couldn't juggle the produce which was gorgeous [golden crown broccoli!]. I did get some lovely cheeses.
LOL I thought this one was a New Jersey cheese artisan, but on close inspection I think it is made from cows' milk
Great pickles! Wish I'd bought the fresh sauerkraut.
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Wonderful hot chocholate gifts. I stocked up for snow days.
Fresh bread, so I don't have to bake tomorrow.
Pretty coastal items and tee shirts.
The brewery itself is interesting! I am not a beer drinker but I'd give it a try another day.
Meanwhile, back home, here is our adorable dog walker.
And the spa van came for Mo. He is all mani/pedi'd and shampooed, fluffed and ready for Santa in his [my] favorite sweater.
May your holidays be Merry and Bright!
love
lizzy
gone to the beach...
***MERRY CHRISTMAS***
Happy Holidays to you all!
gone to the beach.....
"Christmas is not an external event,
it is a piece of one's home
that one carries in their heart." Freya Stark
The big bowl with the snowball candle is evolving. I added pinecones Mo and I gathered in the Fall.
I soaked them in bleach to lighten them.
Today my fresh holly is added.
The snowball will be lit and welcoming as family and friends gather on Christmas Eve. A small gathering of loved ones, so dear to me.
No paper products in the stores? Luckily I had stashed these interesting napkins, plus a refilled keepsake matchbox from a bar in NYC.
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Another little Christmas plate, this one from the Cape Cod Dump's Swap Shop. It looks very mid-century American to me but is English bone china. I love random holiday dinnerware like this.
The red and white quilts and pillows on my white sofas.
Bride's bench and pink ornaments wreath. Swannie is relocated, given a wreath; he guards the biggest gifts.
A tiny seaglass Tree and other treasures.
A small selection of my many bottle brush trees and a snowman I made a few years ago. I love his tiny cuteness.
And a bottle brush Pug for Mo.
I'm using the pine chest of drawers like a mantle this year, keeping it very simple. Angels from Cape Cod.
Dries on the corner cabinet at the moment but they'll go back onto the jelly cupboard soon.
Tealights in old star shaped Jello tins.
Little porcelain cottage. It has a candle but it needs a brighter one so that its windows glow. All the small extra ornaments surround it.
My bedroom has a simple red and white quilt and white flannel sheets, that cold wind is howling. The red pillow cases and red and green Shirley's Christmas Quilt will be added tomorrow.
Yesterday I baked Snowball cookies.
The oven warmed the house nicely, then for dinner I made big baked potatoes with cheddar cheese and crispy roasted brussel sprouts. Mmmm. That potato warmed my tummy nicely, such a simple thing to enjoy on a very dark gale wind night.
My party ''outfit": candy cane apron from my dad, Christmas Tree pin, 60s? from my mom. Blue striped book is my family cookbook, begun by my mom when I left home for college, age 18.
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The other night I had quite a scare, Mo suddenly became ill around 10 PM. He had had all his regular foods and a nice walk, but at bedtime he was quivering in pain. He huddled in the corner, crying. Pugs rarely sit up straight like this.
He sat up all night with me beside him, would not eat or drink or potty--or walk! A friend came home immediately from the city and carried Mo to the vet--who somewhat uselessly and expensively diagnosed a tummy ache! The good news is Mo seems better, if not 100%. I was so frightened. And it's been years since I sat up all night with a sick ''baby''. Now Mo is quite miffed by his bland diet, witness his patented Pug Glare. [TQC Twelve Days of Christmas mini quilt behind his head.]
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Wishing everyone a joyous holiday week. I hope it can be a special time of enjoying traditions and family.
Merry Christmas!
love
lizzy
gone to the Beach..
Christmas lights on the grey beach fences. Another special tradition, as the lights fill the dark early evenings for me and Mo.
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