Week 45: Winter Wonderland

Debby

Freezing cold, blustery winds and piles of fresh white snow. My neighbour has bright yellow flowers on her door, optimistically looking for spring. Alas, our winter wonderland is far from over.

Carol

It’s cold outside. I mean really cold. It is so cold that it’s sucked all the wonder out of winter for me. The granddaughter, however, doesn’t care a bit how cold it is. As long as there’s snow, winter is definitely a wonderland for her.

Week 44: Something Blue . . .

Debby

I miss making stuff for babies and toddlers. It’s so much fun to use colour and cute animals. I made a series of “bear” hats and had one white, one brown and three in shades of blue...one of my favourite colours. My something blue.

Carol

Like the letter “D”, there are a lot of blue things to choose from. Blue happens to be the grandbaby’s favourite colour, so in a way it’s only fitting that she should be featured in my picture. I have yet to master putting my hair up with one of those donuts, but obviously one of her parents have mastered the art. The blue pony-tail holder used to be mine – I think it looks much prettier on her.

Week 43: D is For . . .

Debby

D is for deceptive. The sun is shining, skies are blue but it is freaking cold out there.

Carol

D can be for a lot of things, but for anyone who knows me, D is definitely for dragons. I love dragons and have a pretty large collection of them. This one is the latest one that I got for Christmas.

Week 42: Winter Sun

Debby

My grandson actually took this photo with my phone while I was driving. He knows I love skies. Today it is grey and strange looking. Wild winds blowing through the trees. I think we’re in for some bad weather.

Carol

Sun? It’s been so long since I’ve seen the sun I forget what it looks like. The best I could manage was a hint of sun through the clouds over the stormy lake. Great White North my foot – for the last several weeks this has been the Great Grey North!

Week 41: Out With the Old; In With the New

Debby

Out with all the old containers, all the Becel, sour cream, yogurt and dip containers.

Gone all the mismatched plastic as I got a new set for Christmas with see through bottoms so I can actually see what might be in my fridge.

We’ll see how long this set lasts.

Carol

Call me superstitious, but I believe it’s bad luck to have a calendar showing the wrong month. So the first thing I do in the new year is take down the old calendar and put up the new one.

And I make sure the page is turned each time an old month ends and the new one starts, too. :-)

Week 40: The Joy of Christmas

Debby

Family is the joy of Christmas as is giving and sharing. Crocheted gifts for charity, food items for the food bank and letters to soldiers overseas. Time spent with old friends. All of that is my joy.

Carol

The grandbaby asked for three things from Santa: an Elsa doll, cookies, and books. Needless to say, her wishes came true. There was a lot of joy to be had on Christmas morning but I think this smile says it all.

Week 39: Merry and Bright

Debby

Out for lunch with “My Girls”. Makes me think of the movie White Christmas. Remember that song and dance routine......Sisters, sisters?

This is what is merry and bright for me this week and always.

Carol

Between family feuds and a very sick senior cat, the “Merry” has been sucked right out of the holiday for me, but at least I can show you my Christmas tree to make things a little brighter.

Yes, that is a hat on the top of it. The granddaughter insisted. And one should never argue with a three-year-old (almost four!) at Christmas!