Mouse Tree....

This is how it all started...

Over 35 years ago when Bob had just began teaching

a "Mom" gave him 12 of these handmade hand painted Meeses!

The body a walnut shell the face a hazelnut...a sweet homemade quilt & a rubber band tail!

So, over the years he added different homemade ones

...in those days that was all you could get...

Then we got married

and as the years trucked on we added ones that where kinda memory related

or just darn cute!

People bought us ornaments....the kids picked many.

We have bought things that have a some meaning

(e.g. Starbucks Christmas ornaments...) and added mice to them!

And then on top, a Mouse Angel...

paper banners that say ...

"and to all a good night"

&

"not a creature was stirring not even a mouse!"

...and we have a

Mouse Tree!

There is one Cat ornament!...some ladders & pearl rope.

It takes hours to decorate & undecorate...and if we even mention

"well maybe we won't put it up"

Whoa......well its allways gone up!

Merry Christmas!

p.s. we also have an angel tree & the winterwonderland tree

yes...three!

White Wednesday # 6 ...& Ladies Open House!

Besides Hosting an

OPEN HOUSE

tonight...

I am always excited to link up with

Kathleen

@

Faded Charm

w h i t e w e d n e s d a y

This is the front hall tree.....

Winter Wonderland!

All White!

White ...with big shots of Silver

...A sprinkling of Gold

(even if i had to convince my husband that it would look great! I Love it!)

Ahhh...Great sentiment!

(as long as I don't have to drive in it!)

(the tree is in a huge garden urn!)

If your in the area join us @ the

OPEN HOUSE.......

But be sure to visit all the other

beautiful

W H I T E W E D N E S D A Y S

Ladies Open House!.........

Well @ about noon today I decided to....

have an ...

Open House!

So come on over..

Wednesday

December 15th

6:30-9:00p.m.

So.....

If you can get here!...Come over!

We will sit around the house!...

Here's the family room...and the Mouse Tree!

Hot Apple Cider & Ginger Snaps!

And some fun Christmas Decorations to see

& Visiting to be done!

Welcome!

p.s. If you can make it email me for my address...don't worry you won"t be the only one here....other friends & neighbours are coming!

p.p.s. If you can't make it my sweet daughter

(back form Australia & NZ)

is busy snapping pictures for me!......Come back to see White Wednesday & our Winter Wonderland Tree!...

Then there will be the ANGEL tree!

W H I T E W E D N E S D A Y #5..decorations

I am joining up with

W H I T E W E D N E S D A Y

and Kathleen

over at

FADED CHARM

Just a few of the thousands of decorations

that are on our Winter Wonderland White Tree

And this little mouse snow shaker

...that belongs with our Mouse Tree...yes

many years ago this tree was started as a gift

of 12 mice ornaments!

More on this tree when its not White Wednesday!

Off I go to see more White!

festive nest # 2

Their doing it again!...

Festive Nest

Is having another SALE!

Go to

angela-lalasland

to see the feast for the eyes!

At the last sale I bought some items for my daughter

....but I put them on my window sill and can't part with them!

pictures to follow!

If you can walk drive or crawl you have to go!

Greece

I know its time to get ready for Christmas

...but its so cold here and I have been under the influence of a pesky flu...

These pictures just make me feel warm!

Mostly because they are reminders of our beautiful daughters trip .....

She was here.......

...here
....here

...and here

...and here

She took these pictures three years ago while traveling!

After spending 2 months in Bible School in

AUSTRIA!

She backpacked for 5 weeks with friends.

Italy Greece Germany France Ireland England!

About a week per country!

Not enough she says!

Hit the high spots and will go back again

next time with her husband!

But this is one of the places I would love to go!

Santorini Greece!

Ahh sweet girl!...so glad she had this adventure!

And To top it off our youngest is coming home in 3 sleeps

from Australia and New Zealand!

We will be getting ready for Christmas here..but we

decided to paint!...

So I will be busy getting some Christmas pictures done....

But for now I have to get going and see what everyone else is up to!

Have a great week and I hope you stay warm!

Festive Nest...winter

Festive!

For sure!

Some very talented people are hard @ work!

If wishes come true YOU would be at this sale!

This is my first year to visit but

I hear its Wintery Wonderland Fun!

To read more go here!

Fridays Pretties!

F R I D A Y S P R E T T I E S !

I'm linking up with

Joyce

@

I Love Pretty Little Things

These are a few pictures of our living room.

It is a great room especially in the evening

& all winter long!

Hope you have a cozy weekend!

I love amber colours!

Now off I go to see more pretties!

White Wednesday!#4....

W H I T E W E D N E S D A Y

Kathleen

@

Faded Charm

Makes it sooo easy to want to

participate

Thank YOU!

This was my banner for a while but I love the clean fresh look!

...and the fact that our youngest took it and

worked it!

All by herself!

(can't wait for her to get back from her traveling

to help me out some more!)

Now off I go to see more

White Wednesday!

Fridays Pretties...dishes and linens

Today I am Linking up for

Fridays Pretties

With Joyce @

I Love Pretty Little Things

This weekend is my nieces wedding

and off I go to help decorate!

But not before I take a look

at all the PRETTIES!

Have a great weekend!

white wednesday! #3

...W H I T E W E D N E S D A Y...

Kathleen

@

FADED CHARM

Is so sweet to organize this EVENT!

I never really thought I had any white to participate...

but it seems I have blinders on... I have plenty of w h i t e !

This is our dish pantry it has changed since this picture ...

but it gives you an idea of how much we like dishes & w h i t e !

Some pieces have found new homes, yet the shelves never seem empty!

Off I go to investigate more W H I T E W E D N E S D A Y!

Fridays Pretties!

Thanks To Joyce

@

I Love Pretty Little Things

I am participating in

Fridays Pretties.

I thought I would share a few

P R E T T Y

light fixtures from around our home.

The back Porch.

In The den

At the moment...

over the kitchen table.

As you can see the cords on the sconces they are always in motion...

...moving to a new room or new home!!

In the family room.

T H A N K S G I V IN G

is in three days here in

Canada.

GOD has given me so much to be THANKFUL for.

And I will be showing you soon ...what I am most thankful for.

Have a great weekend.

the newlyweds

I hope you had a great weekend!

This blog entry is about two very special people!

They aren't NEWLYweds

...technically

because...

its been over a year!...

(...married July 2009...)

Our oldest daughter & her husband

are working on their little home!

Decorating for now...with an eye for the future!

Can you guess what their last name is...

can you spell it...

correctly!

White Wednesday!

W H I T E
W E D N E S D A Y

I am linking up with everyone over @

FADED CHARM

Kathleen is so good to have us all!

This is some of our collection of

Milk Glass
These pieces are on the top shelf of our pantry.
(as seen in the April 2009 edition of Canadian House & Home)

Milk Glass comes in so many pretty shapes & sizes
I never get tired of it!
And I never get tired of seeing all the other
White Wednesdays!

OH! I just remembered this is my 100th post...wow ...I never thought this day would actually happen!...I was slow starting!
I think I will have to do a give away...but I don't know how so I will have to do some research!

Autumn Everywhere!

...Autumn...

Warm colours...

Amber Crystals

Tawny Leather Boots

Wheat Tinted Linens

Ginger Striped Kitty .... Lola

(At the barn)

Golden Feather Cushions....

(Sleeping Grace in the den)

How do these colours make you feel?

Cozy?

Warm?

Like Autumn?

For more Autumn colours go visit

White Market.

White Wednesday!

I don't know what I am doing........

I hope this is ok....

I am trying to participate in

Faded Charm

White Wednesday

(not sure if I have to be invited or if I have clicked on the right thing?)

My husband bought this

Jug & Basin

for

our first

Wedding Anniversary

gift.

I still remember where he got it from (now gone)

Yarrow Antique Store.

Its all

W H I T E

&

Very beautiful!

Now off I go to see more

WHITE WEDNESDAY!

Dressers!...We love them!

Don't you just love .....a great dresser!

Here are some pretty ones that have come & gone!

Some I wish I had kept!...

Like this one below that went to live with my friend Wynn.

LOOK at the cute feet!

This one is living at my friend Lindas beach cottage..

That you would have seen here.....July 9, 2010

Technically this isn't a dresser ..it's a vanity

But wow!..how curvey is she!

And because it has lots of storage..well its as useful as a dresser!

We like to use dressers beside our beds, in the livingroom...or as a hall table!

Bathroom vanities, diningroom sideboards..linen dressers....the list goes on!

Some people use them for clothes!

What do YOU use your dresser for!

p.s. all of these dressers where painted Benjamin Moore "Cloud White"

Bathroom Dresser!..For Fridays Pretties!

This is a picture of our pretty girls when they where younger...by about 15 years!......

I love anything square & this frame with the hearts around it is a favorite...

And of course the Pretties pictured inside!

I guess this qualifies as Fridays Pretties!

Joyce of

I Love Pretty Little Things

is so nice to organize this event!

This is the top of a dresser in my bathroom

(technically I could use this post on my Table Top Tuesdays!)

The glass dome usually has rings in it ...it was my Grandmothers!

The frosted powder holder next to it is from my friend Carol!...And yes that is mouthwash in the

Wexford Glass Decanter!

The cherub is on a frame that holds a mirror..broken for now!

This beautiful brooch is from my husband...we didn't have an engagement ring

(we have wide bands)...so he bought me this!

It is an antique and very beautiful...I actually lost the original (the clasp broke off my sweater)

and he replaced it for me...good guy!

These vintage vanity bottles

hold makeup applicators...

very usefull & so pretty!

Now off I go to see more Fridays Pretties!