..."I AM NOT A CONSECUTIVE WRITER."

I'm back!

"MAYBE CHRISTMAS, THE GRINCH THOUGHT, DOESN'T COME FROM A STORE."

Life at the 'LastChance Ranch' has been running Full Steam Ahead!!

...now it is time to take a ((deep breath)),

HOW DID IT GET SO LATE SO SOON?

IT'S NIGHT BEFORE ITS AFTERNOON.

DECEMBER IS HERE BEFORE ITS JUNE.

MY GOODNESS HOWTHE TIME HAS FLEWN.

HOW DID IT GET SO LATE SO SOON

and enjoy the Season!

 "FROM THERE TO HERE, AND HERE TO THERE,

FUNNY THINGS ARE EVERYWHERE."

 Shows to see...

"TODAY WAS GOOD.

TODAY WAS FUN.

TOMORROW IS ANOTHER ONE."

Friends near and far to catch-up with...

(including ALL of my 'blog-land' Buddies!!)

"STEP WITH CARE AND GREAT TACT,

AND REMEMBER THAT LIFE'S A GREAT BALANCING ACT."

Decorating to be done...

"DON'T CRY BECAUSE IT'S OVER.

SMILE BECAUSE IT HAPPENED."

 Memories to love...

"Bell-tree" ('...everytime a bell rings...')

honoring J's Mom, who left us a few days before Thanksgiving; and others who will be missed throughout the holidays... 

 

 "I LIKE NONSENSE;

IT WAKES UP THE BRAIN CELL."

New 'toys' to play with...

We acquired this 'short' Concrete Bird Bath in Mid-November, and I KNEW it had to be part of our Holiday Displays... seems only appropriate it should hold a 'BIRD tree'!!

"YOU'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE

FOR THE SHAPE YOU ARE IN."

Dress-Up to play...

Sesame Shimmer was Happy to model the Courtly check Apron/Chef hat that we found this Summer, as long as it included her 'Festive Beverage' - garnished by TWEED!!

"ADULTS ARE OBSOLETE CHILDREN."

Traditions to be carried on...

(Annual Cookie-Baking just came to a close - GREAT time with my College Besties!! ~ and their kiddos!)

 

 "YOU HAVE BRAINS IN YOUR HEAD.

YOU CAN STEER YOURSELF IN ANY DIRECTION YOU CHOOSE."

and a time for reflection...

"UNLESS SOMEONE LIKE YOU CARES A WHOLE AWFUL LOT

NOTHING  IS GOING TO GET BETTER.

IT'S NOT."

*Dr. Seuss said it best, and all of the quotes are his!

...Fu. Lu. and Shou.

Is it legal to just be finishing up decorating at 2pm on December 25th?

Well, it's done, anyways.  Inclusive of a BOXFUL of 'new' Vintage ornies found in the 'haul' I recently mentioned and TWO (2) GINORMOUS.BEAUTIFUL ornies gifted to me by 'L' (one shown in this picture - with the pine trees!)

Of course, all of this decorating was made possible with the help of TV Christmas specials - including the classic 1988 PeeWee's Playhouse Christmas.  Yeh, so, I'm an 80's girl.  I can't help it!!

The NE has had a little Holiday Gift from Mother Nature this year - in the form of a 'free trip to warmer climates'!!  Christmas Eve in Central NY state was about 70degrees!!!!

So, what's a person to do?

MAJOR Seaglass Trip!!!!!!!!!

Seaglassing in December -

Without a coat-

or gloves-

in New York State!

Merry Christmas to ME!!

but wait...

it gets better!

J found a BLUE MARBLE (the.Holy.Grail. of seaglassing), then shortly later I found MY FIRST EVER MARBLE! and it is GREEN - for CHRISTMAS EVE (of course!).  Then we found another old round worn blue piece of glass....  YIPPEE! YIPPEE!

~ AND ~

on the ride home...

a Beautiful Moon Rise!

I have also been enjoying the Holiday season in the Studio - 'Playing with the Angels'!

(not to worry - bottom left was an attempt at a Holly Leaf with Berries - I didn't mutilate a poor angel THAT badly!!)

I AM going to give you 'snippets' of the contents of 'The Haul' gradually, so as not to completely overwhelm / bore you!!  And, 'Yes', I HAVE gone through ALL of the boxes already!!  I think this is my favorite find - or at least for now it is ;-)...

Three (3), 13" Ceramic / Porcelain / China figures that I found in the bottom of one of the boxes. Not sure of exact age - if anyone has any info I'd love it!!  I have found that they are:

SANXING (deities)

"are the personified ideas of Prosperity (Fu), Status (Lu), and Longevity (Shou) in the Chinese traditional religion."

PROSPERITY.

STATUS.

LONGEVITY.

Three 'Deities' I don't mind having in our home as we head into another year!!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

...all that glitters

...Tis the season,

and the L.A.S.T. of our trees is decorated

FINALLY!

The 'ever-Holiday-present' GumDrop Tree!!

This tree gets 

...'decorated' 

...'undecorated' 

...'re-decorated

WAY MORE than it 'should' during each Holiday!

One last shopping trip to The Sunday Market for this year...  

MY first ever 'find' of Mercury Picks (all for .25¢)
KEY purse clip .50¢
Purse hook w/ dragon fly .50¢
Sweater Clip 2014 #16 $1.
Sweater Clip 2014 #17 (child's w/ rhinestones - WOO! HOO!) $1.
LOTS of Glittery gold-tone BLING for ME!!  
...and the vendors were looking to sell~
ALL of this goodness for $3.25 !!

Hope everyone's frantic preparations are winding down, and you are getting a chance to ENJOY!!
HAPPIEST OF HOLIDAYS 
to all of my Wonderful Web Friends!!!
(catch you in 2015!!)

...an attempt.

I've been intrigued by the 'Rainbow' trees that are appearing on the internet, so I decided to 'give it a try'...

I always do our Dining Room tree in an 'Orange - Pink - Purple - Green' scheme (to coordinate w/ the rooms retro colors).    Here it is in THOSE colors (top to bottom)!  It was Fun to try, but not quite as effective as I'd hoped.