It's A White Christmas Day

YES, for Christmas Day my oldest daughter got her Christmas wish and we got a 

White Christmas!!

My youngest daughter braved the very chilly air (single digit with the wind chill factor) to take some pictures around our property.

She is very artistic with her shots, and I love it.

All I have to say is I'm glad my husband didn't listen to some who said he was crazy for ordering an SUV with 4 wheel drive!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

It's a Carriage House Christmas

Welcome to our Carriage House. 

Where you can hang your hat and 

put your boots up to relax.

My daughter loves to decorate her room up for Christmas as well.

Enjoying the Holidays

It's a Cottage Christmas

I put up Christmas decorations in my little cottage today.  I was lots of fun.

Each year I put things in different places, but I really like my strange 

little cotton Christmas Tree on this old magazine rack table with my little jars all lit up.

It is so cozy.  I just love to go out there and read through all of my decorating books.  

Now that's a Holiday.

This year my little center piece on the trunk is different.  I used left over burlap and a white hanky in an old sewing drawer I had and filled it with a few sparkly things.

See my little birdie?  I thought she was so cute.  

It has to be a girl birdie, because it's a girlie cottage.

Don't you just love my feather ornament clipped on the lantern?  

I just thought it was so soft and pretty, I just had to find a place for it.

Now that I have the Cottage done, I hope to get the house decorated....

Especially BEFORE Christmas.

Guards at the Gate

LuLu!

I had let the horses and donkey out of the pen to let them graze on the rest of the property and LuLu did NOT want me to leave.  Every time I would get out of the car and get her to move and then while I was climbing back into the car, she would get back in front of me!  That sinker.  I waited for about 15 minutes for them to get bored and leave the gate area so I could leave, but they didn't.

Fry is checking out the car for any treats

LuLu will not give up!  She is determined to keep me from leaving.

I had to go back to the barn and call them up, give them treats and then run back down to the gate to get out!  Well that only took me 30 minutes!

All in a Days Work!

Photos By:  Lola

Change of Season in the Cottage

Out in my little Cottage, I've put out my Fall decorations.

I love this little Owl, it matches my owl ribbon.

I had some ribbon left over so I added color 

to the side table and by my welcome sign.  

The little bird is sitting on a real birds nest that I found on the property.

I was lucky to find the pillow and ribbon that had the matching colors, then all I had to do was find some flowers to put in this vase.

I hope you like my Fall touches to my favorite place.

Photos By:  Lola

The Fall Colors of Nature

This is the beginning of Fall here in Texas where the leaves finally start to turn into the rich beautiful colors of green, red, orange and yellow.

The berries on a plant complement the fall leaves in the background.  

Nature just has the prettiest art work ever!

Soon it seems the leaves will be gone.  Here in Texas our Fall comes late in the year and does not stay long, so we try to enjoy it while we can.

Babies Are Always Cute

These are 3 of our new babies.

Here is the 4th  and latest baby, one day old

All babies, human or animal, are always so cute!!  Don't you agree?  I might be scared of some animals while they are big and mean, but there is nothing like the sweet innocence of a baby, even animals.

Photos By:  Lola