2012 Holiday Homes Tour

Welcome!

We’ve decked the house with lights outside and in (above picture is looking out my kitchen window at the red-lighted tree, with chili pepper lights hanging down and the kitchen reflecting back in the window).

I haven’t done any baking yet, but a package of goodies arrived in the mail today, and we have plenty of peanuts to munch on, too.  Would you care to sample something?

My foot remains encased in “Frankenboot” so the decorating has been done almost exclusively by my husband and sons. (That also explains the lack of home-baked goodies today.) 

Kitchen tree with some small ornaments from my mother’s collection, along with the bells I tied onto my boot for a party last Saturday

My chili pepper lights are from the Southwest — we lived in Texas and my grandmother lived in Santa Fe.

This little German village is lit up by tealights. Most of it was purchased at the outdoor Christmas markets in Germany.

This tiny Nativity scene sits in front of my block houses. A few years ago, we had it sitting down on a low table. Our cat had a fascination with baby Jesus in the manager. Apparently, Cleopatra didn’t like to leave the baby sleeping all alone and she would gently carry him in her mouth and set him on her favorite boy’s bed when she retired for the night.

While I confess that I’ve been overwhelmed and frazzled for the past week or two, and the house isn’t what I’d like it to be this year, I’m glad you came by for a visit!

Be sure to check in with Jen to see who else is participating in the 2012 Holiday Homes Tour.

My dh used rope lighting to write a message on the backyard fence. This is what you see through our living room window.