New Jersey: Winter Wonderland

Snow, snow, snow, snow! We got about six inches and it's lovely: light, powdery and pristine. This is my holiday card to all you wonderful folks here at RTY: my house in the snow.



And Brodie the Snow Dog in full gallop (carrying something in his mouth he wasn't supposed to have, of course):



I hope your holidays are merry and bright...with just a touch of the white stuff!

Christmas Kitsch

Yes, this is one of my favorite Christmas decorations. You can't tell from the still photo but his wings flap and his head turns . My husband refused to let me put him on the front porch so he sits on the bench right beside the back door, making me smile every time I enter or exit.

A dear reader friend, Elsie, got me addicted to penguins several years ago (even before I was awed by "March of the Penguins", an amazing movie). She sent me an e-card of New Year's resolutions. One of them was: Be kind to a penguin. For some reason, this struck me as hilarious, perhaps because it was amongst the more typical and prosaic "lose weight, call your mother more often, clean out your closets" list. Since then I've collected penguins.

(If you'd like to see the front of my house in the snow (sans penguins), click over to my solo blog here: http://fromthegarret.wordpress.com/)

My little flapping friend wishes all the Yarnies here a happy holiday season and wonderful 2009! Thanks so much for being part of the RTY community. It's such a pleasure to spend time with all of you.

O Christmas tree!

We finished decorating our tree and I'm very proud of it so I thought I would share it with you in virtual reality. Ta-da!

This tree continues a long-standing family tradition in which we put the star on top of the tree, stand back to admire it, and my husband declares, "This is the best tree ever!"

If anyone else would like to share a photo of their holiday decorations, please email it to me at nancy@nancyherkness.com. I'll post any pix on the blog so we'll look nice and festive.