Here it is New Year's Eve! Just doesn't seem possible. Look, I'm not prepared...I still have a little bit of Christmas stuff to talk about...
I was in the Safe Space thrift store a week or so before Christmas and saw the prettiest angel. I took her off a top shelf for a closer look...she was priced at $10.00...I sat her back on the shelf.
Well, the Thursday before Christmas I was back in the little thrift shop and noticed the sign on the door read, "all Christmas items 75% off". To my surprise, the angel was still there...
This time she came home with me and I paid only $2.50. Isn't she pretty?
I moved her from place to place before deciding she looked best on the table in the hallway...
Have you taken down all your Christmas decorations? We haven't! Normally, I take down and put away everything the day after Christmas but not this year. Sunday is supposed to cold and rainy. Hopefully, I will get it all done then. Looks like Eli is still waiting for Santa...
Anyhow, it's New Year's Eve out here in the woods. Poppy is watching, well, it was Gunsmoke, but now it's some old Western...probably with John Wayne or Audie Murphy. I did a little sewing tonight...almost finished two aprons but left it to do this post. We live very exciting lives out here. :) Good grief! It's 9:34, bedtime!
Really just wanted to wish you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR! Not making any resolutions but I sure do want to post a little more often in 2022. I appreciate you, my blogging friends, so much!
I've been playing in the teeny tiny greehouse these warm December days and have a few pictures. I hope to be back soon.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Love,
Henny
Happy New year. I look forward to your posts in 2022.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year ! I love you so much! Then angel is beautiful and I am glad you got her! I have my christmas stuff still up.
ReplyDeleteThank you Vicki. Love you too. Happy New Year to you, Frank, and Clay.
DeleteHappy New Year to you, too!
ReplyDeleteYour angel is beautiful from the photo it looks like her dress is birch bark, very lovely and I don't think she needs to be put away at Christmas. She looks like she has fruits and vegetables like she's a garden angel.
It's supposed to reach -3° tonight, brrrrrrrrrrr! The good thing is that it's supposed to start slowly warming up in the next week. Not above freezing but at least back into the two digit numbers.
I was pleasantly surprised today when the phone rang and one of my dear friends told me her husband was coming over to shovel out my driveway with his four wheeler and blade. I am blessed with good neighbors, they watch out for me.
Looking forward to seeimg your post in 2022, hopefully it will be a better year for everyone.
I'm sure glad you posted that photo of the angel on the hall table because I didn't realize how tall she is until I saw that photo. You got a great bargain and she's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI would love more posts from you, but I know life gets busy. Love the picture of sweet Eli. I took down all of our decorations on Tuesday. I was ready.
Wishing you a blessed 2022 my dear friend.
Betsy
I love your new angel, she's beautiful! May you, Poppy, Eli, Ellie and all your loved ones have a very happy and healthy New Year!
ReplyDeleteYour Christmas angel is so lovely! I'd keep her out all year round. I still have all Christmassy things up and I think I'll wait a week or more before I take it all down. It always seems so empty afterwards.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you and Poppy and the furry ones!!
What a great buy your angel turned out to be :)
ReplyDeleteOur Xmas decorations will probably stay up a few more days - it is too hot to think of doing too much at the moment!
May 2022 be a happy one for you and your loved ones, Mxx
It's New Years Day...I've just got back from
ReplyDeletetown..after an early morning coffee at Costa!
Everything else is closed..I never saw a soul
until l got to Costa, no one! :(
All the Charity shops were closed..so straight
back home..
Just put a couple of quilt covers out on the
line, l put into soak earlier..it's very mild,
and the suns out..! :).
The angel is lovely..quite unique l would say,
and certainly looks hand made..Nice! :).
I don't put up decorations any more, neither
a tree, have'nt done since my daughter went
off to Uni some 25yrs ago..but the crib always
made and decorated..that will be removed 12th night..!
As a good Christian Sicilian should do...!
Ah! Poor Eli..I know what he wanted for Christmas..
A BIGGER chair..HeHe! Bless!x
Well best get on..I've loads of e~mails from family
in Sicily to see to..cup of lemon tea first though! :)
God bless! Happy New Year to one and all...
AND...An extra tummy rub for Smokey...! Bless!x
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Thank you Willie. I bet the thrift shops here are closed today too. It is warm here too, 72 degrees and windy. I should hang Ellie's blankets out to sun and blow away some long white hairs. :) Happy New Year!
DeleteHAPPY NEW YEAR to you Henny and Poppy.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Henny. Love the angel and what a bargain. So glad for you it had not sold yet to someone else.
ReplyDeleteMy tree is up until Monday. I enjoy it from about Dec 3, after Thanksgiving, until after the New Year. The more
light the better this time of year. It is pouring down this morn and tomorrow the bitter cold moves in. It's to
be 30 tomorrow instead of 60, then 18 tomorrow night. Last year I was shoveling snow every day from Christmas eve until New Years, so the rain this week has been easier to live with, lol. Always enjoy your posts when you can. Lynn and Precious
Happy New Year to you, Poppy, creatures etc. I feel very hopeful that this new year will see things getting incrementally better and resolve into a more normal situation than we have had for the past couple of years. It sure can't come too soon for me!
ReplyDeleteI love the angel. She makes me think of you with her curly brown hair and carrying all those lovely vegetables in that basket like you do coming out of your teeny tiny garden all summer and fall. You're a good shopper, checking things out a second time for possible bargains.
Hey Victoria and Happy New Year to you and yours (as Gomer Pile used to say) :) Oh I certainly hope this new year will be much better. I normally don't buy angels. I've just never decorated with them but fell in love with this one. I was in the greenhouse today. I found a tiny cabbage sprout growing in the compost bin. I dug it up and put it in a pot and inside the greenhouse. Guess it will die now. :)
DeleteIt's now New Year's Day. It's cold this morning, 24 degrees, and our old snow is still hanging around. The icicles have stopped dripping. We're carrying the old weather into the new year, but hope for a change soon.
ReplyDeleteWishing you a peaceful New Year.
Hello, dear HP!! Sounds like a lovely, cozy Christmas in the woods for you two. Eli is such a handsome fellow! We also are outside doing work on these gorgeous days! We are continuing with the "work" on the barn -- i.e., demolition :) It may become something useful yet.
ReplyDeleteThe angel is so pretty. I like her wings. My tree is still up. I'm waiting till this coming week.
That's a lovely angel, and an even lovelier price! We had a very dull New Year's Eve here. Wishing you a wonderful New Year! And I'd love to read more posts because I love seeing your sweet animals and your home! -Jenn
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Melba! Just how we arrived in 2022 is a mystery to me! LoL I just love the angel and the price is ridiculously wonderful! All of our decorations are packed up and safely in the shed. I am always ready to put it away so I can get my O.C.D. back under control!
ReplyDeleteGrace & Peace,
Pam
Happy New Year.
ReplyDeleteYes, all our Christmas decorations were put away a couple of days ago.
Great deal on the angel - it was bigger than I thought when I saw the last picture.
No, we haven't put anything away yet. Our decorations start with the tree the day after Thanksgiving and all stay up until the week after New Years (and even then I'm hesitant to take them down). Occasionally we forget something and see the Christmas bells on the dear antlers still there in the summer (ha). Your angel is really nice... and the price was great! Wishing you and yours a healthy happy 2022! And Eli looks very comfortable - best way to start the new year.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you and Poppy. I'm looking forward to catching up more often in the new year. I, too, would like to post more regularly. We are having warmer weather this winter so far but the cold is on it's way. I've been able to get out to the potting shed and poke around; potting up some cat grass for the cats. I'll be putting our tree ornaments away tomorrow and the tree I will prop up on the deck and fill with bird treats over winter. We seem to have more birds every year. Love and hugs to you, Poppy and the furry gang. Give Smokey an extra squeeze from me.
ReplyDeleteGRACIAS PENNY POR PASAR POR MI BLOG, AGRADEZCO TU COMENTARIO. TE DESEO UN MUY FELIZ AÑO 2022. UN ABRAZO A LA DISTANCIA.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year! Your angel is so very pretty!
ReplyDeleteI love your Angel. It was there waiting just for you...was meant to be. That experience has happened to me in a consignment store where the prices goes down the longer the item is there. Always a good "score, score" feeling..lol You can leave her out all year if you like...it looks like she fits in fine and would be good company..all year. Eli is so beautiful and adorable. ...I wish I could put my arms around his thick coat. :0) ... Happy 2022..Be blessed and thank you for brightening my internet life with your Blog.
ReplyDeleteI like to have all signs of Christmas gone before the New Year. There actually are a few small pine boughs here and there, but they are drying out quickly. I love your Christmas angel. I wouldn't want to put her away either. I always enjoy your greenhouse pictures, so I will be watching. I hope you have a wonderful new year.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you too, Henny and to Poppy too. Always nice to read your posts. I'd say you did well getting that pretty angel at a good price. We will keep our Christmas decorations up for a week or two yet. My husband has to walk all the boxes across the way into another garage, and these days the walking is treacherous with ice and snow so we will wait for a warm up before doing that. May you have a very happy New Year and God's blessings all the way through!
ReplyDeleteNice to see your post even though it is past Christmas it is heart-warming. My Christmas stuff is still up because I have been battling something viral and waiting to feel well enough to do it. xo Diana
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely angel and at such a great price. It looks lovely on your table. Sweet sleepy Eli looks so comfortable! Here wishing that you have a wonderful year ahead with all good and happy things!
ReplyDeleteHappy new year! I hope this new one brings you health and happiness! God bless you and hubby and all the critters!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you Henny! Your angel is very sweet and at such a good price! You are good at finding good bargains!
ReplyDeleteHope you all had a Merry Christmas and are already enjoying the New Year. I think your angel is beautiful and she was meant just for you. It's cold here today in East Texas....but we are enjoying the break from the upper 80 temps. I have already taken down all of my Christmas and my house is now organized. Hope you have a beautiful week..
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year Henny!!
ReplyDeleteWe take our Christmas down next weekend, January 8th and 9th. We leave a few twinkle lights because it is just so dark and cold, it makes things a wee bit cozy.
Carla
Best wishes for a wonderful New Year to you and your family. I love reading your blog.
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