I always LOVE seeing what dishes you put in your white hutch!...love those CTS dishes from last yr ... looks so lovely w/cardinals, candlelight & those red boots! Those reindeer flying 'over' looks like a silhouette! Cute! The mix of 'gingerbread' & old & new on your counter looks good! For one of my DD gifts this yr, I hunted for something 'Gingerbread' to go w/GB soap I got her & some pretty new towels for the bath ...& at HLobby, there were TONS of gingerbread dolls, ornies, lots of goodsies...so I found one today about 8" tall that bouncies on a 'spring' (like you would imagine a boxed mattress spring)! LOL! Jane, I am also lovin' the potted pinecones I've seen ...cool idea & looks 'Wintery' on your red shelf. TFS & lookin' forward to more! Jeanne S. Get some rest (while you can for a bit before Christmas) & hope your Dad keeps responding to the meds & feels much better soon)

Boys are doin like you said Stacy. Wearing me out!! I must be doing something to them too, Drew fell asleep on the supper table! Hunter caught a few winks mid afternoon til his brother just couldn't stand it any longer and jumped on the bed to wake him up! Course I am sure it has nothing to do with both being up before 7 am! They are EARLY birds.

Please see below for explanation ........ grrrrr Oh, thank you all so much. I'm soooo glad that there are still this many of you here to respond. Some of your comments are so funny! I'm glad Deanna Krause still has her fans. She's a tough rose, well suited to this climate, with thick leaves and sturdy growth, but yet these butterfly flowers. Carol, I have two bushes of Wild Edric, and the one Cecil fell onto is being held together (literally) with a band aid. I have some pictures of the debacle which I'll post below. Sheila, the White Meidiland has been rather a sleeper, located in a bad spot and not often blooming, but I've actually had it quite a few years. I thought I should reward its valiant effort now with a picture. Trish, yes, the word has spread in the bunny world, but Notch Ear is responsible for most of the devastation. I just stood there yesterday a few feet from her while she was munching away, not knowing what to do since I didn't want to frighten her and knowing she would be back anyway when I wasn't around. I'm thinking of planting lavender and catmint, although I'll really miss the iris blooms, which is why we caged up a few. Marlorena, I would take pictures of weeds for you if it would please you. I'll be out later to hunt down more roses, although the pickings right now are slim. With a garden as utterly gorgeous as yours it's sweet of you to want to see my beleaguered few. Okay, the picture you see above was supposed to go here but it somehow went astray and Houzz$%^&* will no longer allow me to correct that error. Oh well.... Here's one for you, Marlorena.Given to me, don't know the names Okay, I lied, more than one. SdlM on the right and Potter and Moore on the left. Gruss an Aachen

I'm thinking that it takes a bit longer to appear? When I did my test, I checked and it wasn't posted but then when I came back again, it was.