Cozy Hotel lobby

Looking  at some pretty scenes from the  Christmas holiday season:

I love this charming little hotel lobby and love making pictures when places are all decorated for the holidays:

Grab a cozy seat by the Christmas tree or by the fire!

that's the sky up there in this open courtyard! LOL

The hotel lobbies are always decorated so beautifully for the holidays, in Charleston!

Welcome December!

 Goodbye November.

Welcome December!!

John Sloane calendar

Our annual church Thanksgiving banquet was really good!

festive napkins

my arm candy for the banquet, LOL. And my cornucopia pin I only wear a few days each Fall, around Thanksgiving

back home....Thanksgiving day:

Got out our Thanksgiving platter. This belonged to Mr. Front Porch's Grandma, so we treasure it

Mashed taters, gravy, dressing, and the good Sister Shubert rolls.......

Apple pie for dessert:

A long walk through our fields on a crisp November day......

If you've read my blog for long, you know about the tradition my Mom and I had. She brought me this golden leaf from a trip out West many many years ago. She had one identical. Our tradition was we would go get them out and start wearing them every September 1st each year. Every September 1st, one of us would call the other and say " it's September!, did you get your leaf out?"

 I wear mine til the last day of November every year. The longer leaves necklace on the outside of the leaf , my Mom bought for me while out on our very last shopping trip, a memory and a necklace I treasure. We sure had fun that day!

We ended our thanksgiving evening with this movie.

I read this book over the holiday. It was a quick read, maybe two days.

And I had lots of magazines waiting for me in my magazine stack:

Isn't that a pretty tree? very old fashioned with the paper chains. Gosh, I haven't seen paper chains in YEARS....

As you can tell, I sure love magazines! I don't like reading them "online". I like good old fashioned magazines you can hold, flip through, go back to when you want to see something again, and clip out pictures you might want to use. I donate them when I'm done.

So....now it's time, and I've been busy, putting all the Fall decor away, back into the boxes to store til next year.

And the time has come to get out the Christmas things and " Deck the Halls", which we've been busy with the past few days.

How about you, have you started putting up a Christmas tree and/or decorating yet?

November lights

 "Autumn glows upon us like like a splendid evening; it is the very sunset of the the year...."

..............................................Mary Russel Mitford

                                                                               

The big full Frost Moon has been shining brightly the past few nights. It's so clear and big and pretty.

Back in September, Tracie and Amybelle had a job to do that day..........

they are (just like me! LOL) busy making pictures

showing off their Fall outfits

a BIG TANGLE of Fall lights!

We hang up purple, orange, and green for Fall. This year we couldn't find our green ones though.

They did finally get their job completed.

We've enjoyed the festive lights all Fall, now it's time to get the CHRISTMAS LIGHTS UP, my favorite!

Not many days left of November, soon we will welcome December!