A New Beginning

First of all, I do hope that all of you had a wonderful Christmas and New Years.  Here on the farm the month of December seemed to fly by and we enjoyed having our family together again from Christmas until  after New Year's.
Cabin fever hasn't struck me yet.  I am thankful to be home in such cold weather. Early this morning it was -34C and -44 with the wind chill.  Hopefully it will warm up a bit this week.  It's seems a bit silly to think of a forecast of -16 seeming "warm".
A new year presents an opportunity to make some changes and as time goes on I hope the choices I make will be wise ones.  All the best for 2014 and thanks so much for stopping by my blog.

White Christmas…a musical greeting card...

Last year our daughter was in Vancouver working on a live production of White Christmas for the second year in a row.  She and two of her friends were hired to lead a group of families who were celebrating at their annual Christmas party because the company wanted to create a video Christmas card.  So the filming was done at the outdoor Christmas Market and the result was delightful.  Listen to the group singing "White Christmas" by clicking here.  I love seeing all the ages participating together and it sure puts me in the mood for writing Christmas Cards. May your December days be merry and bright and may all your Christmases be white!

If you would like to see some lovely collages stop by to see the mosaics that are at Mary's Little Red House.

 Have a great week!

Note Cards

Today it's time to visit Vee's Note Card Party.
Since I have started wrapping Christmas presents already I thought it would be a good idea to try making some Christmas note cards. Every year my sister's lovely Christmas "stitcheries" are the first things I hang to bring the spirit of Christmas into our home.
I've chosen my sister's handiwork to decorate the note card box that Vee suggested we make.

And inside the box are four notecards I might use to be included in the Christmas boxes I will be mailing to my family this year.

 A big thank you to Vee for the lovely notecards and autumn leaves she sent to me.  They arrived a couple of weeks ago and I will look forward to using them.  Thank you John, for drawing my name in Vee's unannounced surprise giveaway!  Thank you so much Vee.  I will enjoy using your cards.

Come for a walk...

Perhaps you'd enjoy a walk with me...

 A short walk along a trail from a dirt road leads to this pristine little lake close to our farm.

These pictures were taken a few years ago and bring back memories of how wonderful autumn is early in the season.  We have only leaves to rake now, although there are a few stragglers on the empty branches.

Geese and ducks love Canoe Lake at this time of year.  It's a magical place where not a single home or cabin is built.  If framed and mounted on card stock these prints might become note cards...do stop by Vee's to view the other choices for October's Note Card Party.  See you there...