2025 Holiday Season

Hello from Texas, ya'll!
Hope you enjoy
this year's Holiday photos!

The 2025 Christmas Card Photo

This Season
May Your Woolly Hats Be Warming
And Your Stockings Over-Flowing!
Merry Christmas,
Terry & Arne

CHRISTMAS TREES
This is my small tree display on the credenza
and my theme this year: Mom's Angels.
These were all her ornaments.
Appropriately, I made a round photo ornament
of her standing beside her own angel, Dolly,
and placed it in the center of the tree.



This little gold tree I annually display
on my kitchen bar.  This year, I was
so pleased to find this ornament that
I gifted my parents in 2005.
Leave it to Mom to write the year
on the back of it!  And so,
how cool to pull it out 20 years later!
I miss them both,
especially so at the holidays.

I know what you're asking yourself -
Are there cookies in that red tin?

Of course, there are cookies!


OUR STOCKINGS & CARDS

Arne and I headed out on our annual trip
to PetSmart so he could pick out his
stocking stuffers.
This year's obsession -
found immediately upon arrival
and there was no other interest beyond -
Mr Green Crocodile




FRONT DOOR / WREATH

MY HOME'S EAST EXTERIOR
FACING THE STREET




FRONT GATE




BACKYARD PATIO







WORK BENCH


Much of the preparation for my exterior and interior holiday decor takes place on this bench.  I enjoy having the yard space to lay everything out -- and Arne gets to enjoy the day and wreck havoc on the ornaments and lights!   

I'm often asked, where do I get the energy to go through this every year? It's true, it is a lot of work and takes a lot of time.

Do you see that glass mug of green tea on the stand beside the bench?   

That's the secret!  Lots and lots of green tea!

SEE PREVIOUS
HOLIDAY LIGHTS & DECOR:

2024 
       
2023 - (10th & Final Year I lit all the trees along the driveway)

Body:
Avoid the 3 PsBsSs
Processed Foods, Phthalates, Plastics;
Beef, Butter, Breads;
Sedentary activities, Sugars, Salt.
Trust me,
you’ll be feeling better in no time!

Mind & Spirit:
Avoid the 3 F’s
Manufactured in these mediums are
misinformation, fear, anger and hate!

JOIN ME IN ENSURING AN EDUCATED CITIZENRY!

JOIN ME IN ENSURING AN EDUCATED CITIZENRY!

___________

TERRY's ADVERTISEMENT:
I love coffee! 

I drink it morning through late afternoon.

Best Bean Ever!

While on vacation in Oregon I fell in love with the many varieties I discovered at Portland Coffee Roasters

I recommend both Morning (I love the milk chocolate and cherry finish.)

and Steel (Most popular blend. One taste and you’ll see why: it’s rich, smooth, and full of sweet toffee flavor. It tastes great as both a coffee or an espresso. An instant classic when introduced over 20 years ago.)

Since their founding in 1996, Portland Coffee Roasters has sourced their coffee directly from farmers while building sustainable relationships with them and the communities they support. 

Read more about their Mission & History

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