This is so last Year!

January is National Oatmeal Month

Oatmeal is also known as Porridge, but it's not always oats.  

Congee is rice porridge, popular in Asian countries.  

Peace on Earth &

Merry Christmas

FaFaFaFaF

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 & 8 & 

A Florida Christmas . . . Solar Style!

Wow! 

No Extension Cords!

No Electric Bill! 

No Fire Hazard!

And the best feature  . . . You can put them Any Where You Want!

Haul Out The Holly!

"Mame:

We need a little Christmas 

Right this very minute!

Patrick: But, Auntie Mame, it's one week past Thanksgiving Day now!"

This is my second sighting of Santa Clause . . . already . . . in person! 
www.wikipedia.org/We_Need_a_Little_Christmas

A Cozy Mitten

It was that . . .               

. . . now it's this!

Nice Round Hat

After borrowing 15 crochet books from the Library . . .  I finally learned to read crochet.  Sort of. 

Round 1 said:  3 ch, 11 dc into ring, 1ss in 3rd ch. 12 dc. Huh?

I am not fluent yet.  The hat I tried had few instructions in this new language-code. 

When I translated it into English, it was pretty easy and fun to make. 

Merry Christmas &  Peace on Earth

Over the Hill and Through the Wood

    During the holiday season Lifetime, Hallmark and other channels of their ilk, show a plethora of cloying Christmas movies.  Usually about sagging christmas sprit and ending in a wedding!  Naturally the locations are towns with Christmas-ie names.  So, I've made a list and checked it twice of some places to explore.

Holly Santa Fe Depot

Holly, Colorado is the home of the historic Holly Santa Fe Depot. They also have the annual Holly Bluegrass Festival and a public pool.

A Snowflake Historic House

Welcome! 

Snowflake, Arizona has its Annual Pioneer Days. The Snowflake Heritage Foundation has a walking tour of several houses that have demonstrations including weaving and blacksmithing.  Snowflake also has a swimming pool! 

A Noel Bluff

Noel, Missouri is the Christmas City and the Canoe Capital of the Ozarks.  You can have your personal stamped letter canceled with a Noel Christmas Postmark, for free. 

Welcome to Rudolph, Wisconsin.  I’ll have to go to the  Rudolph Country Christmas, celebrating Rudolf the Red-Nose Reindeer.  It is jam packed of several days of events.  Not only about Christmas, this town has the Rudolph Tractor Show once a year. Tractors food and raffles, I’m in! 

http://www.townofholly.com/     http://www.ci.snowflake.az.us/
   http://www.4noel.com/    http://www.visitrudolphwi.com/

Christmas, Florida Style

 Merry 
    Palm 
          Tree! 

A Cold Talking Plant

So can we come out now?

We bundled up over night        

It did warm up a little today

Burr, another cold night ahead!