Beautiful December Day
We have been having some gorgeous weather. Between Saturday and today, I got my winter gardening done and the husband and I put up the outside decorations.
Christmas 2010
Winter Flower pots
flowers for the garden and back porch
Done!
It probably won’t be as nice for the next couple months, but I really am thankful for our mild winters. I am also thankful for all of the reading recommendations I received. Thanks so much to all who commented!
40 Days Of 
Posted by Luciane at HomeBunch,com on December 16, 2010 at 8:24 am
Good morning, Nichole!
What a beautiful house you have! I love all the bricks! Actually, I love all of it! Your garden, your plants… gosh, up here in Canada everything is covered in snow at this time of the year! 🙂 Texas, here I come! 🙂 lol
Thanks for sharing these pictures! It’s so nice to know a little bit more of your world.
Wishing you a blessed day.
xo
Luciane at HomeBunch.com
PS: I love your crucifix. It’s beautiful…. I have it too, and it’s the most important “object” in my house.
Posted by 40daysof on December 16, 2010 at 8:56 am
Thanks, Luciane! I think the snow can be pretty, too. Hope you are enjoying this wonderful time of the year. 🙂
Posted by Lori on December 16, 2010 at 10:19 am
Oh heavens…gorgeous.
Everything in my garden is dead.
Dead dead dead.
Dead as canasta.
Which must be REALLY dead ’cause I don’t even know what it is.
Posted by 40daysof on December 16, 2010 at 11:15 am
Oh my! I haven’t heard the word canasta in forever. Isn’t it an old lady card game?!
Posted by Marcia on December 16, 2010 at 12:48 pm
Yes canasta is an old lady card game until a young lady plays it, then it is a young ladies card game. Ha!
From Wikipedia for you youngsters!
Canasta (Spanish for “basket”; pronounced /kəˈnæstə/ in English) is a card game of the rummy family of games believed to be a variant of 500 Rum. Although many variations exist for 2, 3, 5 or 6 players, it is most commonly played by four in two partnerships with two standard decks of cards. Players attempt to make melds of 7 cards of the same rank and “go out” by playing all cards in their hand. It is the only partnership member of the family of Rummy games to achieve the status of a classic.
Posted by Marcia on December 16, 2010 at 12:50 pm
PS – love the pictures, very inviting to those of us who have had sleet and snow last night and temps below 20.
I’m coming out from under the bus now….OK?
Posted by 40daysof on December 16, 2010 at 6:02 pm
Thanks, Mom! PLease make the yucky weather go away. You know I can’t handle it anymore. 🙂
Posted by Jessi on December 16, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Wow! Beautiful house! Love it.
p.s. have you ever read 3 Cups of Tea? My favorite book. Me Talk Pretty One Day is a good, funny, easy read.
Posted by 40daysof on December 16, 2010 at 6:04 pm
Thanks, Jessi! I have been thinking I should read David Sedaris. A friend of mine has highly recommended him. I will look into the other book you mentioned, too.
Posted by Ken on December 16, 2010 at 6:40 pm
Yes it looks great, its colder then billy blazes here in Lincoln. Ken
Posted by Erika on December 16, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Your house looks great!! I want to move in! 🙂 You know, we are having some pretty nice weather here too…it was 70 the other day and we’ve barely had any snow down here. The mountains are a different story. Don’t think I’ll be doing any winter gardening, though. I’m sure that just by typing that the weather is nice I will have jinxed myself and we’ll get dumped on. Miss you!!!
Posted by Luciane at HomeBunch,com on December 17, 2010 at 9:03 am
Just dropped by to wish you a blessed weekend, Nichole!
xo
Luciane at HomeBunch.com
Posted by 40daysof on December 17, 2010 at 10:27 am
Thanks Luciane. You too! I was a bit late getting my post up this morning. 🙂
https://40daysof.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/last-minute-gift-ideas/
Posted by Karena on December 17, 2010 at 9:36 am
Nichole a beautiful home!!! Here in Kanss City the gardens are not looking like yours!!! Now I will have to try Canasta!!
I have a New Giveaway from My Sparrow, come and enter!
Xoxo
Karena
Art by Karena
Posted by 40daysof on December 17, 2010 at 10:29 am
Thanks, Karena! I’m going to check it out.