December 10th
My smallest nativity. It's in a shell of some sort. My mother gave this to me when we lived in The Lodge. I had taken her shopping to a store that stocked items made by crafts men and women from over seas. All items sold at fair market value. I didn't realize she'd made this purchase as a gift for me.
To see how tiny it is, I put a dime in the shell.
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I'm later than usual posting today because I've been busy making birthday cards - 4 of them - and an anniversary card for youngest daughter and her husband.
I also made gift certificates for oldest two granddaughters. The certificates entitle them to a shopping trip and lunch out.
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Yesterday I finished up this task. I had purchased two 4x6 photo albums which had these pressed flower arrangements in the cover picture spot. I took them out of those spots and put them into these frames with mats with the right size opening.
Though don't have the original coloring anymore but I thought they were still lovely.
Dan said it was the best Chinese soup he'd had. I figured I'd better write out what I did so I can replicate it again. It would be good with chicken too.
Sorry. Not exactly a recipe you can follow easily. If you try it let me know.
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One more thing: we are having snow. Prediction of 1-3 inches has been surpassed already. I know because Dan just had a fire call - downed wire in the road - and I had to go shut the barn doors after he took car out. I swept the porch too and it's 3 inches and climbing. Since I was out, I took the compost to the outdoor compost bin.
View from my desk. Porch is getting covered again.
