Wednesday's Walk

I haven't gone on a walk with my Wednesday walking group since the beginning of November.  Company in November twice and rain kept me from joining them.  

This walk on the last day of the month had rain threatening too and it started on our return trip back from the water falls.

 Orange hats worn by a few because it's hunting season even though we stuck to a road. This was a close walk for me.  I didn't have to drive to the start point since it was at the former store next to my house.

I pick the location on December 14th.  I need to do some scouting before hand of a class 6 road Dan and I took this fall not far from here.

Old Wreath

 

I made this wreath in December 1974 making it 48 years old this Christmas.

It has held the colors well over the years.  Only the felt leaves and the silk flowers and berries are looking tired. I could replace the latter to freshen it up a bit.

The pattern came from Better Homes and Garden I recall.  We were still living in our first apartment in Alexandria, VA when I made it.  We moved that Christmas Eve 1974 to our first house in Columbia, MD.  It moved with us in 1979 to a single family house still in Columbia, and again in 2003 when we moved to an apartment when we were building The Lodge.  It may have been in storage until we moved to the Lodge in fall of 2005.  It went with us to Vantage House in 2016 when we sold the Lodge and moved to a retirement high rise community in downtown Columbia.  Then in July 2020 it moved with us here to NH.

I'm not parting with this wreath any time soon.

Christmas Stamps

 

I couldn't decide on which stamps to buy but since I needed a bit I got one of each.

 Spotted this tree set up at the Power House Mall in Lebanon, NH.