Christmas Past.....

A neighbour's house lights up the street and always cheers me up when I turn the corner and see the multi-coloured spectacle which is in complete contrast to the gentle and serene scene down at my local church. Both sides of the Christmas Story, I suppose.

My own decorations were rather subdued this year, including this little crocheted candle holder (don't worry, I would never light the candle while it's in its cosy which is purely for show). I even found a 2ft high Xmas tree which was perfect for the corner it needed to be in and looked pretty with some led lights placed around it and some miniscule tree decorations.

Our Wednesday Walks were very gentile when the weather permitted and of course, baby came too!So December hurtled on at full speed and at work, things were certainly hotting up for the Festive Season because another one of my boss's daughters was getting married in between Christmas and New Year. The wedding had been in the planning since the engagement was announced last February and all of a sudden all the crimping and primping and spraying (150 fir cones gathered by my own fair hands from the garden and sprayed silver, gold and snowy, for the table arrangements) alongwith all the cleaning, polishing, washing and ironing, finally fell into place and after the arrival of some very big trucks......

this started to happen......

and hey presto, the marquees were assembled and the fun part of putting together the Winter Wonderland Wedding began.

Lots of chairs were required!

Also, lots of big, heavy electric cables were laid across the lawns to provide all the lighting, inside the marquees and outside amongst the trees.

This was my favourite light fitting. I'd quite like one in my house, if my house was big enough!!

Then I had to make some signage. This one is self-explanatory!

The view from the road as you drove past.

Home is where your hat is!The sofas were inflatable and very comfy to sit upon.I made this little arrangement from decorative artichokes grown in the garden then sprayed silver. The look was quite stunning, if I do say so myself.

I had time for a little R&R in between all the festivities. Edinburgh was looking good one cold but bright December day.

This is my new favourite spot, not far from my house and the location of a fabby new coffee and scone place. The views were quite stunning whilst partaking of a frothy latte and cherry scone.

My Bestie in NZ sent this in my Xmas parcel. I must say, I'm not living up to the name so far this New Year.

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Thank you for joining me on my rambles. 

Next time, more wedding pics.

xoxoxoxo