Getting Ready for Christmas and Thinking about WREATHS!
My thoughts are flying ahead as I think of Christmas! The air outside is suddenly crisp and cold. After a historically hot and dry summer, it is a blessed relief. The leaves have turned gold and red and orange in the last week, painting the forest with a glow that, even in the midst of day to day farm work, makes me stop dead in my tracks to simply drink in the sight. It is glorious! It is wonderful to be able to ignore the clock. To simply wake up when ready, nap when drowsy, go to bed when ready, and stand for as long as I like, looking at the colors, shapes, and shadows as the sun comes up with the morning dew fresh on the grass, and as the golden glow of dusk over takes the hill. In the midst of a fresh new Autumn, my thoughts go to Christmas. What will my loves ones delight in opening? What shall I make for them? How much wrapping paper is left from last year (and years and years before?Saving scraps from previous Christmases and bits from here and there, I have a...
