‘Tis the season…

This year we honed our graham cracker house skills with a competition between all the Skeltons present…

The For-Sale sign out front means this may be our last Christmas in this cozy home:

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Rachel surprised herself with this sweet home:

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Sarah’s featured a jolly snowman:

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And Bethany went for the most original—a hogan style home:

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Meanwhile I acted as general superintendent and supplier of icing. We never did declare a winner?  What would you say?
I didn’t know either.  They were each unique, just like their creators!

After the hub-bub was done, the next quiet evening when the girls were gone home, I used up the extra icing and made a wee house—it’s time to downsize.

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–LS

 

The advent season has come…

With the coming of the advent season our first snow has fallen.

Even an inch of snow makes the world a brighter place…

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…transfiguring the common fern and salal… and making neighborhood houses look somehow more cozy.

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It’s time once again to pull out Christmas things and think of gifts and greetings to be sent…

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Meanwhile our willow marks the season with her fast falling leaves

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And the backyard is all frosted wonder…

 

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It’s the light shining through that makes it all so glorious isn’t it?

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“…the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light,
and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death,
on them a light has dawned.” (Mt.4:16)

–LS

 

Huckleberry