Magical

 If you're  in the Birmingham area, you might want to drive through Mountain Brook Village and see the magical trees! 

These Guys

Just arrived at Sweet Peas Garden Center in Homewood, these guys made me smile.  Put a candle inside and you have instant Christmas spirit!

Sweet Peas Garden Center

2829 Linden Avenue

Homewood AL 35209

All Decked Out

This lion and his mate are always in the holiday spirit in my Forest Park neighborhood. I snapped this one year when we had a quick southern snow!

While Visions of....

Gingerbread houses danced in their heads. 

The Roth home last weekend on the IPC Holiday House Tour.

Celebrating 100 Years

This weekend marks Independent Presbyterian Church's 66th Annual Holiday House Tour. This is also their 100th anniversary. At its founding, the church held services at Temple Emmanu-El .In the 1992, after a devastating fire, IPC again worshipped there until renovation was complete. This is one of two magnificent silver candelabrum given to IPC by the Temple when the church moved to its permanent home at 3100 Highland Avenue in 1926. The Holiday House Tour raises money for the Children's Fresh Air Farm in Bluff Park. For more information about the tour click HERE.  

A Little Bird Told Me..

The fresh berries and apples in our church decorations were delicious!

Noël At My Home

I do minimal decorating at my house now,  but I love bringing out my collection of Eiffel Tower ornaments to display on my my mantle. These are just a few!

Have Yourself a Glitzy Little Christmas!

Recently I stopped in at Illuminations at the Pepper Place. It's a great place to find unusual lighting fixtures of all kinds. This trip, I was taken with the tinsel tree and the gorgeous ornaments.  I learned that these baubles came from the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, and are no longer available for sale.  How nice that we can all enjoy them right here!

And the Elves Came

They worked their magic and voila!  Christmas has arrived at my home !

The Star of Homewood

For as long as I can remember this star at the top of "the hill" in downtown Homewood has been a tradtion throughout the Christmas season. This view, looking north towards Birmingham captures Vulcan pointing the way!

Joyeux Noël

May the blessings of Christmas be with you and your family, today and for the year to come.

" God bless us everyone."

Tiny Tim

Merry Christmas from my little angels!

Davis 5, Eva 8, Laura Kate 5, Chappell 7, Lindley 8

Christmas at Sweet Peas

You know how I love to photograph here at Sweet Peas Garden Shop in Homewood. Wouldn't you???

Buy your tree here and they'll deliver and set it up in your house without griping and complaining, like you know who!

The Star, a Homewood Tradition

The star hanging at the top of the hill in downtown Homewood has been shining at Christmas for as long as I can remember. (Yes, we had electricity back then! ) I like it when communities honor longtime traditions! I featured it last December from another angle here. I decided to try it from another perspective a few nights ago. Twinkle, twinkle!!

LATE BREAKING WEATHER NEWS!!!

For days the weather man has said we'd get snow flurries late Friday night. We all laughed and laughed and said our usual, "It won't stick!" Well hello snow. This is what I saw from my bedroom window this morning. The roads are clear so we're good to go but it is a lovely scene to enjoy with my morning coffee.

And They Saw a Star...

This star ( or a similar one) has hung in this very spot at the top of the hill in the suburb of Homewood since I was a girl.  For me it signals the Christmas season.  I hope they didn't crank it up there before Thanksgiving this year. I forgot to check.  Regardless, it's always nice when our traditional holiday memories don't get replaced with newer, glitzier ones don't you think? Thanks Homewood, for preserving a special memory.

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The Tune du Jour is "Silent Night" by Michael Dulin

(from his album "Christmas At Our House")

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Retail Reflection

Mountain Brook Village is one of the most festive spots around during the holidays.  All of the trees are lined with white lights (below) and they have a spectacular tree that is covered in colored lights. I caught this reflection in Bromberg's Jewelry store window.  Lots of pricey baubles inside for shoppers that aren't feeling the pinch this season!

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The Tune du Jour is "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" by Perry Como of course!

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