Merry Christmas!

 Wishing all of my blogging buddies  a 

Very Merry Christmas!

The Mr. and I are celebrating Christmas at home  in 

Palm Desert, California.

Buddy is relaxing out on the back patio and watching all the golfers.

He is pretty sure that we bought this furniture just for him.

 It is finally cool enough to have candles outside without getting soft. 

I love the little cardinals that I found at the Dollar Tree last year. 

This is the view Buddy is enjoying from our patio.

We get snow in the mountains but we have 

comfortably warm days most of the winter with 

lots of sun!

Hope you are staying warm.

xoxo 

Bunny Jean

A Christmas Welcome

We all know that the front door 
sets the mood for the rest of the home.

My home is casual and I decorate for Christmas in the same manner. I use the standard red and green colors and the decorations have a nature theme. 

Of course I have birds! 

You all know how much I love birds... and for Christmas it is Cardinals. They always make me think of my mother because she also used Cardinals and I still have those hanging Cardinal ornaments. I am sure they were purchased for a pretty penny at that famous card store, as that is where the best seasonal items were found way back in the 60's and 70's.  Now we can get great things at the dollar store! 

I save all my Christmas decor... forever! 

I am very careful what I buy as it will use it over and over. Not everything gets put out every year, but I love to see them as I go through my Christmas boxes. I am very sentimental that way.   I have items that I made in grade school and of course many of my children's as well. How about you? 

Do you toss things in order to have a different theme each year? 

I know a lot of you have multiple trees with different themes. I know Debbie (Debbie- Dabble) does! I love visiting just so I can see all the different colors and styles. I love the soft white decor Sandy (For The Love of White) uses all year around. I love the elegant, traditional and modern themes too! I will be share more blog links on future posts :)

What kind of tree do you use?
A real tree or artificial one?

I use an artificial tree. The newer ones with the lights already on are so easy to set up, much cleaner... and way less expensive especially if you live in an area far away from any tree farms. Once it is fully dressed (and perfumed  it looks beautiful... kind of like me :o)

But some years I don't even put it up. 

I am really getting lazy in my old age...

This may be the only "tree" I decorate this year...

xoxo

Bunny Jean

Sharing at these fun parties:
Mosaic Monday 
Tweak It Tuesday 
You're Gonna Love It Tuesday

A Little Bit of Home

The Pacific Northwest is home 

to huge wonderful Fir Trees...

And for almost 45 years it was home to me!

Every year my husband's brother sends us a beautiful, lush, and very fragrant evergreen wreath from Washington State. It is like getting a little reminder of "back home" for our Christmas enjoyment.

This particular wreath was from 2009, the last last year that we lived in Texas. I hung it on the back patio door so I could smell it every time I open and closed the door. 

Of course I decorated it with my favorite winter bird... Cardinals!

This year's wreath arrived the other day. It will not be able to withstand the heat here in the California desert so it will be kept inside. I think I will be placing it on my square coffee table. I will share some pictures in a few days.

I have artificial wreaths hanging on the outside doors. It was in the mid eighties the other day and should be getting cooler over the next few weeks, but not cool enough for the wreath to last through the holidays.

Here is a sneak peek of our front door wreath(s).

I will share the front entry and courtyard decor tomorrow.

Enjoy your weekend!

xoxo 

Bunny Jean

Good Bye November...

Today is the last day of November... 

That means just 25 days 'till Christmas 

and 24 more days of marathon shopping.

Santa Wallpapers

I have had a busy start to the holiday season.

One of my daughters (and a granddaughter) was scheduled to visit on Thanksgiving,
but she had to have emergency back surgery the day before she was to fly and visit.

Thankfully she is alright. She had a ruptured disc in her lower back.
SO glad it happened when she was home and not in flight, or while visiting. 

The airlines gave her ticket vouchers to be used anytime within the next year
so I will be looking forward to that.

She and my granddaughter will be able to get away from all the cold and wet
in the Pacific Northwest in late winter.

In the meantime I will be traveling up to see her
and most of my family, who still live there.

I will be gone for one whole week!
It has been a few years since my last Christmas visit
and I am looking forward to it!

xoxo

Bunny Jean

p.s. I will not be hosting  the Christmas Pet Parade this year. 

I would have to pay for a new subscription of Linky.

Maybe someone else will host it :)

Christmas Pet Babies

I Love these adorable little 
Christmas pet babies.

I have enjoyed looking at the pictures all of you have been sharing at the Christmas Pet Parade. 

It is not too late to still do so as the linky 
will be open through New Years day.

Today I would like to share just a few 
of  your precious pet pictures.

    

These are pictures taken from links #3, #5, & # 14. 

Aren't they just the cutest?!

They are over at Sandy's and Janae's. 
They are mother and daughter and have 
the prettiest things on their blogs!

My Lucky Kitty!

Here I am with my new doll stroller with my cat Lucky. 

I am not so sure he felt like he was living up to his name 

 that morning. Hopefully I also got a doll...

Go check out the Christmas Pet Parade to see more.

I hope your holiday is a happy one!

xoxo 

Bunny Jean