"Happy Holidays to all my friends" (and family)!!
Today is the shortest day of the year and that can only mean one thing - the days are going to be getting longer from now on! Yay! It's dark this time of year, that's true, and rainy, too, here in the Pacific Northwest, which can sort of make one feel like never going outside again. Just cuddling up indoors under a comforter and waiting patiently for spring's arrival..... But the lovely holiday lights & decorations around town DO make the darkness much more bearable - even joyful! And when the decorations have been stowed away for another year, we have longer days and spring to look forward to.....
Ahhhh.....the sweet smell of spring
In the meantime, please take a vicarious trip to Europe with me and feast your eyes on Christmas in France and Italy:
Florence, Italy
Paris. A "tree" of macarons!
Avignon
Florence, Italy
.....and again
And again...
Almost like being there - ha!
Torino
Parisian Christmas topiary
A great ornament!
Venice
There will be a full moon this Christmas so I hope you'll keep your eyes peeled for Santa!
Joyeux Noel & Buon Natale to all!!! xoxo
