The holidays are here. My materials are limited, I only have two poinsettias from my daughter and friend as a gift, immediately! It feels Christmas spirit in the air!
The same arrangement from previous one, I just changed the poinsettia from red to white,
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| In front of my house is Orchard Street |
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| My front yard |
Our house sold unexpectedly quickly! The settlement is around the corner. Therefore, I went back to the Washington Crossing, PA house with my daughter on Saturday (11/29/2025). It was the only time I went back there since we moved out; to see what I left behind. We spent almost the whole day there to clean up. One of my daughter’s bedroom set went free to a good home, paintings to a person who knows art, many books donated to library, the Irish harp free to a musical therapist who plays for the elderly and those in hospice…etc. To move out of our beloved home, it’s just not that easy and was emotionally heartbreaking! I thought my husband and I were going to grow old there together until the end.
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| Bye bye for many plants that I planted for Ilkebana materials, nandina is one of them |
As Autumn deepened and the holiday season begins. This time of year can evoke feelings of sadness due to the lack of sunshine and especially for my husband’s Dementia, but it also perceive as happiness of holiday family gatherings and soon will be enjoying the beauty of winter wonderland! Actually we have the first accumulated snow (2 inches) today in Rhinebeck.
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| Dogwood, mum and pine / ceramic (11/23/2025) |
