tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876827638819064500.post2538896121282653220..comments2024-02-22T16:37:08.420-04:00Comments on Of Petals and Wool: SPREADING SOME CHRISTMAS SPIRITJuliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423754263165266554noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876827638819064500.post-87028366085272859492012-12-24T22:02:39.820-04:002012-12-24T22:02:39.820-04:00Very beautiful decorations, Julia...One of your sn...Very beautiful decorations, Julia...One of your snowmen is exactly like mine...:)<br />Taking this opportunity to Wish you and your family a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy, Fruitful<br /> New Year...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07605674805062333927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876827638819064500.post-28460412469062999022012-12-06T12:13:43.153-04:002012-12-06T12:13:43.153-04:00I've loved visiting here and seeing your beaut...I've loved visiting here and seeing your beautiful decorations. Isn't it fun to share what we do in our homes? Your pointsettias look so fresh and green, I need to get some today!! :)http://bitsandpieces-sonja.blogspot.com/https://www.blogger.com/profile/09254831447887637714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876827638819064500.post-25906627604697774262012-12-05T21:58:29.115-04:002012-12-05T21:58:29.115-04:00Usually by the end of February, I name our pointse...Usually by the end of February, I name our pointsettia "stem" because that's all that is left! The house looks beautiful Julia. Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04738934059756079283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876827638819064500.post-85981860161919282922012-12-05T21:50:08.803-04:002012-12-05T21:50:08.803-04:00Your home looks so festive!
I just love that littl...Your home looks so festive!<br />I just love that little village. Amazing that you can keep the poinsettias looking so great from year to year. It's another tribute to your excellent gardening skills.weaverpathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16533327863909312395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876827638819064500.post-87651321423070087082012-12-05T21:04:28.242-04:002012-12-05T21:04:28.242-04:00Julia it is all just beautiful. I love decorated s...Julia it is all just beautiful. I love decorated stair cases. I always wanted a home with one but never got it. Too old now and don't want to ever move again so I will just enjoy seeing pictures of yours and others. HugsJust Magshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05759998899852167388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876827638819064500.post-30507454906906793652012-12-05T20:11:54.225-04:002012-12-05T20:11:54.225-04:00I love pinecones... and your home looks so warm an...I love pinecones... and your home looks so warm and inviting. Thanks so much for sharing it with us, and you plants are remarkable. I have NEVER been able to keep a Poinsettia plant from year to year, let alone have it bloom again. Green Thumb Julia!Lisaluluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11896606339541499616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876827638819064500.post-88628343244502861642012-12-05T17:36:51.774-04:002012-12-05T17:36:51.774-04:00I love Christmas & visiting you was a pleasure...I love Christmas & visiting you was a pleasure! thank you Julia!<br />I'm starting to get into the home decorating as I'm hosting a neighbourhood party in 2 weeks. Sharing & caring is what I love most about Christmas.<br />Your banister with all the add on bows & birds, looks great & inviting. You've a lot of oak in your home & it looks so rich with the evergreen decor. You do have a green thumb! Inside and outside your home!<br />Kyrotimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07328503785870363796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876827638819064500.post-21437784373968856492012-12-05T11:27:01.647-04:002012-12-05T11:27:01.647-04:00Your home looks so inviting and warm. I love your ...Your home looks so inviting and warm. I love your banister. Perfect simple and lovely. Welcome to the Garden of Eganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10132446191608085958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876827638819064500.post-46667429565515517952012-12-05T07:42:17.279-04:002012-12-05T07:42:17.279-04:00Merry Christmas to you! Your bannister decorations...Merry Christmas to you! Your bannister decorations are beautiful and love all those snowmen and the villages! I'm thinking you should give a tutorial on how to keep pointsettia's after the holidays... lol! Are they always in light? Are they watered year round? Pruning? We don't have very good light in our house which is why I am asking...<br />moosecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309739222008330155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876827638819064500.post-89932794980176201812012-12-05T02:50:31.722-04:002012-12-05T02:50:31.722-04:00Hi Julia, I along with many cannot believe you get...Hi Julia, I along with many cannot believe you get poinsetta's to rebloom. Mine always die.Your decorations look so nice. I love your staircase.Everything is pretty and I love your little village.Hugs Cheri Larkrise garden girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17175162741334945761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876827638819064500.post-55160858267560591412012-12-05T00:07:05.825-04:002012-12-05T00:07:05.825-04:00I just can't believe your plants are in such g...I just can't believe your plants are in such good condition. Honestly, I'd like to see a plant that you thought WAS in great condition. You ought to see the pitiful ones that I have. No, on second thought, it's a good thing you can't. I have such a beautiful Christmas plant from years ago. It is still alive, but it hasn't grown much and it has never bloomed since that first year. That is the only plant I have been able to keep the whole year. My poinsettias ALWAYS die. It could be that I have to have them in the house all year because none of those house plants would survive outside in our HOT HOT summers. The rest of your decorations looks pretty darn spiffy too. I'm amazed that you were able to get such deals at the thrift store. I always think I am going to have the time to shop in a couple of my favorite thrift stores here, but I never seen to have the time to do any shopping any more. For one thing, I hate to go shopping because I just can't walk very far anymore, so Dick always has to push me in my wheel chair, and I always feel so sorry for him that we don't stay any longer than is absolutely necessary in any one store. As it is, we are both exhausted when we get home. We do a bit of shopping on line, and that's about it for Christmas. We usually send the grandchildren and great grandchildren money. That is so much easier for us and they are happier to get it too. It's so hard to figure out what they would like.<br /><br />We do have our decoration inside the house done and it all turned out pretty well, I think. I am going to try to get Dick to take and post some pictures on my next blog. I just hope we can get them to go in the right place this time. I still don't know why that is so hard for both of us. I often have to have Sue go in to my blog and fix them for me and I hate to keep bothering her so much. <br /><br />I'm glad to report that I am feeling a lot better each day and I'm still so grateful that I didn't break any bones with my fall. <br />Your hot turkey sandwiches with gravy, french fries and vegetable sounds interesting to me, but I have never heard of that combo being a common thing to do after Thanksgiving. I personally like my turkey sandwiches cold with lots of cranberry sauce, dressing, lettuce and mayonaise on mine. Oh yum, it makes me hungry just thinking about it. <br /><br />You know, I forgot to mention in my post that you are from Canada. So sorry. I forget so many things these days. That means I have five blogging friends that live out of the country. Canada is so close to the U.S. that I sometimes forget that you are actually a different country. At least we are on the same continent. <br /><br />Thanks again, Julie, for being such a great blogging friend of mine, I love and appreciate you so much and wish someday that I could visit your wonderful farm, but my travelling days are over, I'm afraid. <br /><br />Take care dear friend, <br /><br />DarleneDarlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16797132860053426517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876827638819064500.post-41981117316985754862012-12-04T22:32:46.893-04:002012-12-04T22:32:46.893-04:00Julia,
I love your staircase all decorated for Chr...Julia,<br />I love your staircase all decorated for Christmas! It reminds me of the one in Gone With The Wind! I've always thought a staircase with a gorgeous bannister would be so fun to decorate! Those poinsettia's are fabulous! They must like whatever you are doing to keep them growing.... I've never had much success keeping them alive.<br />Enjoy your Holiday Season! Do you have snow yet? It's so strange to see it raining here in Dec.!! I think Santa better get a set of wheels on that sleigh!! LOL!!<br />Hugs!!<br />Cathy GCathy G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14409521338403315750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876827638819064500.post-51294740797284026262012-12-04T21:44:50.463-04:002012-12-04T21:44:50.463-04:00I want to be You when I grow up! ;) Hugs.I want to be You when I grow up! ;) Hugs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876827638819064500.post-6424154645395388422012-12-04T21:38:17.764-04:002012-12-04T21:38:17.764-04:00The Poinsettias are gorgeous! How you do that!? I ...The Poinsettias are gorgeous! How you do that!? I had a couple live from one Christmas to the next but that was it.<br /><br />Your home is so cozy Julia .... I can smell the cinnamon and warm baked goods emanting from your kitchen.. sigh<br /><br />warm spiced cider?Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03663919207326700505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876827638819064500.post-30290742239731758512012-12-04T21:15:27.548-04:002012-12-04T21:15:27.548-04:00Julia ~
I've never known someone who could act...Julia ~<br />I've never known someone who could actually get a poinsettia to bloom again. I have a green thumb, but I can kill a poinsettia in record time...lol!<br />Thanks for sharing.<br />Hugs :)<br />LaurenRugs and Pugshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17084387971128823025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876827638819064500.post-17704470269519618312012-12-04T21:06:05.789-04:002012-12-04T21:06:05.789-04:00Hi Julia, Your stairway is so pretty and the snowm...Hi Julia, Your stairway is so pretty and the snowmen are so cute welcoming visitors. I can't believe how well your poinsettias are doing...very impressive how you have managed to keep them going year to year. Down here in Florida, people plant their Christmas poinsettias in the ground and watch them bloom in their yards the next year.<br />Thanks for sharing all your great collections.<br />RobynMugwump Woolieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05963220428095765949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876827638819064500.post-15835322861184717232012-12-04T20:20:36.095-04:002012-12-04T20:20:36.095-04:00Hi Debby, I usually buy some new presents or give ...Hi Debby, I usually buy some new presents or give money or gift certificated. I'm only thrifty on my decor, lol. I like to buy something useful to give as presents and I'm not big on just buying silly or trendy. In the past, I've bought some expensive gifts but lately since I'm a senior and the grandkids are older, I'm spending much less. My grandkids are not demanding and it's hard to know what they would like for Christmas. I'm not much of a shopper in my old age. I find that a DVD movie is a great gift that the whole family can share, a nice puzzle too. I haven't yet thought of what I'll get. I will consult with my daughter as to what the kids would enjoy.<br />JBJuliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03423754263165266554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876827638819064500.post-88394242373788722802012-12-04T20:17:57.344-04:002012-12-04T20:17:57.344-04:00You amaze me that you can grow Poinsettias. I thou...You amaze me that you can grow Poinsettias. I thought if there is one flower that I can kill with no problems it is that. I thought they just died after Christmas. I am not kidding it wasn't until I saw yours and how old there were that I knew they were supposed to go on living. <br />I like all of your decorations. Yes, it would be easier to get excited about Christmas if it didn't start at the first of October, but now that it is here I am pretty excited. I love all of the babies around here and how happy they are. I hope your grand daughter can make you a Mary and a cow. I like that set too. <br />I really like how nice your bannister turned out. It is really beautiful. Farm Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00998621464797636686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876827638819064500.post-75424292190986445192012-12-04T20:16:17.814-04:002012-12-04T20:16:17.814-04:00I love your decorations your stairs are so pretty....I love your decorations your stairs are so pretty.<br />You must have the greenest thumb. I have never been able to get a pointsettia to bloom a second time ever.<br />Cathyacorn hollowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10503414190541111706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876827638819064500.post-20550094987092023622012-12-04T20:10:27.810-04:002012-12-04T20:10:27.810-04:00This inspires me to get to decorating, Julia. I&#...This inspires me to get to decorating, Julia. I'm slow this year...maybe because we've been having unseasonably warm weather since Thanksgiving. Your banister looks great...and the village and carolers that you made are very nice!!Alicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973714830730420149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876827638819064500.post-9240581215489160952012-12-04T19:59:06.287-04:002012-12-04T19:59:06.287-04:00You have some nice collections. I can't belie...You have some nice collections. I can't believe that the flowers still look so good. I know my MIL was able to do that but not for a year. <br />So far I haven't spent any money on decorating this year. I have so many that I am not even using. I got rid of many a couple years back. <br />How do you handle presents for all your kids and grandkids? Always looking for ideas.Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04242778760582160429noreply@blogger.com