Can you believe it?
The magic of Christmas has made its way to us.
Another bless-ed year.
Picking garden bits for the celebration.
Beautiful scents.
Greens and reds from nature.
The birds ate all the pyracantha berries but the nandina (heavenly bamboo) has some for us.
Candles on.
Acorns and carnations in tiny glass bottles.
Mantle full and happy.
A lone coral rose popped up just in time.
It's bright and cloudy all at once.
Sun bobbing through clouds sending light streaming through the windows so beautifully.
I find a tattered peach rose.
Perfectly vintage.
I decided to use my miniature lemon tree as my Christmas branch this year.
The gophers ate the roots and it toppled over.
I saved it, and painted it matte gold.
Covering it in dried autumn roses, garden flowers and berries.
I had a longing for something more natural this year.
So, I waited and waited to see what I would do on the tree front.
I always put up a branch with baubles.
Filling my lost lemon tree with dried roses had some kind of hauntingly wonderful beauty to it.
For my heart at least.
A dried rose tree was just the thing this year it seems.
I wish you the most dreamy warm holiday season.
I am quite busy, so many visits and things.
But, I'm enjoying it.
I went on a quick road trip, did some shopping, returned to madness and plunged.
And now here we are.
Christmas eve.
I can't even believe it.
The spirit of Christmas has truly filled my soul.
I'll go to a beautiful mass this evening.
Never forgetting the true meaning.
Then off for merriment a plenty.
I hope you are doing wonderful beyond words.
This year has zipped by at speeds I can't even fathom.
So, I'll take deep breaths and savor these next few days.
Thanks for being out there.
May your dreams escape your wishes, flutter around you and morph into reality.
I have a funny feeling, they will 🖤
Lots of Love,
Vanessa
I tend to keep things simple…MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
xo
Jo
Merry Christmas Vanessa! Thank you for the beautiful post!
Vanessa:
Happy Merry Christmas to you and yours. Have a lovely time at mass and so much fun with all the merriment afterwards!
Kisses to the fur babies!
(And to you, of course).
xoxo
Kim
Gerushia’s New World
It’s all been so wonderful with a lingering sense of contentment and peace. So thankful.. Beautiful Beautiful images! Have a lovely joyous Christmas and a new year over flowing with blessings!
Tamara <3
On Wishes And Riddles
* * * Querida Vanessa: a ti y a los tuyos una felicÃÂsima Navidad, que pases un alegre Fin de Año lleno de risas y diversión y que en el 2016 tu mundo siga siendo tan mágico, original, simpático y encantador como siempre. * * *
How come I just had to say this in Spanish? Maybe because today I feel like a child. Christmas makes you feel that way, doesn’t it? I was born in South America and as a little girl I soaked up the merry and cheerful way in which Christmas is celebrated under the Caribbean sun. I suppose the happy sound of the wishes that were exchanged way back in my childhood days around this time of year have been deeply engraved in my heart. So here is the answer to the riddle: Sometimes when you say things that come straight from your heart you will use the language that will best convey the feelings attached to it.
And here’s another riddle. What kind of language do plants use? Do they speak to us through form and colour? Do we „hear“ them through our eyes? How does Nature reveal her heart and feelings to us? By way of magic? Unravel the mystery!
Beautiful! Wishing you a Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you, Mr. Lovee, Miles and Mattie dear Miss V… thank you for bringing magic and enchantment into everyones lives… lots of love, xoxo… Julie Marie and Carly
MERRY CHRISTMAS, Dear Vanessa! And Merry Christmas to all your loved ones!
Your photos are Wonderfully colorful and beautiful!
Enjoy your Christmas! 🙂
Hugs!
Happy Christmas to you and yours, Vanessa!
Blessings,
Victoria
Merry Christmas, Vanessa! Thank you for sharing another year of your magical village, Fanciful, AZ and it’s lovely inhabitants. 🙂 I look forward to all the treats you will have for us in the coming year!
Vanessa, A very Magical and Merry Christmas to you and yours! Here’s to a great 2016!!
Love your pics and wish you Merry Christmas time too 🙂
Maria from Denmark
What a wonderful post. Your photos are just beautiful!
Best wishes for a wonderful and peaceful Christmas.
Love you heaps! Wishing you a lovely Merry Christmas for one and all.
Hoping for Kisses of snowflakes to bless you.
Xxx’s GG Pinksterita
Lovely lone coral rose. What a nice Christmas gift from your garden! I hope you and yours have a blessed Christmas, Vanessa!
xo,
Ricki Jill
Merry Christmas, Lady V. Hope Santa gave you everything that you wanted this year.
Merry Christmas and the happiest of holidays to you, Mr. Lovee and your sweet doggies. <3
Beautiful, M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S!!
I just had to stop and comment as I usually do with Your posts.So much to enjoy,thank You for continuing Your blog through the Years. For the last 5 Years now it has brought Me so much glimmering joy.I’m looking forward to this next Year of visiting You—#6 : ) Those lasts few words of Your’s were magical.OX Denise
Veevala,
This, of course, is exactly the mantle that I would want. <3
- and a golden tree filled with ghostly flowers that hold on to beauty and a scintillating hint of hope is *exactly* what the season calls for.
Perfectamundo and well done!
2016 is shimmering with promise and living life as only we can -- what exciting adventures await us?
My sister across the states, I love you big! xoxoxoviixoxoxviiRoostah
Your mantle is stunning. Just perfect. I love how you bring life to the things in your world. You spread so much loveliness and joy. Hope your holiday season continues to be full of joy and 2016 holds many blessings for you.
Oh Vanessa what Beautiful Imagery you have Shared with us this Holiday Season… the Image of the Blessed Virgin and Child is particularly poignant, Love it! Wishing you a Happy and Prosperous New Year… Dawn… The Bohemian
Beautiful! May your New Year be magical! Thanks for all you have shared this year!
Hello, Miss V,
Wishing you belated Holiday wishes, and a Happy News Year! My computer would not let me access the internet at all yesterday. Bummer!
Yes! The new year is here! Where did 2015 go? Down some rabbit hole vortex I imagine. I am sure the memories will surface in our musings as we journey into the next frabulous year! It’s all in the Journey, isn’t it? That phrase is going to follow me into this next year…The Journey…wherever it may lead.
Blessings and peace and safety for this New Year!
XOXO
Miss Teresa
And as always, your photos are glorious!
Have you ever considered publishing a book? Your creativity is so inspiring. I so love your blog and do wish I could get it coming directly into my e-mail as it often gets lost in the daily shuffle, but then I get to glutton out by going back through months of your posts! I just loved your parting words in this post! I hope you don’t mind that I have printed them out so that I can see them every day. 2015 was just a horrible year for a variety of reasons and I am hoping, no, demanding, respect and cherishment (is there such a word?…apparently not) in 2016. Thank you, thank you for your inspiration! And happy new year! I’m going to go cut some snowflakes. There’s a lot of winter left here in Colorado!