Tag: Christmas tree
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Anticipation
Despite it being long past when I should have been in bed on a “school night”, I grabbed some quiet reflection time after decorating the tree earlier in the evening. Glass of prosecco in hand, Christmas music streaming on my phone, and the lights of the tree blinking peacefully in the dark of the midnight […]
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Christmas Tree of Memories
It is Christmas Eve. We have a beautiful live Christmas tree in our living room, a tall Fraser fir … with nothing more than star at the top and lights this year. With cats in the house, we’ve always been careful to put the breakable ornaments near the top, out of reach of playful paws. […]
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Weekly Photo Challenge: One (Holiday Edition)
With Christmas just a few days away, this week’s photo challenge deserved a second post — a holiday version! This one lurking under the tree is deciding which ornament to remove next. He is such a naughty fellow — did he forget that Santa is still watching? If he is not busy trying to remove […]
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New York’s Public Library as a Travel Destination
Given the interest in the New York City Public Library’s Rose Reading Room (see response to the Weekly Photo Challenge “Illumination” theme), I thought you might enjoy a further look at what this building has to offer the traveler. While the building with the stone lions gracing its entry at 5th Avenue and 42nd Street […]
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Indulge Me, Please — I Promise this will be the LAST Holiday-Themed Post of the Year!
With the images so fresh in my mind, and laundry still to be done from our trip to New York City over Christmas, I wanted to share with you some of the classic holiday lights of “The Big Apple” that contribute to such a festive, magical atmosphere in an already-interesting city (or as my husband […]
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