This year, expectations were low among my fellow instructors at theTelluride Ski & Snowboard School. All the forecasts predicted a not-so snowy winter. And indeed the start of the season was scant. But partway through the week between Christmas and New Year’s (our busiest week of the year...
Especially, many years from now, as they pull out the Christmas ornaments that used to be ours, and place them on their Christmas trees. Will they remember? Will they long for those “old days” as I still do? The holidays are not only a time of joy and excitement. It’s also a t...
I always like to use a lot of natural elements in our Christmas decor and this year I layered on faux greenery, pine cones, and lots of little trees throughout the space. This is the first year that I haven’t decorated our mantel in over 10 years, but I think I might end up ...
A naturally styled Christmas Sustainable floral designer and author Bex Partridge shares her tips on decorating for Christmas using natural materials, as seen in Unique Homestays´ cottage near the Cornish coast, The Hatch. 11th November 2021 by Bex Lifestyle A maximalist Christmas Christmas 2021...
Is anybody else starting to think about Christmas? When my boys were young, I loved getting ready for the Christmas holiday. I would often start playing Christmas music in October… much to Hubby’s dismay. We prepared letters to Santa, and I shopped and put carts full of toys on “lay...
It occurs to me to write a collect, addressing the trees on our block, as a way to mark the day. Collects most often address God, by the way, but that is not always the case. In fact, Sunday I wrote a collect to my calendar and list for the week, giving thanks for the ways ...
Ripe Near Me A map of locally grown food that allows both the public to add any fruit trees growing on public land, or home gardeners and growers to list their surplus (which they can either offer for free or charge a small amount). ...
A month ago, under cherry trees in full bloom, the boy and the other children had been welcomed into primary school. There was no kindergarten in the village, so this was an important life event for them. (Even now, entering primary school still has this feeling throughout the country ...
For our home in rural Mallorca, we invested in a high-quality artificial Christmas tree before we left England, not expecting to find any – fake or real – on the island. Christmas trees have since become widely available in Mallorca and you wouldn’t believe some of the ghastly colours ...
Christmas time certainly seemed a lot simpler when we were growing up. Because almost all of us used fresh cut trees, we’d wait until almost the week before Christmas before putting it up and decorating it. My mom and dad would move the old floor model radio that was in the corner of...