MY SATURDAY

Finally decided to clean a couple rooms and bring out a few Christmas decorations.  Since I don't have a significant other, no kids and no visitors it seemed like a waste of time.  But friend Lauren said it would do my heart good to see some holiday decorations around me.  And so I did.

The Christmas Cactus is blooming and has several buds which may be open by the 25th.  There use to be a beautiful huge Christmas Cactus in that pot but started dyeing off.  I tried to repot it, some parts continued to die but this has survived.

In the same photo, I made the top left doll and the bottom two dolls.  The child iron, cup and flatware is all I have left from my childhood toys.  My father unearthed them when working work in his backyard when in my 40's.

Below is the feather tree I made from scratch.  Can't recall from whom I purchased the dyed goose feathers but followed the directions, attached them to a dowel then decorated it with vintage tinsel and dollar store ornaments.  A homemade star is at the top but got cut off in the photo.  The square fence is a vintage piece purchased at a thrift store, the round base inside was from my grandfather's porch column base.  The Santa I made years ago and he has his own feather tree.  A faux poinsettia in the background. 

Oh, that brass boiler in the back left holding rugs was once used to bathe me in as a small child.  My parents were temporarily living with my grandfather who had no running water but did have an inside pump.  They would heat up water on the wood cooking stove and make the water comfortable for bathing.

On the harvest table is the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree and think I need to find a red Christmas ball to hang on it.  Finally, the Santa and Deer adaptation I hooked and Santa boot with bead stems inside.  And that is the extent of my decorating.

Then later that day I made some smoky potato chickpea stew.  

Here is the recipe if you like to try different soups and stews.

I've made this before and liked it.  Since I had a few russet potatoes left from a sale decided to finish them up with the stew.  Didn't have kale so used my fresh baby spinach usually used for green salads, also had a couple carrots so put them in the pot.  It was yummy once again and that will be tonight's dinner.

Now I've got to get in gear and draw another antique Santa and Deer rug pattern.  Happy weekend, happy hooking, knitting, stitching, reading, etc.

Saundra

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