Orange and cloves ornaments.....

This is one of our traditions - to make orange/ mandarin and cloves ornaments at Christmas.  I made them as a child and now my children make them.  They make a room smell LOVELY!!!

You can find plenty of directions online such as:  HERE 

But really you need a packet of cloves and then stick them randomly into a mandarin or orange or in a design....then place them in a bowl or tie with ribbon and hang them!!

Poor Kitty!!

Poor Kitty was out on the porch when the dogs came rushing up to say hello to him....unfortunately Kitty wasn't too keen on saying hello to my ever-so-friendly doggies lol - he doesn't get on with them at ALL.....so he rushed up one of the unfinished porch posts and just clung on for dear life!!!  Every time someone tried to rescue him, he just hissed like crazy!!!  So we left him up there for a couple of minutes to calm down a bit and then Susannah was brave enough to try again and she grabbed him and cuddled him and put him inside the front door where he gave one big hiss before running off!

Too funny!

My poor doggies just want to be friends!!

Enjoying the snow in the warmer temperatures.....

...while they last!!  Supposed to get a little chilly again tomorrow for a few days but today it hovered around the zero mark so it was nice to be outside :)

Laurence was at a Christmas party all afternoon, but we did a craft inside and then headed out for soe fun with the dogs...

After fun in the snow.....

In love....

I'm in love with this house.....it's being built on the outskirts of town but it isn't for sale - at least we don't think so - we think it's being custom built for the people who have the house there already.....sigh....it's LOVELY - it reminds me of a French Chateau or a Black Forest home or something......something very European and grand.....wouldn't it be amazing at Christmas???  Or even at Halloween!!!  For parties or whatever or just so cozy with big fireplaces and everything :)  OMG I would love to see inside.

I wish it was for sale :(

Not a great picture as we were just driving by and I snapped it as the car was moving and the house is set a long way back from the road :(  Gorgeous!!!

My favourite Church....

So beautiful in the snow this morning.....

Home.....

We woke to another snowy day.....so very pretty though :)