Ornaments and Trees

These cute ribbon ornaments came from my 100th post winner, Megan. I admired them on her blog and was surprised when Sarah opened her package from her swap partner, (Megan!), and that she included something for me!! My partner from that swap hasn't sent anything, yet. :-(


Sarah and a friend, also a Sarah, went to our local Vision of Trees one Saturday. I love cardinals, but there aren't any in this part of Colorado, so all of ours are just decorations. These two pictures were just about the best ones taken that day, as we seem to be having a lot of earthquakes during photo sessions. We need a new camera! Or is it just the person that is pressing the button on the camera?! ;)
The soft glow from the lights on this tree is just heavenly. Different groups decorate the trees for the club that sponsors the event.

Now I need a snow day, but it didn't happen today. All we have is cold, and more COLD!! and the wind that makes it bitter cold. Maybe a personal day soon??!!

Sunday Bells

"What Child is This?" and "O, Come All Ye Faithful" were our two songs we played during the service this second Sunday of Advent. Although we have a fabulous director, notice how none of us look up! We concentrate so hard to keep together in the right place. This is literally the most demanding thing I've ever done--I only play the piano by myself and was never in band in high school back in the dark ages. I'm the second one from the right in green.

All the scenery is for the drama "Beyond the Star" and makes the sanctuary look like a small village of long ago.

I saw this ornament somewhere in blog land and wish I had one just like it. Peace to you all.

Majestic Eagle

On the way home from Wiggins, I spotted this eagle on top of the power pole! It was a miracle that the camera was in my purse and after halting on the highway and backing around and heading back to the perfect spot for snapping a photo or two, Sarah took some pictures for me.
She really didn't care for the way her mother pushed her out of the car to get the best pictures, but I LOVE seeing eagles close to home. A couple of semis drove past and the bird flew to the next pole down the road. We stopped again and he let us take more pictures.
The sighting was particularly nice for me since earlier in the week I had to deal with a population reduction of hundreds of starlings that died under and in the spruce trees in my yard. I did take pictures, but they are too horrid to post.