Christmas is coming!

There's no stopping it now.

Christmas is on it's way and one perky elf is in the holiday mood.

Well, except when she gives up her elf identity and turns into Chica the Dog.

This ever-so-clever Rella May absconded with Chica's leash 

and managed to get one end around her neck and the other end around the door handle.

Such a little rascal, that granddaughter of mine!

The tree got up, just in the nick of time for Kristen's Ornament Party.

I scored in a BIG WAY at this beloved traditional party.

Out of thirty-six possible ornaments, I was incredibly privileged to land the jewel created by Kristen herself.

 

She knitted it, then added dazzling embellishments and somehow insert wires into the legs for multiple poses.

This is Kristen - a quilter, musician, writer of nationally-acclaimed literature, crafter extraordinaire and the list goes on.

At 2:00 a.m. the party was officially over and I left with a warm and happy heart.

Yes.  Christmas IS coming,

. . . and so are my family members living in the British Isles.

They are on their way.

Yippee!