'Tis The Season....

Decorations.... Visitors..... Gifts.....

The Time had come, Dear Readers, for me to get my RL Christmas trees decorated! I had put them up last weekend, with only the lights on them, which I dearly love at this dark time of year, but I also love the trees fully loaded with beautiful shiny treasures.... which takes hours of unpacking and arranging. It is a task I love to do and don't like to feel rushed, so it needed the full attention of weekend days. Saturday I adorned the upstairs tree in my Little Studio, all in white lights and snowmen and birds with a few Santa's and reindeer too. This is the room where I have my drawing table so this tree keeps me company while I work on the Annual Christmas Card....(still in the sketching stage...)! Having the tree done definitely helps with setting the mood. And Sunday was the day to decorate the larger tree in my Living room downstairs.... really it stands in the large doorway between the Living room and what would be the Dining room, but is really my Dollhouse workshop!

I always put the colored lights on the downstairs tree.... 

and all the brightly colored glass ornaments 

and all the decorations made over the years by myself and my children.

This way I have a tree nearby whether I am working upstairs or down!

I had almost completed this tree when I got a call from my Sister.... 

she was in the area and hoped she could stop by for tea!

(She lives hundreds of miles away... so this is a Rare Event!)

She wasn't traveling alone.....

Look who came with her....!!!

Buttercup and Marmalade!!!

(They left their wings in the suitcase for safe-keeping on this Journey)

Of course, they had to visit in the Cloud Palace.....

Where Blue had Just put up the Silver Tinsel Christmas Tree 

with all those gold wishing stars....

(Sorry it is so dark and difficult to photograph...!)

Everybeary was so excited to see Buttercup and Marmalade!

And while my Sister and I drank our tea....

Buttercup and Marmalade made friends with the gumdrops!

In case you did not know, all these Fairy Bearys

 are the handiwork of Birgit of BiWuBaren Blog.

 And not only is Birgit marvelously talented, 

she is also amazingly generous!

She sent me a Box of Christmas goodies.....

Full of mini gifts and beautiful cards and ornaments and Marzipan!

(Now we know Nobeary will go hungry in the Cloud Palace... 

as if Hamish Harry would ever let that happen... 

but at least we now know there is enough Marzipan 

to keep us all happy!)

Thank you Birgit!!!!!

Alas, my Sister's visit was very brief, Dear Readers, 

a snowstorm was threatening and she needed to return 

to her daughter's home before it started. 

Once she left, I continued with my Christmas Tree decorating....

I pulled out the little tree that goes in the Lovely Old Dollhouse.

Here you can see it close-up....

It has dozens of tiny ornaments, 

glass balls and metal snowflakes, 

resin figures and lace hearts.... 

icicles and star garlands....

And a beautiful angel at the top!

It always goes in the same corner 

of the Living room of the Lovely Old Dollhouse.

The angel brushes against the low ceilings.....

Charles has taken charge of setting it up again this year.

Helen just likes to watch while he arranges everything and plugs in the lights!

Oh, I never tire of seeing those tiny colored lights!

But where is Pollyanna, I hear you ask? 

Isn't she the one who loves to decorate the Tree?

Well, Pollyanna has become a bit distracted....

She wanted to make a Mini Tree for the little dollhouse....

But when she tried it in the little house, it was too tall! 

It barely fit into the medium dollhouse,

 but Pollyanna has so far to go on this property, 

she was not ready to decorate it just now!

So she made another tree... a little smaller....

And added some golden garland and red ornaments.....

Can you see it...?

This time it does fit into the Smaller house!

Pollyanna is so pleased with the way it looks!

But before she could even blink, 

Salome came to have a look....

"I need one in Gold or Silver...." she said.

"The green one doesn't go with my gown..." she added.

Well! thought Pollyanna.... 

a silver one would be fun too...!

Ah, Dear Readers, 'Tis the Season

For decorations.....

For Trees and visitors....

And Gifts....!