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holiday happiness day 6 ~ 12 days of christmas

there's an annual parade in leiper's fork...it is a little different to say the least.

we haven't been able to make the last couple of years because of conflicting

nutcracker rehearsals...but this year even in the very cold temps we made it.

of course abbey and i love the animals...dh loves the tractors and classic old cars/trucks.

this is the staging area...

remodeled pedal toys

these two in the 1912 truck are my neighbours....they own

an antique shop they run out of one of their out buildings.

it was a very cold day today but the sun was shining and we enjoyed the parade.

holiday happiness...day 5 ~ 12 days of christmas

day 4 in the 12 days of christmas hosted by hoe and shovel.


this is also a great time to buy trees and shrubs...
got this teddy bear magnolia to go with another one i
purchased earlier this year and planted for mother's day.

believe it or not, december is the best time of the year to plant trees.
you might be surprized to learn that they make 75% of their root growth
between mid~ november and mid~march. plant now and you give them
time to get some good root growth before they have to face the demands
of a another growing season.

plus this was 50% off....yippee!


this one isn't in the ground yet but soon..

happy days of december.

holiday happiness...day 4 ~ 12 days of christmas

day 3 in the 12 days of christmas....put on by hoe and shovel.
another vessel i have kept my eye on and got a much better price. i added this to
my garden area around my back patio...we will see if the birds will come this close.

it is near two feeders so i am hoping for some good captures of the birds enjoying the heart.
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join in the fun and post about your 12 days of christmas december garden and decor. let me know if you want to join in so i can come see your posts.
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happy december.

holiday happiness ~ 12 days of christmas

i am going to make an effort to join my sister, meems @ hoe and shovel.blogspot.com/ in posting from the garden or outside decor...the 12 days of christmas...it is day 2 and i am a little late so i will post two things today.

if you want to join in on the fun just let me know and i will come check out your 12 days of christmas.
make sure you check out her 12 days...she has a beautiful garden in central florida.

the smile box is for day 1.

click on smilebox to have it play for you...a fun homeschool project abbey and i did this week.

and day 2...

like meems i keep my eye on things...this planter was something i kept watching...

until i felt like the price was more reasonable...

buying containers in the off season is the way to go...this was originally well over a hundred dollars and i went in the other day to my local nursery for some live wreaths...of course i had to walk around and see what was in the gardening part of the nursery. they had finally marked it down to $ 50 but i asked for a better price and got it for 25...it was home and planted with white violas that day.

it is rustic and hopefully the dogs will stay away.

happy days of december to all.