A Gift * Displays * Hunting *All At The Homestead Today

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with much yummy food to eat. From roasted turkey to pumpkin pies. All the yummy food was homemade & good I must say. I made all of it. Can you tell I am pretty proud of myself. I must give Our Heavenly Father the thanks for providing all the food & giving me the energy to do all this. What a wonderful blessing!

Last night I got a card in my post office box letting me know I had a package waiting for me to pick up. To late the door was closed. I went to the post office early today & picked up the package. Inside wrapped in pretty Christmas tissue paper was this charming Santa Clause. I am so grateful for this gift I have been blessed with & the sweet friend I have been blessed with who was so kind to send it to me. May God pour out blessing over flowing in your life. Thank you so much Lori my blog friend!

I had moved the black swan & old wooden tool box to Paps pine chest in front of the fireplace after Thanksgiving & added some pine sprigs to it. There was just the right size spot to add the santa clause. I love it.

My stove board got a new look for Christmas after Thanksgiving. I really liked it the way it was but I wanted a few changes for a winter look. I think the snowman & pine sprigs are just enough.

I am working on a display to put on top of my sewing machine box. Using what I have & adding some fruit I picked up at the store yesterday. I am having fun using fruit this year.

Clementines with cloves I did for my gray granite ware berry bucket in the kitchen. I love how they turned out & how yummy they smell. Thanks for your help Lori! You have opened up a whole new world of decorating with fruit for me this Christmas. Check out Loris beautiful displays at http://loritheblackcrow.blogspot.com I promise you will love them.

Sam is dressed in his hunting gear minus the orange items he will be wearing when he goes into the woods the first day of buck season. Today if he can put down his PSP & leave his little doggie he is going to do some target practice.

Sam & his Dad setting up a target for Sam to practice shooting at. This will be his first time shooting a hunting rifle. Sam passed his hunters safety course a bout a month ago & is excited to go hunting with his Dad & brother Lucas this year.

Oh boy Sam is about to shoot the gun for the first time. The sound of the first shot rang out & his little dog is trying to climb up on my lap. I ask Sam how did you do? I got three bulls eyes. His Dad confirmed. I was shocked. But I guess all the target practice with his BB gun paid off. We have many soda cans with holes in them.

This was the solution I came up with to keeping the big guy from digging up the newly sewed grass seed. A make do fence of such. It is working well.

Blessing Til Next Time!