I love finding the small details like this one that my friend added to make a lovely table setting at her a beautiful home. We went last week for our RS board Christmas party.
here is the whole table and the plates
and her home is so nice
I have admired this nativity of hers for years We have a wonderful group of hard working ladies Two of my smallest Nativities and they are both from the same person:>
Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons! ************ "Joy is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are." **************
"A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world." --Paul Dudley White
************ "Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired." - George S. Patton, U.S. Army General, 1912 Olympian
I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It’s like this… When you’re going to have a baby, it’s like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It’s all very exciting. After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, “Welcome To Holland”. “Holland?!?” you say, “What do you mean “Holland”??? I signed up for Italy! I’m supposed to be in Italy. All my life I’ve dreamed of going to Italy” But there’s been a change in the flight plan. They’ve landed in Holland and there you must stay. The important thing is that they haven’t taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It’s just a different place. So you must go and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met. It’s just a different place. It’s slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you’ve been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around…and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills…Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts. But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy…and they’re all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say “Yes that’s where I was supposed to go. That’s what I had planned”. And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away…because the loss of that dream is a very significant loss. But…if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn’t get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things…about Holland.
20 comments:
Just beautiful! Your friend is very talented, and I'll bet that gathering really put you in the Christmas spirit!
oh i think you have some fun with your friends. TC.
What a beautiful table your friend sets up. I love the small details. I hope you have a great weekend.
so gorgeous, thanks for sharing.
Mine is up at 4Seasons Of My Life
and 2Cents Worth . Hope you can visit me too. Happy Hunting !!!
that is great set up for nice dinner with your friends. like the nativity chain.. have a great weekend! Mine is up too
A good RED candidate too!!
great photos. love your nativities
great photos. love your nativities
Very nice! Thanks for looking at my contribution. I agree with your definition of handsome. :)
very fun! i love the little details too... i need to be better about remembering them in my own home and projects!
The plate setting is really elegant, nicely done
Thanks for visiting my blog
lissa>
wowwww...you've got a very beautiful hunt!...have a nice weekend to you!...
mine is up, too HERE!
I wish our RS was that big. But this area is just too small. Looks like a great bunch! :)
Wow, I admire the nice Christmas accents. Beautiful!
very nice!
i thought about posting photos of some of my nativity ornaments - but i don't have the tree up yet, so it didn't happen today.
Lovely small things! Thanks for dropping by!
awesome picture as usual! I especially love the firt one of your friends table creativity!
Blessings!
I love your nativities. I collect them too!
Ginni
Wow! What a beautiful table! I love the photos. Thanks for stopping by my blog!
nina
I love the decorations on the table. So nice and seems like so much effort was done to make these happen.
Wish you well! :)
Julie
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