Sunday Stills Challenge is Christmas.

Christmas is the wonderment of children...

wearing crowns from Sunday School.

of family

of grandparents with grandchildren

of mothers and children and love

of children and toys



 of grandbabies.

beautiful Christmas decorations.



Merry Christmas everyone.  Remember the Christ Child. and may you feel the love and peace of the season.

Sunday Stills "Holiday Decorations"

Holiday decorations include the tree that finally got decorated tonight,


with the angel on top!

Lots of ornaments,

and more ornaments.

I have lots of Santas and Nativity sets, but this year, I just didn't go through all of the boxes. Only this Santa is on top of the mantle.

And finally the stockings. Homemade ones from many years ago, for the 5 of us.

and now we've grown to add 2 more. But we need 2 more for the grandbabies. How did we miss doing that?

I'll have to bring home 2 horsey stockings for Makenzie and Caden!

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Macro Monday "Snowflake Ornament"

This week, for Macro Monday, I decided to do a snowflake ornament.


I held it into the light and got a beautiful golden color.


I held it away from the light, and the background stayed dark.

Sunday Stills "ODDS AND ENDS"

This week's Sunday Stills Challenge is "Odds and Ends". I like to keep my pictures horse related (or family related), but it was too wintery outside to find things around the tack room or barn. Since it is Christmas week, I found the left over odd and ends gift wrapping materials.

HT's Photo Challenge "CHRISTMAS"

This week's Horsetales Photo Challenge word is "CHRISTMAS".



Here are the 2 newest members of my family, Makenzie and Caden, riding their "ponies".

Macro Monday: ORNAMENTS

Sunday Still's Macro Monday photos are a few of my ornaments. I tried to capture the gold sparkles of two of the ornaments and the stripes of the white ornament.

Sunday Stills: CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

This week's Sunday Stills challenge is Christmas lights. I have just been too busy and the only lights that I have up are on my Christmas tree. Why do trees look better in person?

The decorations look great up close!


















And finally, on the top of the tree, the angel,