A Work in Progress

Seasons Greetings!

Happy Holidays everyone!  Warmest wishes to you all and your families.  I'll be back next week to wrap things up and share plans for the new year.  We're due for a white Christmas (as a matter of fact it is snowing now), but thankfully it won't be a repeat of last year!  In the meantime I'll be spending time with family and maybe squeezing in a little reading on the side. 

Illustration is a detail from The Spirit of Christmas, 1925 by Richard T. Cooper (English) 1884-1957.  The original is from the London Transport Museum poster archive.  Very celebratory, don't you think!

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate!  These two sweeties will be my contribution to the meal, or well, after the meal anyway.  I'm not fond of cooking, though I do like baking well enough.  And before you get too impressed, the cake was purchased here.  It looks pretty scrumptious, don't you think?  It's called a Strawberry Wedding Cake of all things.  We'll also be having the traditional pumpkin pie.  And I made gooey chocolate caramel brownies just in case there isn't enough to choose from.  I'll be walking extra long on the treadmill today I think.  After that I'll be spending the afternoon with family. 

If you won't be partaking of turkey and stuffing (or whatever your feast happens to consist of today), I hope you still have a lovely bookish day!  And if I can finish the Georgette Heyer novel I've been working on, I'll tell you all about it tomorrow!

Birthdays, and More Birthdays

Tomorrow is my niece's 6th birthday.  There is much excitement in the air at the moment.  When I got home from work today, I was greeted with..."tomorrow is my Happy Birthday"....Someone has been bouncing off the walls all day.  This is my haul of gifts for her (by the way, the shirt is kind of billowy, but she herself is a little twig!).  I will be doing some wrapping shortly.  My sister in law was going to cook a lot of food for all the family, but a friend of the family also will be having a birthday this weekend, so now the plan is to cook out (lovely weather here this weekend!).  As she had already started her preparations, there is going to be a lot of food here for the forseeable future!

This weekend I will also be celebrating my Mom's birthday.  Hers is actually on the 8th, but it is always better to celebrate on a nice relaxing weekend afternoon!  I also have things to wrap for her (no black and white polka dot pants alas!).  It is going to be a busy weekend, so I am not going to have much art or stitching time I think.  We'll see what I can fit in.  I also have a book I am nearly finished with, and it is too good to lay down too long!