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Offline Sheriff Roland

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Re: The assorted Christmas pics thread
« Reply #130 on: December 12, 2009, 08:39:49 am »
Here's my contribution to this thread.

I took this picture of downtown Timmins as I was waiting to leave the North 2 years ago. It's practically postcard worthy, even with the burnt out street light.

It's about to go on my desktop, 10 days before I leave for Timmins this year.


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Re: The assorted Christmas pics thread
« Reply #131 on: December 12, 2009, 06:32:56 pm »
Those are great pics, Chrissi and Roland!

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Re: The assorted Christmas pics thread
« Reply #132 on: December 13, 2009, 01:18:13 am »
I tried to flip through this thread, so if these have been posted before, I apologize in advance.

This I loved because I could all but feel and hear the crunch of snow beneath my feet, see my breath fog in front of my face, feel myself sniffing from the cold and have my entire being feel at peace in the utter stillness around me.



And this at Arlington because we shouldn't forget and it had a nice story attached:



Readers may be interested to know that these wreaths -- some 5,000 -- are donated by the Worcester Wreath Co. of Harrington,Maine. The owner, Merrill Worcester, not only provides the wreaths, but covers the trucking expense as well. He's done this since 1992. A wonderful guy. Also, most years, groups of Maine school kids combine an educational trip to DC with this event to help out. Making this even more remarkable is the fact that Harrington is in one the poorest parts of the state.

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Re: The assorted Christmas pics thread
« Reply #133 on: December 14, 2009, 02:36:55 pm »
Time to revive this thread :D....

Listening to Christmas songs, having baked the first round of Christmas cookies last weekend, going shopping for a warm winter jacket later, having been on the Christmas market already this year, Advent festivity at my son's school yesterday - yep, I'm definitively in Christmas mood :D.


Here are my cookies from alst week. They're almost gone now, we'll bake more tomorrow :).


Hey, I think I see a cowboy boot cookie there!! Great post, friend!
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Re: The assorted Christmas pics thread
« Reply #134 on: December 14, 2009, 02:53:00 pm »
Those cookies look delicious Chrissi.

How about a recipe?  :)

We put up our christmas tree this weekend. I'm very please with the result. I love the smell of the tree.

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Re: The assorted Christmas pics thread
« Reply #135 on: December 14, 2009, 05:50:23 pm »
Hey, I think I see a cowboy boot cookie there!! Great post, friend!

Well, I do have a boot shaped cookie cutter. It's supposed to be a Nikolaus boot, but I guess it can pass as cowboy boot :laugh:. But I can't see a single boot cookie in the pic; your eyes must be better than mine.

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Re: The assorted Christmas pics thread
« Reply #136 on: December 14, 2009, 05:55:52 pm »
Those cookies look delicious Chrissi.

How about a recipe?  :)

We put up our christmas tree this weekend. I'm very please with the result. I love the smell of the tree.




Ohhhh, your tree is beautiful. Very elegant and tasteful!

About the recipe: I already posted it - more than three years ago, in Nov. 2006! :o
And out of 8500 posts, I remembered that one :o (is this a good thing or am I totally nuts? ;)). Here it is: http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,6108.msg118349.html#msg118349


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Re: The assorted Christmas pics thread
« Reply #137 on: December 14, 2009, 05:56:59 pm »
Those cookies look delicious Chrissi.

How about a recipe?  :)

We put up our christmas tree this weekend. I'm very please with the result. I love the smell of the tree.


love your tree. The lighs and the colors makes it look so cozy

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Re: The assorted Christmas pics thread
« Reply #138 on: December 14, 2009, 06:21:48 pm »
A Schwibbogen (light arch):





I inherited one from my father. I never was too keen on Schwibbögen in general, but I put mine up every year anyway. The kids loved it. Now it's broken and I miss it. Maybe I'll buy myself one.

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Re: The assorted Christmas pics thread
« Reply #139 on: December 14, 2009, 11:28:08 pm »
We put up our christmas tree this weekend. I'm very please with the result. I love the smell of the tree.



It's lovely!  :D  I like that you have lots of red and gold decorations. I use red and gold on my tree, too.  :)
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