A friday question for you???

It's Getting so close to Christmas and yard decorations are getting up. I really love seeing them. We went to a Light display last night. A town close by had one every year.

Does Your town or one close by have a driving through light display?

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Ruby Tuesday-Festive Trees

Tis the season....Festive Trees are popping up everywhere. I thought I would share some current 2010 trees.

At the Mall.....
Tree made of Poinsettias

Around My home...

Reindeer Room tree

Victorian Room Tree ...
This year we made this tree a double view one..
View from the Living room...

View from the Hall entrance.

Family room Tree...
the Memory Tree

Our Winter Land Room Tree (in the Solarium) ...
The Gnome Tree...
The balls on the tree are of German Gnomes

German winter characters
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R.T.- Shopping time at Christmas Town

Strolling through the outside wonderland while we were at the Christmas Town and stopping in to look at some goods from far away. Here are some of the Ruby buys.

Shopping in the woods....

Candles to light up the season...

I need to add one to my collection...

Christmas town-Ireland shopping

Clothes galore....It's winter time here...

I love the Steins from Germany...

I will close with another popular place....
The Santa shop! Oh to buy one....

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Frigid air today!

The weather has begun to show signs of Christmas. It is very windy and the temps are at freezing today. We are expecting a little flurries tonight. We have started putting up the lights outside. We purchased some new things this year. One of them is a Giant Nutcracker. I think He looks great guarding the house. The photo is one from the Christmas village at Williamsburg Virginia. When we were there, I love seeing them at the gate to one of the villages.
We saw one at the local Home improvement store and brought him home with us. Looking at it now I think I will have to look for some peppermint canes and disk to add to the decorations out front.

Our neighbor was out yesterday putting up lights also. We chatted a little to catch up on the news in our families. Everyone has been so busy since school has begun, that it is hard to visit. The weather was pretty nice yesterday a prefect day to put up some lights.

We dropped our daughter at a friends house and they had all their outside lights up . That really inspired us to get started. So much to do today, we still have the back wonderland to do. I hope to show photo of the outside later this week.

How are you doing with Outside decorating? Or are you not doing any this year?. If you are not I completely understand. We haven't done any since 2008. Now we are getting back to a normal feeling and enjoying the holidays again. This is the first year since the 2008 event that we are in the spirit of Christmas.

Ruby Tuesday- Christmas Town

We went to Busch Gardens Christmas Town this year.

Here are some Outdoor Rubies
We were greeted by the carolers Oh the trees...All lite up...A beautiful siteWe even had Snow in the Polar villageRed doors and Green wreaths...
Invite you to Ireland And of course we need...
Bagpipes playing Holiday Music.Oh I really did love that place..
And the smells were so wonderful!
One more up close view of a colored tree lights.

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A Holiday Feeling

Our weather has that holiday feeling, Cold and Crisp. We visited Williamsburg Virginia yesterday and the wind had the chill. I felt like a great cup of hot cocoa our a cup of warmed Holiday Gluwine was in store. The shopping was great we walked around the Colonial Merchant market. I love the feeling and sites of the colonial town. The singers were out and the stores sent our minds back to the past.
Arriving back at home it was in the low 30's. Oh yes it begining to feel like the Holidays are approaching. Today we will start decorating the yard. Light on the gazebo and making a Charles Dickers Christmas Carol setting. I will be great to set by a fire and in a Victorian setting.

We do have different areas that can be decorated in styles. Visiting the Christmas town at Busch Gardens made me in the mood for this years decorating. That place was wonderful. We will surely need to revisit soon.

Now the weather is getting more and more winter like and I am ready to make our Christmas village in our side in the yard.

Ruby Tuesday- Fall Beauties

It is fall here , thought I would give you some views of Fall around me.

Playing with my Photo program I have enhanced a miniature Fall Train from Longwood Gardens.

Click photo to get the full view

Franks Produce is a place that we love to visit

for local grown produce and plants.We planted some Mums for the fall

and spruced up our driveway. Headed South for the Thanksgiving Holiday,
we got to see some Fall colors.

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Ruby Tuesday- Fall Lazy Flare

While taking photo's of Some Ruby Fall flowers. which hubby gave me. I noticed something in the Tree.

Stepping out to take a Photo of the tree. Can you see it?.....

Here is a closer view...

That's right it's a Red Squirrel sunning on the limb.It just sat there while I took photos.
I never saw anything like this.

Oh yes here are the original rubies I was taking.

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Awaken to a Fall Treat.

Oh, I just love the colors of Fall. This morning I was up at 5:30AM. The sun was just coming up and the view from the solarium was so golden. I grab my camera and run out in the 32 degree weather to take this photo. Yes still in my PJ's, but the sight was so marvelous that I just couldn't contain myself.

The view of my Backyard

I think Fall is my most favorite season. Each year I get this feeling of joy. I love the way the air feels, the smell of burning fireplaces and the colors of all the trees. What a beautiful world we life in!

Ruby Tuesday- Nations Capital Sighting

Today we Vote, here in the USA. I thought I would give you some Rubies of our Nations Capital, Washington DC.

Our Nations' Capital Building

Below is the Smithsonian Castle,
dates back to the early 1800's.
Here is a little history of this building;

*"In 1826, James Smithson, a British scientist, drew up his last will and testament, naming his nephew as beneficiary. Smithson stipulated that, should the nephew die without heirs (as he would in 1835), the estate should go “to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.”...."

The Castle's Garden Court

*Quote is from the Smithsonian History Site. It is Hyperlinked to learn more about this building.
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A Ghostly Tale......

So Here we are at Halloween,
a time for scary stuff and ....
stories to frighten the bad out of ya.....
So....Here I go on the path of causing a scare in ya.

First stop....
the tombstone

Next stop.....
Hope he doesn't come alive!...
Those beady red eyes would scary the bad out of me...

Now let's see...
Oh yeah.....this...

Now they had their dinner....
Look.....

Next group in line....

Beware....
the night wind is coming.....

Happy Halloween...
Stay safe tonight......