And Time Marches On

I'm getting really lazy lately.  Although I've had a few jobs and completed several projects, I've really neglected this blog.  We were even discussing whether to delete it or not.  Still, catching up every once in awhile is better than not catching up at all - I think.?. 
We had a beautiful fall season this year.  With the abundance of rain and warmer temperatures, the colors were more vivid.  This is a picture off our front porch looking west.

We also had a beautiful moon, (super moon) in mid-november.  This was taken facing east off our back porch.

This thing was gorgeous - I just wish I could have gotten a better focus.  The camera wouldn't give a good focus due to distance and lighting so I tried my best with manual focus but with 70 year old eyes - I should have let the camera do auto focus, it would probably have been better.So - as you can see with the homestead picture, it's the Christmas Holiday already.
Our daughter Kristy and her two kids, Lilly and Hunter, are currently living with us and it will make this Christmas really special.  Their Florida grandparents sent Christmas presents and some are still arriving.  It's gonna be a real clutter Christmas morning but oooooohhhhhh the fun in watching these kids.  This is the most decorating that we have done in years.

 This year I had a new dimension added to the Christmas proceedings.  I belong to a website called arrowheads.com, dedicated to preserving prehistoric artifacts, such as arrowheads, pottery, etc.  Anyway we decided to do a Secret Santa and it proved to be very successful.  I decided to make my gift and include some arrowheads from my collection.  This is what I came up with.

 And this is what I received.

A lot of work went into that beaded pouch and it's beaded on both sides.  A really nice gift and it included 4 points from his personal collection. 
Kristy came up with the idea to make gifts for her older girls that are still living in Florida and for her former mother and father-in-law.  We made the girls and the mother-in-law leather key cases that contain two miniature pics of her and Lilly and Hunter.  I forgot to get pictures of them but I did take a pic of the wallet face that we made for her father-in-law.

Jim's a lifetime hunter so we figured he'd like an outdoor scene with a buck for good measure.  It was a credit card wallet and was buck stitched along the edges.  Again - I forgot to get a pic of the finished project but you get the idea.  Hopefully - I'll be more diligent in the future and make at least bi-monthly posts.  TaTa