One Thing After Another...

 

I started with the side living room door that leads to

my little patio and hired the maintenance man

to apply a frosted film to the inside of the door

for a little privacy.

By the time that job was finished, I was starving and went

to dinner.  Cliff on the right (who is almost 101) asked me to 

join him and then Sally and David joined us.  Cliff stole the 

show as he told us about his life in the US Military...

Then I ordered a fake fig plant to fill the space

beside the TV and found a wonderful pot that complimented

the colors in my area rug... thanks to Amazon!!!

(Remember to click on any photo for a larger view.)

Then my shoe rack arrived but needed a little

assembly, which I easily did by myself on 

the kitchen island.  I only had 2 screwdrivers in

the kitchen drawer and luckily enough one had the

right size of a Phillips head...

Ah success.

Before the rack...

and after... even have room for a couple  more pairs of shoes!!!

The architecture of the interior of Prairie City Landing is

stunning from many angles,

and it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

The main lobby tree is about 14 feet tall

and smaller trees have filled various nooks and crannies,

while pine cones and boughs decorate the handrail

(only on one side of the staircase)!

And before I knew it, it was 3 p.m. and time for Happy Hour.

This foot was busy tapping to the beat

of the music of the accordion player who had just

gotten off his day job (construction) and raced over

to entertain us.

You'll definitely want to listen to this short video.  We

were fortunate that he played for over an hour for us...

tapping that toe the entire time.

The next day it was time for me to get out my Christmas

decorations and decide where they should go.  I started

with the dining room table,

and placed little cardboard packages that I made a number

of years ago on the placemat that I had woven many 

years ago.

My Aunt Rosemary gave me this little linked chain of

paper snowmen about 35 years ago  and they have always 

strutted their stuff amongst the wooden ducks on the top

shelf of the bookcase or my fireplace.

These round Christmas ornaments and square packages actually 

have candles inside.  However, since we're not allowed to use candles in 

our apartments I just set them out to decorate the glass 

coffee table.

And this snowman  and friends snuggled up on the 

glass end table to keep the glass swans company.

 I smiled as I placed the Christmas Quilt Banner that 

I made last year in the space next to the front door.

 And I smile and wave back each time I look his way!!!

And last but not least I hung the beautiful "net" fabric

wreath made by my friend Margo, who winters in

 AZ,  on my front door so everyone who walks

the hall will get to enjoy it too.