2019: A New Year is Here

Starting the year with an explosion of colour!

The fairy on the Christmas tree spreads her magic over my home.

This charming globe and Christmas decoration

contains a personalized message:

'Joyeux Noël Maman'

(Happy Christmas Mummy)

from my daughter this year.

In the deliciously calm days after Christmas,

I love to create a corner of comfort for myself.

The Christmas garland is still on the wall,

Two beautiful cards from my children sit on the little table.

A new crochet project has been started,

that's always so exciting.

A new book and a cup of Rooibos tea!

What a perfect way to spend the first day of the new year!

A new candle, from my son, was lit for the first time on Christmas Day.

It's a warm and welcoming flickering flame which I can see from my couch.

Pretty dried flowers have been incorporated into the candle's shell which are protected

from the flame.

My December Amaryllis plant is still blooming beautifully and is giving me

so much pleasure.

I love taking macro shots of the wonderful details.

This sweet arrangement came home with me when out shopping.

I love the little clock decoration to celebrate the New Year

and the pale pink hyacinth opens a little more each day!

There have been brisk walks every day.

I captured this early sunset from the little park very near where I live.

I love this setting sun which reminds me of the return of the light

and how our days are slowly getting longer

by about a minute each day.

These beautiful bare trees, taken in my neighbourhood, charm me

with the simplicity and beauty of their shapes against a pastel sky.

I love the nest too!

I chose this photo to make for my January blog header.

A tiny crystal snowflake hanging in front of my window,

reminds me that winter is still here and perhaps we shall see some snow very soon!

The natural lighting of pale lilac tells me also that spring will come soon enough

and all the flowers are merely preparing their apparition for warmer days.

It is so easy to lose sight and forget a previous blog header,

so I would like to add the December one here

as a reminder of the days when the warming glow of candles is so welcome and nurturing!

I hope that you are enjoying this first day of the New Year!

I wish you good health and contentment and much gratitude for all those things

that we are fortunate enough to enjoy.

Simple things like a roof over our head, a comfortable bed and a heated home.