More winter fun and a tag.....

Are you celebrating winter? I hope so even if you are not in the midst of winter weather. I sometimes wonder where winter is but I am sure it is out there lurking and will sneak up on us in the middle of February or March as it often does in Holland.

I remember winters as a girl in Ohio starting around Halloween or Thanksgiving and lasting until the end of February or into March which are the 'mud months' due to the dirty roads as the snow melts. Regardless, I feel winter even though I don't see it out my window!


As you come in my front door for a cup of tea, you are greeted by this winter scene. These are very old wooden Dutch ice skates that are strapped to regular shoes. The sign 'Let It Snow' is a find from this year. I knew it would be perfect sitting on top of my mirror. If only it would snow.....sigh.....

I have been tagged by both Kristy and Carolien for four things about myself. Here goes:

4 Jobs I have had

~ Activities therapist assistant

~ Travel agent

~ homemaker

4 Movies I watch over and over

~ Jane Eyre

~ The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady

~ Little Women

~ Sense and Sensibility

4 Places I lived

~ England

~ Ohio

~ Sweden

~ Belgium

4 TV shows I watch

~ To Buy or Not to Buy (BBC)

~ Escape to the Country (BBC)

(I don't watch TV so much any longer. Between my needlework and blogging, my time is full.)

4 Places I've been

~ Haworth (a Bronte paradise)

~ The Alsace (a favorite place in France)

~ The Cotswolds (holding special memories from a mother/daughter trip)

~ The Yorkshire Dales (heaven on earth)

4 People who email me regularly

~ Diane

~ Angela

~ My mother

~ Sonja

4 Favourite things to eat

~ Dark chocolate

~ Fresh pasta

~ Dutch speculaas (cookies) dipped in hot tea

~ whatever I plan for dinner tonight! :)

4 Places I would rather be

~ In my quilt studio

~ At Cranberry Cottage

~ Oh to be in England.....anytime of the year!

~ Amish country

4 Things I look forward to this year

~ Some online stitching friends coming for a get~together in Holland

~ Meeting my new online friend Carolien for the first time

~ Spending time with Jos seeing what the year brings

~ Fingers crossed that we will get our first puppy

4 People I will tag

~ Rhondi at Rose Colored Glasses

~ Margaret at A Sampler of Stitches

~ Gail at The Tattered Nest

~ Tanya at At the Honeysuckle Tree