Happy New Year - 2021

Here is to 2021 - I hope it's a better year for us - one and all!  We spent the day yesterday packing up Christmas decorations, we're pacing ourselves, there is a lot to do.  :-)  One thing I do is to "banish the red".. I put out soothing natural colors as an antidote to the bright red and green of the holidays.   

I put my new jadeite compote and candleholders in pride of place, the center of the dining room table.  

I'd ordered a box of natural beeswax sheets and rolled up 6 of them for the candleholders on the table.  

Have you ever smelled beeswax sheets?  They smell divine.  

All set to replace the red candles on the table.  (Photo at top)

My advent sentiments are so fun to read.  

I have a jadeite bucket list.  :-)  This is called a trinket box although I think it was used a lot as a cigarette box back in the day.  It has been adopted by me.  It will be on my chair-side piano stool where I keep my morning coffee and my mug of ice water the rest of the day.   

I love roses and I named our place "Rose Hollow Farm" when we bought it in 1984.  So, I kind of had to get this, right?

A great place to keep a small bottle of Aleve.  I found this neat vintage doily at a barn flea market in Amish country in Berlin, Ohio when my daughter Amy took me there for a visit.  Click HERE to see the wonderful Amish photos I captured.

On New Years Eve.  Dayle prepared a FABulous broiled filet mignon, baked potato and asparagus dinner for us to ring in the new year.  It was deeeee-LISH-ous!  

The house smells amazing as Dayle has a pork roast in the oven that was brushed with olive oil, minced garlic, salt and pepper.  He'll serve it with fried potatoes with onions and glazed carrots.  :-)  A great way to begin 2021!

And that brings us to this moment, I have a long-standing resolution to eat healthier and move more and be be a good person and a positive influence to those around me and that includes you, my readers, my far-flung friends I've made here in my blog space.  We've been trying to be safe and make it to the other side of this virus and this whole year.  I hope we can stay safe until we can get a vaccine.  I hope the same for you.  ((hugs)), Teresa :-)  

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  *H*A*P*P*Y* *N*E*W* *Y*E*A*R*!*

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