Twelfth Day of Christmas

Happy Twelfth Day of Christmas everyone!

Lord Botetourt

Happy New Year, my friends! Sorry about being a day late and dollar short, but I was wrapped up in an intense New Year's Day game of Monopoly. Lesson relearned. Railroads can be more valuable than even Pennsylvania Avenue with four houses. :-(

BTW, Lord Botetourt (above), under somewhat cloudy skies, also greets you on this second day of the new year. 

Joining Skywatch Friday

Christmas Eve

Wishing you all a wonderful evening!

Wreaths

 

 

 

Blue Ribbon

This wreath won the blue ribbon award in the amateur class this year. 

Sidewalk

Fifth Day of Christmas

No golden rings here, just mice drinking ale.

Boxing Day

Happy Boxing Day, my friends! Not sure how many folks observe this old English tradition. Wasn't there an episode in Downton Abbey that featured the holiday? Maybe not. Maybe I'll have to check that out sometime over these remaining eleven days of Christmas.

Merry Christmas!

A very Merry Christmas to all my fellow bloggers! 

Christmas Eve

Hey, have a great Christmas Eve y'all! And, remember, don't let the rats eat a hole through your shoe.

I enjoy wreaths, like this one, that work outside the conventional circle and aren't statically symmetrical. 

Grand Illumination

Yesterday's comment from Linda made me think about how much I take where I live for granted. I should therefore mention that these holiday wreaths are part of a larger Colonial Williamsburg celebration we call Grand Illumination. It used to be that the holiday festivities here kicked off around the time of Thanksgiving Day and more or less culminated in one night called the Grand Illumination, when there would be a huge fireworks display along with numerous other events. Now, though, because of its huge popularity, Grand Illumination is spread out over the three consecutive weekends in December before Christmas. Tonight, then, is the final night of Grand Illumination when there will be yet a third magnificent fireworks display. The wreaths, though, stay up and are replenished as needed throughout Christmastide.

You should come! :-) We have people visit from all parts of the world and on any given day, as I walk the old colonial capital's streets, I can hear people speaking in seemingly countless different languages and dialects. It's fun!

Palace Greens

Governor's Palace

Colonial Williamsburg

Linking again today with Skywatch Friday.

Buds?

Not sure what those red and white things are. Buds? Part of what makes these holiday wreaths so interesting, I guess.

Mystery

Of course, what I'm left wondering is how they attach these shells to the wreath. I assume it's by way of some tiny wires. But, if so, then they are p-r-e-t-t-y well hidden.

Beehive

Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

Ball

Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

York Town

Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

Feather

Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

Busy Season

'Tis the busy holiday season in town these days, what with Grand Illumination weekends coming up, special holiday concerts, the D.O.G. (Duke of Gloucester) street ice skating rink, etc. Hard to keep up with it all, frankly.