Heart

Pondering this morning the full implications of this simple ornament.

Odds & Ends

Decorations down and safely packed away. Just a few odds and ends left. Interesting phrase, that. According to the Free Dictionary, it refers to:

"Fragments and remnants; a miscellaneous collection. This term may have originated as odd ends, meaning short leftovers from bolts of cloth. It was transferred to miscellany of other kinds by the mid-sixteenth century, and by the mid-eighteenth century it had become the modern cliché."

Time

Well, it's time. My neighbors, I noticed, took all their decorations down after the turn of the year, whereas I kept them up through Epiphany. Today, though, they're all coming down, slowly but surely, and being packed away for another year. But I've photographed a few of them to share and enjoy for just a wee bit longer. 

Magnolia Leaves

Amazing how lovely a simple basket of magnolia leaves can be.