Moon song

There's some words and a tune to a song that my Mom used to sing to us when we were kids and this picture reminds me of it.

"I see the moon and the moon sees me,
Down through the leaves of the old oak tree,
Please let the moon that shines on me,
Shine on the one I love!"

Tune for song of I see the moon - someone else's grandmother apparently sang this to her and she remembered more of the words than I do.

I See the Moon (full song) - here's another version of someone with a very nice voice singing the song.

Now this is really going back in time - a you tube video of a record player with the Stargazers singing the song!
Stargazers version

Here's a couple more "moon" pictures from recently.  We've been lucky to have clear skies and full moons lately...lovely!

May the moon shine down brightly on all of you and bring rays of light and love your way.

Bloomin' Winter Fantasy

A friend of mine gave me a special kind of blooming tea.  I had never heard of it before but it turned out great!  It was called Winter Fantasy and it came in a package looking like a giant dried seed:

  The brochure described the ingredients as jasmine green tea, chrysanthemum and jasmine flowers; the functions as reduces internal heat and cleanses grease and impurities; and the personality as hardworking, smart, sensitive and loyal.  We enjoyed a few laughs about some of this!

 The instructions were simple.  Place in boiling water for 10 minutes, watching carefully.




So that's what we did.  Watch carefully now.

Isn't that cool?  A flower blooms - a winter fantasy in my very own dining room!

We enjoyed a lovely cup o' tay after our corn chowder and quiche luncheon! 
The above picture makes a lovely background for your computer so feel free to use it if you like. (right click on the picture and you should get an option that says "set as desktop background" or something like that.)



We'll have to have another lunch date soon - I have one more tea seed left!

Frosty days

Brrrr - cold but beautiful up here in the north!

Hanging by a thread:

Feathery, frosty, frozen!

I like this shot with the wire so black here:

Thick frost all right:

Santa's coming!

Here's proof: Santa's reindeer are practising out in the field right now in front of my house!
They don't want me to see them so they are hurrying off...now we just need to add a sleigh and the Big Ol' Man Himself!
Maybe he's over in the bushes doing a little business with the Elves...(something about that sentence doesn't sound as innocent as I meant it!)
Allrighty then - Back to the deer now-

"Awww, dang!" they say, "we've been spotted." 
"Stand as still as a statue.  We'll blend right in.  This is a test for you, young Rudolph, because sometimes on Christmas Eve we have to stand really still so the little spying eyes don't see us.  Think you can handle it?"

"Noooooo...you're not allowed to move at all, baby Red."

"But...but...I just was helping the lady get a pretty picture for her Christmas cards!"