beginning to look a lot like you. know. what.

The house smelled like Christmas this morning. It might have had something to do with the apple-cinnamon muffins that #1 Daughter was bedecking the halls with.

In between batches, she was polishing the antique silver that I brought home from Saturday's auction.
I love the clink of real silverware. I also love that two wooden trays of assorted silver only cost me $7.50.

Our dining room hutch is not curved; my camera only makes it look that way.
We have just begun to make it feel Christmas-y here at our old stone home: armfuls of fresh greens and a few home-spun touches is all we need.


-all that, plus a few gold globes.