I got such a beautiful gift yesterday I had to share..... My friend Patricia,
IrishRose sent me ~ this garden -outdoorzee woman a very cool plant and it arrives safe and sound. It is Oregano. I have had many Oregano plants in my garden but never this particular variety. It looks sorta like Begonia . Anyway, thanks so much Pat. I adore it and am even getting ready to root a start off of it to be on the safe side.
Love and Hugs~Missy
It's in a bit of shock right now because I was at work when it arrived yesterday , and as you can see out the window, we have that 'WHITE STUFF' but it already is looking much better after being repotted 
Daniela2016 , when I go somewhere and there is a hyacinth anywhere in the vicinity, my nose will find it. I do the same thing you do, because I love them.
My brother reminded me about the lilac when we were in a candle store. I picked up this candle and reverted back to my very early childhood. It was an indescribable recall, and I shoved the candle under my brother's nose, and told him that it reminded me of when I was a little kid. He proceeded to look at the label and said, "Patricia, there was a lilac bush growing at the old house we lived in before we moved to the apartment. You never remembered that house anytime I have asked you about it, but you sure do remember the scent of that lilac growing in front of it. You were only two or three years old." I got goosebumps all over. It was kind of freaky. 
The candle came home with me.
I love your photos. Your wedding photo is beautiful!!!
Daniela2016 , children really make the season its brightest. They appreciate all you do with the food, decorating the tree, helping to wrap things, making things to put on the tree. They absolutely love helping out when they are little. They get into the joy of bonding and giving of oneself. They want to help get their hands into the cookie dough, preparing pies, etc. They get so excited, and it is the twinkle in their eye when you look at them - it makes it all worth while. That is the bonding I speak of, the little ones, before they are tainted with how society wants you to be during the season.
I am sitting here thinking of when my daughter was a little girl and my granddaughter. My daughter and I would always wear our pajamas for Thanksgiving. It would annoy some that came to have dinner with us, but we did not care. It was a day to enjoy each other, be thankful and RELAX. We passed that tradition on to her daughter, my granddaughter. A pair of flannel pants and a warm shirt was all we needed. You did not have to get dressed up for Thanksgiving, at least we did not think so. hahahahaha
Now, I am just an old Grinch, I guess.
Giulia , my Mom would wrap them with ribbon, and tie it off at the top with a little piece to slip one of those little metal ornament hangers onto it. Then, she would use one of those old Christmas tags you would use for gifts, and write the Christmas, and the year on it. I wish I knew where those bones were. After my brother divorced, a nasty divorce I might add, he remarried, but then he died Thanksgiving week five years ago, and his wife is not speaking to me. I have no idea why either, but as is life, people come and people go, some stay, some leave - it's called life.
Anyway, the bones were so very cool, and they dated back to some time in the 1930's. I always loved putting them on the tree as a kid. I would line them up by year on the sofa, and one by one, place each bone on the tree.
Do you know where the turkey bone on the tree tradition came from? I would imagine the tree would not be safe if there were fur babies around!!!!
