Snow Today, Gone Tomorrow

We had a wonderful visit with Kate Owen. She could only spend three full days with us but we accomplished a lot and we really enjoyed her company. Unfortunately the snow didn't end the entire time she was here so we were sequestered to indoor work during the day and eating and drinking at night. Our final night we had a wonderful seafood meal at Bistro East preluded with a beautiful sunset that would be the herald of better weather to come.

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The snow put Zoe and I in the mood for Christmas. We did almost all of our Christmas shopping in Halifax yesterday after we dropped Kate off at the airport. Then woke up this morning to decorate the house. And surprise, surprise, now that we are ready to embrace the snow and holiday feel...it has all melted and our world is green again-argh!! In the long run, I am happy to have some more autumn but oh the timing!

The first thing we discovered were about our new ceilings. We had purchased an artificial tree for our previous house which took advantage of its 12 foot ceilings. Our new home has eight foot ceilings and luckily the tree does fit but there is no room for an angel topper. In our previous home we also had numerous tables, shelves and built-ins on which we were able to display our many decorations. In this house we chose not set up our shelves or decor until each room is finished so the display space is limited and we had to pick and choose our favourite items.


All in all though, with a cup of hot chocolate, a fire blazing in our fireplace and some great music playing, Zoe and I managed to transform our living space to a cozy Christmas retreat.