First on the tree, golden
or red,
and then on the table.
And then they can end up like this:
or better yet, like this:
These are traditional stone ware jugs for German or rather Hessian cider called Äppelwoi.
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Originally I wanted to toast you all with this photo:
but Geriatri’x beat me to it – not only posting earlier than me but also offering many more hands (and glasses)!
Linked to One Word Sunday: Hands.
This is a colour collage for Aino’s Värikollaasit and I’ll like to take this opportunity to wish you all a wonderful time in the coming days and beyond.
Photo challenges have enriched my life and, I think, improved my photography (as amateurish as it is).
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We didn’t have a nativity set when I grew up but in Saudi I came upon this strange little house made of the hard middle part of palm fronds (I never knew what its original purpose was) and I decided to make a manger scene myself. First I made the figures out of salt dough, and then I clad them in fabrics which held memories (Mary wears a handkerchief which was given to me by a friend as a parting gift, Joseph is clad in leather which was a hair ornament from France, and so on). The children then added animals from their toy sets (which explains the zebra to the right).
Every year a few things were added, little trinkets I found in the souqs, and particularly for the spendour of the three wise men I had to resort to items from haberdashery shops. It has been in storage for the last years but this year I might bring them all out. Our grandson will be with us for Christmas Eve.
Linked to A Photo a Week: Christmas memories.
For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Items with two ms.
“If a donkey bray at you, don’t bray at him.”
George Herbert
Linked to Travel with Intent where you can find more photos inspired by George Herbert.
It was men with hats last week and it’s a different kind of head gear this time.
Linked to I’m a fan of … #46.
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