A Visit To The Photo Roll

Hi! Hasn't this Spring been lovely so far? I've been loving these chilly sweater days. The herb garden is loving it too...everything is green and full of life.

I haven't been as active here on NPLH the past couple of months. I have a big project underway that is taking up all of my time and brain space! The good news is that in the not so distant future I'll be ready to reveal my project to you. Until then, my posts may seem a little weak, but I do want to drop in and say hi every few days.

Today I decided I would just share some photos from my phone's camera; always a good way to see what someone has been up to lately!

I give you, A Visit To The Photo Roll...

I saved this poster of delightfully dark flowers, because I'm thinking it would be really fun to do a shade garden full of these beauties. If I can find a spot, I'm doing it. 

Yasso frozen greek yogurt bars are a current obsession. I need to have them stocked in my freezer at  all times. You probably do too...just try them. 

As someone who identifies as a witch, I had to save this image and awesome description. 

I planted some cauliflower in the vegetable garden last week. I haven't put much thought into what to grow out there. I had bought these to use as decoration in my spring planters but they soon started to crowd out the pansies and had to be transferred to the vegetable bed. Between the chickens and the rabbits I'm not incredibly confidant about the veggie thing. 

My neighbors compost "pile". If you thought you were just looking at garbage thrown on the ground, you would be right! Ugh. Yes, that is their driveway RIGHT NEXT to the "pile". My carport is literally 3 feet from that mess. I'm not sure these people understand the way composting works, but the chickens, stray cats, raccoons and other critters love what they've got going on! *sigh*

Tori Amos and Robert Plant. The Queen and King. 

Lunch I can't stop eating; lentil soup with feta cheese and toasted sourdough bread for dipping!

Some tasty salad dressings to try!

HaHAhaHAhaAH! My hubs and the hound on the way home from doggie daycare. I love them so.

That concludes the snippet of random images from my phone. I hope you have a beautiful last few days of April! 

~ Love & Light ~

Deck The Halls

I swore I wouldn't do it. I promised myself. No posting holiday decoration photos. And yet here I am.

Sorry.

Behold, the tree! Somehow this blurry photo is the only one I took of the tree by itself.

The Christmas tree 2014

Isn't our new woodland Santa adorable? I love his soft scarf. I didn't plan to buy any new Christmas decorations this year, but when I saw him I just couldn't resist!

Woodland Santa.

The mantel already looks a bit different since I took this photo. It is now filling up with the Christmas cards coming in the mail. Also, the framed print of the basset hound putting out cookies for Santa has its own spot in the kitchen now. ( Thank you Amber! I love that basset hound print!).

Christmas mantel.

Some of my crystals and a whimsical tree.

Arrangement of crystals and tree.

I absolutely love this holiday tray I found at Target a few years ago. It has purple in it!! Perfect for the living room coffee table.

A hard to find Christmas decoration with purple in it!

Below are some photos I spruced up with Instagram. This first one is my winter centerpiece on the kitchen table. I think it looks much better in person, it was hard to photograph.

Winter centerpiece.

This next one was meant to show what I have done on top of the kitchen hutch, but I ended up keeping it because I like how it shows the new green paint and a peek of the purple hallway.

The new wall colors.

We had some extra lighted garland and used it to dress up the windows over the couch.

Lighted garland.

We found this cute little Santa at Susan's Christmas Shop in Santa Fe. He is actually a painted New Mexico chile.

New Mexico chile Santa.

The fire is so much more cozy with stockings and garland.

Toasty fire.

In 2012 when Mark and I celebrated our first Christmas together, we started a tradition of adding one ornament per year with that year's date. This year we added this little gem to our collection. The perfect way to always remember our Southwest Adventure of 2014.

That is all of 'em folks! I will leave you with a tune I've been enjoying this month. 

~ Love & Light ~