Last week ended muggy and warm and the high humidity caused widespread fog in the mornings.
Always pretty!
On Friday evening we dressed up (yes, we do this about once a year) and drove to Hammond, our old stomping grounds, to see the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra’s annual 'Yuletide' holiday celebration at the Columbia Theater.
Led by guest conductor Stuart Chafetz and joined by the Southeastern Louisiana University choir it was a wonderful performance!
We got to sing along with some of the Christmas songs, of which we know embarrassing little words, and totally got in the 'Christmas spirit'!
So much so that I just couldn't wait to start my seasonal decorating the next day ...
I did restrict myself to these though, since I try to be true to my dutch roots and wait with the full-on decorating until the day after St. Nicolas Eve!
I've explained this holiday many times in my previous year's blogs, but here you have it in a nut-shell:
White beards, red outfits, reindeer, a horse, lists with the naughty-or-nice and lots of presents. Same difference to me!
No Sinterklaas without Speculaas so there you go ...
Yummy!
So, with Sinterklaas out of the way, the lights outside went up!
As you can see we still had Happy Hour outside, although we had to bundle up a little ...
And that is as far as I got, so far, but I think I'll put up the tree today! Yahoo!
The B&B is starting to look more and more like a .. well, a B&B, I guess ...
Fans and lights are, mostly, up and the garage doors are in (although not working yet).
The hardwood floors on the 3rd floor are done and they're working hard on the 2nd ...
Outside work is a little bit on hold, as in the painting and installing gutters, since it has been raining pretty heavily, and still is.
And look what they're predicting for Friday morning ...
Snow showers!
Gasp! Snow in Louisiana! I'm keeping my fingers crossed, that would be sooo cool!
And look at those temperatures! It's going to freeze!
Fortunately we can handle a light freeze, and with all heaters on full we should be snug and warm. Gezellig!
Cold temperatures also make for beautiful sunsets. Here's last Monday's, which makes a fitting end to this blog:
And there was peace on earth ... ( if only ... )
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