Henia, my husband's sister from Florida, sent an adorable Christmas wall hanging. For quite awhile we could not figure out how it was suppose to hang because the snowman in the center was upside down. It would work if you laid it in a circle, but even that looked odd. So the only logical solution was to cut the snowman free and sew him back right side up. Now, if I can only get that cute moose at the bottom to look in the same direction as the others...

Windy, rainy, sleety  (is that a word?), but still beautiful on Orcas Island. The village at night lights up like one huge Christmas tree. The nativity scene in front of the Community Church reminds us to not take Christ out of Christmas. Shopping at the wonderful little gift shops beats Walmart any day. Most of the items are locally made or at least made in the USA. Not that I never buy other goods, but I would like to think there could be equality in the market place. Besides, what could be better than actually knowing the creator of that beautiful hat and meeting the sheep that the wool came from?

I love the cards we are receiving that have small villages, snow...cozy written all over it and without words says, "Peace unto you."

The year 2012 is not over and we are getting reservations for next summer at the Blue Heron Bed and Breakfast! Weddings are being organized and rooms are being booked. We are optimistic that this coming summer will be the best ever. We say that every year and it gets better every year. Any reason to stop saying it now?

This picture was taken by one of our guests. We love our 101 years old house on West Sound Bay!