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10 Simple Ways to Decorate for Christmas-via Santa Rosa Interior Design
Posted by Irene Turner in Holidays on December 8, 2011
After the last few years of economic trials and tribulations we are all looking for ways to slow down, simplify and reduce our overhead. So this holiday season, whether you are tired of putting up elaborate Christmas decor, have budget constraints or simply want to make life easier, here are 10 tips to decorate for the Christmas holidays with existing ornaments and gifts from nature!
Greens and natures gifts from a walk in the country, or your local tree lot-via sjarmerendejul blogspot
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Shop Locally…Please!
Posted by Irene Turner in Holidays, Inspiration on December 1, 2011
The “Shop Locally” campaigns cropping up nationally are an effort to build awareness of the importance of supporting your community through the loyalty you display to your locally owned businesses. It is also a grassroots effort to help re-build our economy, beginning in your own back yard, which will in turn, spread and help the economy nationally.
Why? When you shop locally, you invest in your community, in your neighbors and therefore in yourself. Continue reading “Shop Locally…Please!” »
Happy Thanksgiving to You and Yours
Posted by Irene Turner in Holidays on November 24, 2011
image courtesy of pinterest-pillow via Dear Lillie
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year! Because, as I am teaching my two year old grand daughter, Thanksgiving is about “Giving Thanks”.
Gratitude is one of the most uplifting practices in the world. So this Thanksgiving here are some of the things I am grateful for. Continue reading “Happy Thanksgiving to You and Yours” »
4th of July Dessert
Posted by Irene Turner in Entertaining Sonoma Style, Holidays on June 30, 2011
Recycled from last year: courtesy of Crazy-Frankenstein.com
This 4th of July it’s my turn to bring the dessert. Well…I’m not a baker, but I do love fruit. So, what can I do with all the sweet fresh berries I can find at our local farmers market and produce stands? Hmmmmmmm…. Continue reading “4th of July Dessert” »
The Many Celebrations of Easter
Posted by Irene Turner in Holidays on April 21, 2011
Many Easter traditions originated long before the beginning of the Christian era. Like Christmas, Easter is connected in many ways with pagan rituals that accompanied the arrival of spring. It is possible that the name “Easter” stemmed from that of Eostre.
Ostara is a name derived from the Germanic Goddess of springtime. Ostara, or Eostre was her name, and Eastre was her festival. The rabbit was a symbol of this Goddess, and eggs symbolized fertility and rebirth. Pagan’s used this day to welcome the arrival of spring by blessing their seeds and celebrating the renewal of life.
Ostara Bringing in Spring-via Hillary Hunt.com
Because of their prolific nature, rabbits have long been associated with fertility and its goddess, Ishtar. Ancient Babylonians believed in a fable about an egg that fell into the Euphrates River from heaven and from which Queen Astarte (another name for Ishtar or Semiramis, Queen of Babylon) was “hatched.” Continue reading “The Many Celebrations of Easter” »
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