Happy day-after Christmas! I hope everyone enjoyed a pleasant holiday yesterday! Wishing everyone a happy Friday and a wonderful and relaxing weekend filled with simple joy and seasonal delight! 🌷🎹🎵❄️🐦💕

Wishing everyone Merry Christmas and a magical holiday season filled with peace, happiness, harmony, and simple blessings! Sharing this year's home-made Yule Log (Buche de Noel), with holiday floral decorations and a festive little faux mushroom! Happy Holidays!🎄⛄❄️🎅💕🎹🎵

Cozy Christmas Eve around the warm fire. Santa has been over-indulging in cookies here at my house, so I put out some delicious See's candy! Wishing everyone a cozy Christmas Eve filled with happiness, peace, blessings, and harmony! ❄️🎅⛄🎄🎵🎹💕

Early holiday greetings from Moriston House books! Wishing everyone a wonderful season filled with health, happiness, peace, and harmony! 🎄⛄❄️💕🎼🎵🎹🐦🌷

Sharing this year's Christmas card. Happy Monday and early holiday greetings from Moriston House books! Wishing you a wonderful season filled with health, happiness, and abundant blessings!🎄⛄❄️🏡💕🎹🎵🎼

Dashing through the snow! Good morning from Moriston House books, and have a wonderful and enchanted day filled with simple happiness and seasonal cheer! ❄️🎄⛄🏡💕🎵🎼🎹

A holiday favorite: the Nutcracker ballet. With lovely music and beautiful dancing, it's always been one of my favorites! Happy Saturday and have a magical day from Moriston House books! 🎄❄️⛄🏡🎹🎵💕🌷

Weekend treat: Lovely Linzer cookies, so delicious with tea! Happy Friday and have a wonderful weekend from Moriston House books! 🎄❄️⛄🎹🏡💕🎵🐦

Thursday greetings from Moriston House books and I hope everyone has been having a positive week! One more day until Friday! Happy Thursday and have a pleasant and inspiring day! ❄️🎄🏡⛄💕🎹🐦

Festive holiday ornaments. Lots of favorites, with a tiny teapot, ballerina, and lots of music ornaments. Happy Wednesday and enjoy the day from Moriston House books! ❄️⛄🎄🏡🎹🎼🎵💕🌷

'Tis the season for cookies! Classic chocolate chip cookies are always delicious, especially with spiced winter tea or hot cocoa. Happy Tuesday and have a sweet day from Moriston House books! ❄️🎄🎹🎼⛄💕

Winter's delightful romance. Monday's warm quote of the day: "Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak." --Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Happy Monday and have a pleasant day and a wonderful new week from Moriston House books! ❄️🏡🎄⛄💕🎼🎹

The snow was almost gone . . . Until yesterday, with icy temperatures today and tomorrow. It's a good day to stay in, read books, drink tea, and play music! Happy Sunday and have a cozy and wonderful day from Moriston House books! ❄️🏡🎼💕⛄💐🎹

Regency romance revival, milady's spring dream - cottage crafts. Happy Saturday and have a lovely day from Moriston House books! 🏡❄️🎄⛄🎹🎵💕

'Tis the season for sharing and caring. Friday's warm quote of the day. "For it is in giving that we receive." --St. Francis of Assisi. Happy Friday and have a wonderful and cozy weekend filled with love, happiness, and simple blessings! 🎄❄️🏡💕⛄🎵🎹

Thursday greetings from Moriston House books! One more day until Friday! Happy Thursday and have a cozy and wonderful day! ❄️🎄💕🎹🎵🏡⛄

Instruments of joy. Two lovely piccolo trumpets, so pretty and festive. (I don't play piccolo trumpet, just piano). Wednesday's jolly quote of the day. "There had been music, singing, talking, laughing, all that was most agreeable." --Jane Austen. Happy Wednesday!🎄🏡❄️🎵🌷💕

December's delight: Chocolate marble cheesecake, not too sweet, with a buttery graham crust. It's heavenly with tea or hot cocoa, and so nice to share! Happy Tuesday and have a pleasant day from Moriston House books! ❄️🏡⛄🎄💕🎵🎹

Monday's cozy winter quote of the day. "I wonder if the snow loves the trees and the fields, that it kisses them so gently?" --Lewis Carroll. Happy Monday and have a wonderful day from Moriston House books! 🏡🎄⛄❄️💕🎼🎵

Happy weekend treat: Chocolate cupcakes with buttercream frosting and holiday sprinkles. Simple, fun, and always delicious! Happy Sunday and have a wonderful and relaxing day from Moriston House books! 🎄❄️⛄💕🎼🎹🏡🎵

Good morning from Moriston House books! Saturday's quote of contentment: "The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life." --William Morris. Happy Saturday and have a warm and cozy day! 🎄🏡❄️⛄🎼🎹🎵💕

Yesterday's snowy December view from my library window, and pretty Lady Sophia, a cardinal enjoying the afternoon sun. She's one of the many birds that enjoy a banquet of seeds and nuts every day! Happy Friday and have a wonderful and cozy weekend from Moriston House books! ❄️🎄🏡💕🎵🎹🐦🎼

Happy holiday baking. Yesterday's milk and honey bread, delicious for toast or sandwiches. Happy Thursday and have a wonderful and cozy day from Moriston House books! ⛄❄️🏡🎵🎹💕

Santa loves cookies! Holiday baking is extra special with these delicious Swedish spice cookies. A variation of Muskotsnittar, these cookies are warm, spicy, cozy, and very easy to prepare. Happy Wednesday and have a lovely day from Moriston House books! 🎄❄️⛄🎹🎵💕

Tuesday's holiday decorating: Mini Christmas trees, also with a classical music theme, with small silver clefs, classical music composers in tiny silver frames, golden pinecones, little red roses, and festive berries. Happy Tuesday and enjoy the day! ❄️⛄🎵🎼💕🏡🐦

Happy December! This year's Christmas tree, with a classical music theme, golden clefs, classical composers in tiny silver frames, festive holiday florals, and bright berries. Wishing everyone a wonderful new month and a holiday season filled with happiness, health, love, peace, & harmony! 🏡🎹🪻🎼💕⛄❄️🐦

Sunday's musical quote of the day: "Music is well said to be the speech of angels." --Thomas Carlyle. Happy Sunday and enjoy the day from Moriston House books! 🏡💕🌷🎹🎵❄️

Sharing some of my holiday decorating, with wreaths and lots of festive garlands that I made from holiday florals, branches, berries, and pinecones. Happy Saturday and have a cozy and happy day from Moriston House books! 🏡❄️⛄💕🎵🎹

Friday's dusting of snow. Colder weather, wind, and a dusting of snow visited our area. I've already put up the Christmas tree and other decorations, and I'll be sharing photos soon. Happy Friday and have a wonderful weekend from Moriston House books! 🏡🌷🎵🎹💕

Happy Thanksgiving from Moriston House books! Lots of cooking today! I'm starting early and will serve dinner a little early too. Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday and a delicious feast! 🏡🦃🍁🌻💕🎹🎵

Wednesday's pleasant quote of the day. "She preferred most of all to live with flowers and music, and to have a book, in quiet solitude." --Hermann Hesse. Happy Wednesday and have a lovely day from Moriston House books! 🏡🌷🐦🪻🎵💕🎹

Views from scenic November afternoon walk. Happy Tuesday and have a wonderful day from Moriston House books! 🏡🐦🌷🪻🎵🎹

November's colorful sky and scenes from yesterday's walk. Happy Monday and have a positive and productive day from Moriston House books! 🏡🌷🐦💕🎹🎵🌻

Vintage Sunday. Sharing some lovely antique postcards from France and Belgium, 1927. I love the old-fashioned art of correspondence, the stories they tell, the elegant writing, and the beautiful vintage fashions! Happy Sunday and enjoy the day from Moriston House books! 🪻🌷🐦🏡🎹🎵💕

A cozy Saturday with friends. Saturday's warm quote of the day: "The world is round so that friendship may encircle it." --Pierre Teilhard de Chardon. Happy Saturday and have a cozy day from Moriston House books! 🌷🏡🐦🪻🎵🎹

Friday greetings from Moriston House books! The weather here has been cold and cloudy, but no significant snow yet! November has been flying by, and all of a sudden next week is Thanksgiving! I hope you've all had a good week, and wishing everyone a wonderful and relaxing weekend! 🐦🪻🌷🎹🎵🏡

Good morning from Moriston House books! Thursday's quote of the day: "Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder."--E.B. White. Happy Thursday and enjoy the day! 🌷🏡🐦🪻🎹🎵💕

Vintage Wednesday. Sharing some of the embroidered linens that I have made, including a vintage style petit point tea cozy from an antique Biedermeier pattern from Vienna. Happy Wednesday and enjoy the day from Moriston House books! 🐦🌷🌸🎹🎵

Autumn romance. Tuesday's quote of the day. "Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction."--Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Happy Tuesday and have a super day from Moriston House books! 🏡🎹🌷🎵🌸🐦

November garden scenes. Lots of birds, lots of wind, and lots of leaves! Happy Monday and have a wonderful new week from Moriston House books! 🪻🌷🏡🐦🌻💕🎹🎵

Yesterday's cozy dinner: savory potato casserole with cheese and bacon! And squash, salad and fruit (always on the menu at my house). Happy Sunday and have a super day filled with fun and happiness! 🌷🌻🪻🏡🎵🎹💕

Weekend treat: golden triple layer cake with vanilla buttercream frosting and chocolate ganache. Nice with a warm cup of tea! Happy Saturday and have a fun and relaxing day from Moriston House books! 🏡🪻🌷🎵🎹💕

Good morning and happy Friday from Moriston House books! I hope everyone has had a pleasant week. Friday's quote of the day: "If music be the food of love, play on " --William Shakespeare. Happy Friday and have a wonderful and inspiring weekend! 🏡🌸🪻🎹🎵💕

Good morning from Moriston House books! Thursday's cozy quote of the day: "Ah, there is nothing like staying at home for real comfort." --Jane Austen. Happy Thursday and have a wonderful day! 🏡🌷🪻🎹🎵

November's cozy crafts and creativity. Yesterday's craft project: a vintage blue floral hanger, and a lovely antique English tray cloth with exquisite pulled thread work. It measures 10 x 12 inches, and the intricate details are simply amazing! Happy Wednesday from Moriston House books! 🏡🌷🪻💕🎵🎹

Honoring the service and legacy of veterans on Veteran's Day.

Monday greetings from Moriston House books! Wishing everyone a pleasant and productive day! 🌷🏡🪻💕🎹🎵

Cozy weekend baking. Warm apple pie with a rustic lattice crust top, and braided whole grain bread with cranberries, raisins, pecans, and sunflower seeds. Nice on a chilly November day. Happy Sunday and enjoy the day from Moriston House books! 🏡🪻🌷💕🎹🎵

View from the library on a pleasant autumn afternoon. Happy Saturday and have a great day from Moriston House books! 🏡🪻🌷🎹🎵

Friday greetings from Moriston House books! Wishing everyone a relaxing and restorative weekend! 🏡🌸🌼💕🎹🪻