Christmas Doors of Welcome

Merry Christmas!

Come on in.

It's pretty cold out here!

Today I'm joining in the Doors of Welcome

for Christmas.

Please drop by and say Hello to Karen

our wonderful Hostess,

at Some Days are Diamonds.

Our front porch faces south,

but we still have a lot of shade out on the walk.

My husband has a pretty time demanding job,

and the weather is so cold in January here,

that we've never done the "outside lights".

I'd rather have just my two little topiary trees

 that twinkle, and not risk having

 Christmas lights up until June.

anyone else with that problem?

I always use my "vintage themed decor"...

the park bench seat,

my watering cans tied with plaid ribbon,

and this year a large bucket filled with

the most gorgeous candy cane pointsettias.

Oh, and if you look closely in the door,

you will see the welcoming committee.

This year I had fun with this old metal

 and striped fabric shopping basket,

probably from TG&Y or Ben Franklin from the 60's.

An old window is propped up on the bench behind it.

Inside, I have a birch basket hanging on the door

 filled with greenery, roses, holly and ivy.

Hope you enjoy the tour of great outside

Christmas Cheer and Welcome!

Debra

Doors of Welcome

Hello, Everyone! Thursday is the "Doors of Welcome" Party, hosted by  Karen at Some Days are Diamonds.  I guess you could consider this a "Double Post". I participate in "White Wednesday", and if you are not familiar with this weekly party you have been missing a lot of fun. We show "whites", especially vintage ones. So scroll down to the previous post to see more of my front porch that was the subject for my last White Wednesday post.

Black Front Door

Please excuse the overgrown shrubs and hedges, it's time for their fall "haricut". Some of these photos were taken a couple of weeks ago, and I'm glad I did, because it has been non-stop rain and dreariness. We haven't had a frost here yet in southwest Missouri, so it still looks about the same. My ferns are like the jungle, the mums have bloomed, and I have added a pumpkin or two.

Threw some fall foliage in the basket

Put out my Harvest sign.

My concrete Momma and Baby Squirrels

are always there for a greeting.

I just love this varigated pumpkin!

You can read about my little vintage

black wagon re-do here.

This is a view out my front door. I have a "Black Maple" shown here, that doesn't have very pretty leaf color, and then another Hard Maple next to the front porch. It has a prettier show of leaves, but not until late fall. So I enjoy the Soft Maple across the street, which is one of the first trees to change on the block.

I wanted to share the front porch of the store

where I have a space  in Ozark, Missouri,

Spring Creek.

It's always so much fun!

Hope you're enjoying everyone's "Doors".

Welcome to the Harvest!

Debra