{"id":3495,"date":"2010-12-09T21:15:36","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T03:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/?p=3495"},"modified":"2010-12-09T21:15:36","modified_gmt":"2010-12-10T03:15:36","slug":"sweet-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/09\/sweet-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3496\" title=\"Sweet Memories Doll\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/sweetmemoriesdoll.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/sweetmemoriesdoll.png 284w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/sweetmemoriesdoll-189x300.png 189w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During the holiday season I enjoy pulling out Christmas decorations and puttering around deciding which ornaments to put on the tree. Stacks of boxes filled with all kinds of treasures tucked safely away waiting ~\u00a0 angels, fairies, story dolls, tinsel, golden bells, red apples and homemade felt doves. Over the years I have received ornaments from family and friends and I cherish the sweet memories and joy they awaken in my heart as I unwrap each precious one and hang it on the tree.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3503\" title=\"Fudge Brownies\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/fudgebrowniescat.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"385\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday evening we decorated our home and balcony for the holidays. I made  fudge brownies and steaming hot chocolate to keep us warm  as we hung lights outside in the rain. It was really chilly outside and  we were bundled up like Eskimos trying to wrap lights around the  railing.\u00a0 Laughing ~ talking ~ drinking chocolate and enjoying the  peacefulness of home.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3500\" title=\"Our Christmas Tree\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/angelchristmastree.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/angelchristmastree.png 288w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/angelchristmastree-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home!&#8221; ~ Charles Dickens<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3506\" title=\"Fairy Wind\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/fairywindred.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/fairywindred.png 266w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/fairywindred-224x300.png 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is one of my favorite songs by Loreena McKennitt ~ hauntingly beautiful.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Loreena McKennitt &#8211; Ancient Pines <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/NlyQbS347mE?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/NlyQbS347mE?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u201cEveryday Goddessing\u00a0 is about      sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other beautiful      Goddess women. I believe that within every woman there is a goddess, a      wise woman, beautiful, creative, powerful, with a deep soul, and that      everything we need and are looking for is already inside\u00a0 each of   us.\u201d \u2013    Rose Arizmendi<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the holiday season I enjoy pulling out Christmas decorations and puttering around deciding which ornaments to put on the tree. Stacks of boxes filled with all kinds of treasures tucked safely away waiting ~\u00a0 angels, fairies, story dolls, tinsel, golden bells, red apples and homemade felt doves. 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