Yipee, Sun
It may have been a cold morning, but everything goes better with sunshine.
We gathered the list of errands and away we went in the little red pickup. I had a bundle of items for the post office, Dennis needed to get a prescription refilled by the gals at the VA clinic and then popping off across the street to the Lewis Pharmacy.
There was one Christmas decoration that needed to be put up. Into the house came the step ladder. The stairwell into the sewing studio was looking awfully bare. Sometime, long ago, Mom created a Christmas wall hanging out of her older custom jewelry. I have had this Christmas wonder hung up for quite a few years.
The Christmas wall hanging had been in the west porch of our home right above the bed where Megan and Nicholas would sleep when they were visiting. When Megan was a toddler, she would look . . . but not touch. Not so with Nicholas. When he was old enough to stand on the bed, he could just reach the bottom five or so inches of it. Nicholas took great delight in picking off the beads that made up the base of the tree. When I would Swiffer the porch floor, it amazed me how busy he had been. I kept gathering them up until such time that he got over the plucking of the beads.
On the wall hanging are mementos such as the one gallon pin that Mom got from donating blood. The pin from the church’s ladies aide is close to the top. Mom taught Sunday School and the little Martin Luther pin was included. I recall several of the items that she received from Dad. Uncle Melvin had sent Mom some items from stations that he was at during World War II. Lots of memories.
Dad had done a great job of making the frame for the glistening items that Mom put on black felt. On the back is rug warp used with which to hang it. Sweet.
That concludes our decorating of items. What is still missing is some Christmas lights. That is our next mission when we run errands.