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(Sunday, January 3, 2010) We welcomed a bunch of campers for our annual Special Needs Winter Retreat here at Sky Lake. While we were in Founders’ Lodge, the snowflakes on the Christmas tree caught my attention.

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Santa is indeed coming to town...Stacey's & Mine Christmas gifts to each other.

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A couple of my Christmas napkins...

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(Tuesday, 22 December 2009) I finally put up a Christmas tree this afternoon. It stands a little over twelve feet tall. Charlie Brown would be proud of it.

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(Monday, 21 December 2009) I took some photos earlier in the day, but alas they were all of presents, so didn’t want to post those… When 11 o’clock rolled around, I went looking for an object to photograph. This jingle bell wreath was the lucky winner.

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(Monday, 14 December 2009) One learns many life skills at camp. A couple years I learned how to knit. I mostly knit potholders. Here’s a pile of said potholders ready to be wrapped for the lunch bunch Christmas party. I used “Eco-cotton” yarn for a few of them (Red Heart uses 75% pre-consumer cotton scraps to make this yarn.)

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Taken from the Christmas Tree in Founders' Lodge...

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Our First Christmas...

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We have some creative folks at church that decorate the display case in the narthex for the various seasons. They did a great job.

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I haven’t had the time to decorate for Christmas yet, but did find this miniature tree hiding on a shelf in a closet last night. I went a little crazy photographing it. This was one of my favorite exposures.

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I always find it difficult to take down my Christmas tree, so it’s probably a good thing that I opted to go with the artificial one my parents gave me after they down-graded… I was intrigued while looking at the lights one night recently and went crazy with the camera. I liked the way the lights are reflected on the tile in this photo.