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| Christmas in Connecticut is not always a Snowy Wonderland... Most years we hope for a Blanket of White to pad Santa's Footsteps on the Roof... Snow doesn't last long on our Steep Roof, within a day or two it slides off, BUT, when it does, it sounds and feels like an avalanche from inside the house! |
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| Our true Winter Months here in Southern New England are January and February SO I have brought pictures of previous years to present you my "Christmas in Connecticut"... |
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| "This is Papillon Pass fast asleep"... |
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| My Room with a View in the back of my home is where I sit to watch the wildlife play... It is also from where I photographed my Bear laying there outside these windows as we had breakfast... and where the turkey's in my pictures were peeking in at us as we ate our breakfast... I really LOVE this room and it's where I choose to put our Christmas Tree... |
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| O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum! Your boughs can teach a lesson... That constant faith and hope sublime... Lend strength and comfort through all time... O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum... Your boughs can teach a lesson... This room has 18 windows All around (it is a bit of an atrium that is open into my kitchen), the Christmas tree reflects in Every window and gives the feel of a Christmas Tree Forest... The floor in here is ROCK HARD Porcelain 24" squares. These tiles are also flowing through my kitchen, AND beware of dropping anything(I bet a PAN would break) because it will explode into ash... I mean this literally because "I've done this TOO many times". I have the most incredible hand blown ornament collection for my tree BUT after loosing a dozen or so on the floor I chose to only put none breakable trinkets on this tree... I do have one acceptance, I have about 1000 crystal icicles adorning it AND those I will not give up. It takes "FOREVER" to place them AND I have lost many along the season, BUT I "Cry and move on", hehe... They are not sentimental like my ornaments |
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| I have collected Dolls, Teddy Bears and Santas for years and have so many I've lost count... These are just a chosen few that sit next to our tree... |
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| This is the side entry to my home... Notice it is in the shape of a Cuckoo clock... The door is a Dutch door, custom made by us AND I'm not finished with this charming little entry YET!!! I'm not quite satisfied YET, BUT I have my ideas for it... I'll keep you posted as I go... "HEY, shouldn't that little elf be REALLY busy about now UP at the North Pole"??? |
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| A Welcoming Winter glance at my front entry and my sleepy gardens... |
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103 comments:
Your home is just so magical. The door is perfect. Thanks for sharing the magic!
Your home is amazing!
Beautiful white sparkly tree.
Love the side entrance. How very creative.
blessings and thnaks for coming by my place.
barbara jean
Oh, Donna, this is a magical post! You home is enchanting, but in its snowy winter wonderland, it looks like something straight out of a storybook. ~ Sarah
Your cottage is delightful. Looks like it is out of a storybook, very pretty!
Sherry
Your home looks like it is right out of a fairytale, Donna.
Yes, I have had sugar on snow, as we Vermonters call it, more times than I can count...hope that Vermont has a snowy Christmas so I can have some this year!
Your home is so enchanting and all the more enchanting blanketed in snow. Just lovely.
Do hope you're joining us for Seasonal Sundays.
- The Tablescaper
Those pictures are beyond beautiful. The snow is fantastic and your home is gorgeous.
I live in Tennessee where we get very very little snow. I would love to have a white Christmas. I would love to just have a big snow more than once every few years. Enjoy and stay warm.
Brrr! So pretty ... looks like a postcard.
I so love all the photos of the snow. I love your entry door, have since the day you showed it first. I love your tree and the big Santa is truly amazing.
oh please tell us more about your darling cottage!!! Did you design it, it is charming! I lived in Ireland and the UK for 5 years and your home would most surely fit in there.
Your home is gorgeous!!
We have snow at Christmastime, but it usually is light snow. January and Feb are snowy months here, although, we've heard snowy Dec. and dry Jan and Feb, this winter. In Missouri, the weather always keeps us guessing!:-)
Hello Donna,
Nice to meet you.I cannot believe you live in such pretty, dream cottage. How lovely it looks under snow. Wonderful.
I thank you very much for your comments on my photoblog.
Have a nice sunday and Bonjour de France !
♥ Hélène Glehen - a French artist, fond of roses and romantic stuff ♥
www.artglehen.blogspot.com
www.artglehen.fr
You have such a beautiful home Donna! The pics look like they belong on a Christmas Card! Happy Sunday:@)
Your cottage is delightful, straight out of a fairytale.
Your tree is amazing, just gorgeous.
Maggie
You have a most charming home. Just magical. I am your newest follower. Please stop over and visit when you have time. My home old cape home has the steep pitched roof, as well with old slate shingles. I know what you mean when the snow slides off!
Love snow pictures! Homes and gardens seem more magical. Can't wait to see what you do to that door.
OMG I really love your home!
The door is amazing! A storybook cottage indeed.
And your doll collection is like magical!
Thanks for sharing this wonderful tour!
Cindy
I am so glad you photographed the cottage in all of the snow, it is just magical. Perfect roofline, sorry Santa!! Your site for the Christmas tree is outstanding, with windows on two sides. I love all of the wood and stone and the flooring too. Just a beautiful tree and a beautiful setting. What a warm Christmas feeling it exudes. Have a wonderful Sunday.
Your cottage is delightful, and I can only imagine entering through your beautiful entry door! Living in New York, I do love the photos of the snow ;o) I am going to take a peek around your blog...you probably have a post on the age of your home. I have always love that style home.
such wonderful pics..i love snow!!
Oh there MUST be magic happening inside such a sweet cottage. That door! That door! I am in love with THAT DOOR. Lucky girl.
your house is adorable, it reminds me of the cottages at carmel by the sea, the cuckoo clock entrance is enchanting :) i was in the hills of tuscany when i heard the cuckoo bird, gave me goosebumps~
I found you thru the Tablescaper..what a beautiful place you have oh my! Im Janet from Singingwoods..so Nice to meet you! Stay warm too ox
What a slice of heaven you have!!!
Love,
Susan and Bentley
xxoo
What a lovely storybook cottage. So cute and your tree is stunning.
Hello Donna!
Yes you really do live in a Fairy Tale Cottage...it's absolutely gorgeous. I LOVE your favorite room...I can just imagine sitting having breakfast there looking out into the beautiful back yard. Perfection. I once lived in a home similar to yours right across from the ski hill in a little British Columbia Ski Village. It lacked the lovely details that you have in your doorways shutters etc...yes this is definitely my 'dream cottage'. Thank you so much for sharing your home with us. I think I'll be going to sleep dreaming about yours tonight ;) Have a wonderful week!
Maura :)
What beautiful pictures! Your home is so special to me as it reminds me of the Comstock homes in Carmel By The Sea. What a treat it is to see some of the inside as well as outside. Your tree is lovely.
Thanks for sharing,
Barb
Your photos with the snow are just exquisite! You have a lovely home inside and out. Your tree is very pretty too.
Blessings, Beth
It is just perfectly dreamy with the copious snow and the tree with a bizillion lights. That door is a post card! merry♥O
Absolutely beautiful Sweetie!! Your pictures looks like something from Currier and Ives!! Your tree is gorgeous!
Your cottage covered in snow looks right out of a fairy tale!
What a charming cottage! Looks like a perfect place to spend Christmas to me. :-)
Oh Donna, I love your home. It's a like a cottage in winter wonderland....Christine
Donna: You have the most beautiful home I have ever seen. It is right out of a magazine. It is amazing and that tree, wow! Thank you for sharing the view of your home. I love it. Have a wonderful week. Blessings, Martha
Dear Donna,
I am breathless when I see your house. It looks like a fairy tale with all the snow outside and the glittering tree inside. We have so much in common, those icicles are my favorites on my tree. I will show that later. We had once a very white tree, just as if snow had fallen in the hall. But the family didn't love that so much as I did. Your home is really outstanding nice. I love it.
Greetings, Johanna
Fabulous Post Donna! I love everything! Where did you find the crystal icicles for your tree?
warm hugs, Laura
Now this is Christmas!!!!!LOVE!!!!!!Kathy
Your home is gorgeous, it looks like wonderful Christmas card. Your tree is breathtaking, and the way it sparkles in the windows is so pretty. The sleigh with Santa and the Dolls is just perfect. So pretty. Hugs, Marty
Oh Donna, Your house looks lovely framed by the snow~ and your pretty Christmas tree shines like the stars! I know what you mean about porcelain tile- I shatter things often. And those shards are sharp and dangerous! Sorry for my lack of visits lately; life has just gotten in the way and it is all I can do to decorate my house a little at a time. I have cut back for this season, too. -I have way too much stuff and not enough time! I'll be back as I can; until then I hope you are enjoying the Christmas season! ~ Sue
Oh, Donna! Your home is just gorgeous--dreamy! I love mine, but I'd trade you in a heartbeat!
Beautiful decorating, too...and oh, the snow! Thanks for sharing your lovely photos..,
Hope your Monday is just wonderful!
Julie
Boa noite Donna, é um imensso prazer conhecer seu belo e nobre blog, estou encantada com o aconchego e carinho, suas fotos são belas, parabéns, já estou te seguindo, quando puder venha visitar meu blog http://soniareginapinturaemtecidos.blogspot.com, bjss
Your home is a storybook cottage! I too know the pain of those hard tile floors.
Your home is just lovely. I lived in Connecticut for a short while and loved every minute.
Such a lovely post~ your home looks so beautiful all snow covered~ and your tree is gorgeous! Hopped over from Boardwalk Bragfest...I am a new follower!
How pretty! We don't get snow where I live.
Hello, Donna. I haven't visited for quite some time and I open your page to see this lovliness!! It looks like a beautiful little Irish Cottage! Oh, my how pretty your inside is too. You tree looks gorgeous! In my part of Connecticut, it's a LONG winter, so I wish I lived in YOUR part! LOL!
Best regards,
Gloria
P.S. I hope your brother is well on the road to recovery.
I thought we'd had a lot of snow for this time of the year - but you certainly have taken the biscuit! Pretty photos, I love your tree!
Came via Boardwalk bragfest
Hi Donna,
Well, it does LOOK pretty! I am not a lover of snow, unless I have no where to go. Last year, we had way too much of it!
Your Christmas decorations are just beautiful!
I can only say what everyone else has said.
Your home is magical and lovely.
It is like a story book!
Enjoyed visiting,
Laura
White Spray Paint
I hesitated to post a comment here, for fear the font color would be green. Yes, I am envious. It's a real dream cottage.
Merry Christmas
What a perfect picture your cottage creates. A true Christmas vision. Thank you for sharing on the Boardwalk Bragfest. As Laura said above, it is magical and lovely.
Donna, your home is so beautiful...and watching the wildlife right in your window...you just can't get any better than that...Postcard perfect!!! Loved this post!!!
Donna, you do have the most adorable house. It is just like a story book house. I know you love it to pieces.
That tree is amazing...so many lights.
It all looks just like a fairy land.
Love your winter photos, what a gorgeous house and a gorgeous tree!
I can't imagine what it would be like to have a white Christmas, it is always hot and steamy here in Australia!
OMG!! The outside of your home looks like something out of a movie, a magazine, a calendar, etc.
GORGEOUS!!
Your tree is beautiful and I LOVE the sleigh filled with Santa and some of your dolls!!
Stunning!!
Hugs,
Debbie-Dabble Christmas
You have the most wonderful house EVER!!! I just love it and your tree is simply gorgeous!! Off to see if you have more pics of your beautiful home.
Morning Donna~ ~ ~
Love your home. Do you sit in that round room for hours just enjoying your beautiful tree? I surely would. Thanks for sharing your pictures with us. Your house is the house of my dreams!
~ ~Ahrisha~ ~
I'm sure you hear it all the time, but your cottage is amazing! What a wonderful place to live! And the snow is beautiful, your cottage with snow would make wonderful Christmas Cards1
Theresa
aka:tot
So glad to have found you at All Things Heart and Home. What a FANTASTIC home and I LOVE your tree.
Pure magic, it is all so beautiful ~ and Yes I have had fresh maple syrup on freshly fallen snow...we would have it when we made syrup each year...it's so wonderful, what a treat!!
Wow, what a beautiful home:) I just became a follower. I live in CT too. Will be back to say hello:)
~Debra xxx
Capersofthevintagevixens.blogspot.com
Lovely photos. Everything is so wintry. Happy Outdoor Wednesday.
treasures said...
Oh, Christmas in Connecticut looks lovely. We visited Connecticut this past fall; and it was gorgeous . . . but the snow. I just love snow!
Thanks for sharing.
~ Julie
The tree is breathtaking, as is the view, the house. Your home is so lovely, a work of art. I just don't think my words can describe it. I just didn't think anyone today would come up with such an enchanting place to live.
Your posting is lovely! You, certainly, do live in a winter wonderland! Just beautiful!
Beautiful home and I love that door. All that snow is so pretty but here in the south we just wouldn't know what to do with it.
You live in a storybook cottage!! How wonderful!
Pure magic, Donna. Your world and this lovely setting must never be dull. Merry Christmas!
Your side entry is just the prettiest I've ever seen! All that snow looks so pretty on my computer screen :) We moved from NJ because we couldn't take the snow anymore!
Have a wonderful Christmas!
Manuela
Your home is amazing. I love the steep roofline. Thanks for sharing.
Donna, your home is just my favorite style. English Tudor with a fairytale quality! Amazing is the only word for your tree and the way the lights reflect, just so magical. Thanks so much for joining the party!
hugs,
Debra
Donna - every time I visit your beautiful blog, I find myself just staring at the photos of your incredibly dreamy home. It looks like something out of a fairytale or storybook or dream! I almost expect Snow White to come walking around the corner of the house followed by the 7 dwarfs! :) It is such a unique house. Has it ever been featured in a mag or book? It should be! The pic of your tree is just amazing with all that reflection! Sooooo very beautiful! :)
xoxo laurie
Oh my goodness, Donna, you have the most wonderful home. I mean it. I am totally in love with your house and your yard and all that wonderful Connecticut snow. Oh my goodness. It's like the home you dream about at night and wake up wishing you could live there and hoping when you fall back asleep you'll be there again. Just absolutely, fantastically beautiful and dream like. And the wonderful sights you see from your room with the view. Which is just so beautifully decorated for Christmas. Will you hang all your hand blown ornaments on another tree this year?
Oh wow... I just love what you've done with your side entrance. It's just too sweet. Can't wait to see what you do next!
I hope you have yourself a fabulous evening,
Susan @ CluckleBees
well we never get snow like that here in North Carolina...so thanks for sharing!
I still wish for a white Christmas every year any how!!
Tammy :-)
JUNK WILD
Your home exterior is utterly enchanting! I love that little dutch door and curved clock shape. Wow it is just breath taking in the snow. Have a wonderful weekend and thank you for sharing Christmas!
Donna, Your home is so gorgeous, it looks like it could be in England, it's so lovely. It's especially nice surrounded by snow. Your atrium, window lined room is amazing, as is the tree. 1000 crystal ice cycles! WoW!
Hugs, Cindy
Thanks for visiting my blog! You have a gorgeous, charming cottage. What a work of art! these custom creations must take many many months. i can't wait to see pictures of your gardens in the spring and summer. I would love expansive gardens but have found with the arrival of my three girls that is a creative outlet that will have to wait!
I love to see pictures of your home- it always reminds me of a storybook house. It looks especially magical with all of the beautiful white snow!
Donna~ I ADORE your home and that atrium room- STUNNING! Just beautiful! Your tree looks so magical in there and of course, I love your antique dolls - from one collector to another~ they are darling! Your cottage is quite charming blanketed in snow~ thank you for sharing at Feathered Nest Friday!
I always wanted to live in Snow White's cottage and you DO!! It's magical!
Your home is so magical and I love it in the snow! Your tree is gorgeous! And look at those little dolls! I love seeing your wonerful home.
be a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
Donna, your home is to DIE for! I too live in New England and am craving the snow and waiting for some before I snap any new photos this year. So I think I will have to grab one from last year like you did since the whole country got this snow storm yesterday except for us of course, again, we got rain ;( Can you share with us how you got the 'falling snow' to happen to make your pictures come to life? That is SO COOL and may put me in the spirit enough to do some more holiday decorating this week. I enjoyed your blog and am going to follow you. Maybe you can stop by my blog sometime too ;)
Michelle
Donna,
Your home is so beautiful! Stunning! I live in Western New York and moving to Texas this weekend. Your home will remind me of winter's past....Thank you for sharing. Merry Christmas!
Your cottage is amazing. It is too, too cute!
Wow, what a beautiful cottage you have! I am just dying over how gorgeous it is. Thanks for sharing!
What a beautiful home you have!!! I adore your tree and all your photos are so amazing. :) Thanks so much for sharing it with us!
Fuzzy Slippers Designs
Your home is soooo charming!! I just love it!
Blessings xo
Rene'
What a beautiful, snowy cottage...and what a spectacular tree! Thanks so much for sharing!
Merry Christmas!
Well, your home is the most charming home ever...your side door is like a fairy tale door. Your tree is so perfect in the room with all the windows! Just so charming! I have loved both versions of the movie "Christmas in Connecticut." I loved your version too. Thanks for linking up to "It's Your Wonderful Life" Party. Joni
A fairy tale dream come true! I'm so enthralled with your home, simply magical. Thank you so much for sharing. :)
I was born and raised in CT, but have lived the last 30 years away. I am very glad I live in SC but it is supposed to be 14 here tomorrow---and our homes down here are really not built for cold temps....at least not here on the coast!
Your house is incredible! You must feel as though you live in a fairy tale!
Best,
Susan
Thank you for sharing your BEAUTIFUL home!
What a Christmas card kind of post! Beautiful! So happy to have found your great blog! I'm your newest follower and would be delighted to have you follow me back!
Merry Christmas!
Tammy
OH MY !!! Wish I were your neighbor so I could see your home every day, in every season and for every angle !! How blessed you are !! Merry Christmas and have a blessed New Year. Ann Nell
Beautiful, beautiful, BEAUTIFUL, sweetpea!!!! Oooh, that looks like the quintessential Christmas scene.
xoxo,
Connie
Your cottage truely looks as if I have stepped into a fairytale, so quaint, charming and lovely, Kathysue
Donna, You own the home of my dreams..absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for sharing your beautiful home and tree at my party. Wow..1000 icicles!
Have a very merry Christmas.
Sherry
Beautiful home and property! The cuckoo entrance is so fun, too! Can't wait to see what else you do with it :)
Jaime @ Like a Bubbling Brook
So pretty! I'm a Connolly and just stumbled upon your blog. Love your Conghaile Cottage.
Oh...my I just found your blog. I don't know how I missed it for so long...except I've been busy and haven't had time to go through all the link parties like I normally do. I LOVE your cottage....and just want to see every nook and corner of it. I live in a little 1931 cottage and love all the details of your home.
So happy to have found you. I'll follow and will add you to my blog roll.
Thank you for linking to Masterpiece Monday! I hope you can come back & join the link party every week. Take care, Mary :O)
I love your home!!!! It's perfect. And even more so with all the snow. You are indeed lucky to live in such a beautiful place. I'm glad you posted this on Masterpiece Monday.
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