Happy New Year's Eve! 

Here are a few shots around the farmhouse from this past month!
The $15k Christmas wreath;) finally made a return on the barn- after its three year absence ? (despite my bitching disapproval, Dan put it up himself, but this time with the help of Big Blue, the tractor, securing the ladder's base.)
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It's been a lovely December, but no snow??  We get amazing night skies living on the hill- both to the west and the east; sometimes you can't decide which way to look!  Candles on stakes lit in the garden bed in front of the dining room.

Christmas lights on the front porch.
Nothing says "Christmas" like a Patriots flag;)!

View from the back meadow.   A wreath is on the folly gate at the cutting garden.  The entire upstairs in this photo is the master suite!  On the left is the bedroom, in the center is the bath and on the right is the closet.
Below is the barn room fireplace with a very simple mantel of fresh garland and an antique iron bakers rack tray (I kept one of the trays from the rack that I sold years ago.) 
Someone on Instagram asked to see our Christmas tree;  I replied that I hadn't put one up in probably 15 years (actually more like 17.)  Another person asked if there was a reason for that which got me thinking about what made me stop.  It was the year that we realized that the stress and anxiety, and the "illusion" of ...