SEEING RED………..in my living room at Christmas

I admit….the Charlie McCarthy puppet is a bit creepy.

BEJEWELED TREES at Bergdorf

Costume jewelry tree……..in the Christmas shop……..COST:  $10,000.  There are others just a bit bigger for $12,000.  I decided to make my own.

CHRISTMAS in my Art Studio

Actually………..it is Christmas all year long………..

CHRISTMAS CRITTERS in my apartment

I have never lost my passion for PUPPETS.  Most of these are from my favorite company …….FOLKMANIS.

 

 

 

 

 

When kids drop in……….I keep with amused with these critters….I put on a PUPPET SHOW!

PEOPLE who showed up for my CHRISTMAS WAFFLES Breakfast

Pee Wee lives here year round……….jerk his cord and he talks!  Too much!!!

HARRY POTTER has a permanent spot on the sofa.

And Harry’s owl……..HEDWIG

Happy New Year.……..Florence and Alfie………..from London

The keeper of my pencils……..who LOVES pearls.

The CIRCUS………..a diarama by the Russian Artist, OLGA.

She dropped in and refused to leave……….claimed she was a “cleaning lady”……but all she does is collect DUST>

I made this paper maché angel about 20 years ago.

A portrait of Van Gogh that I painted many moons ago.

Our friend Janine gifted us this stain glass window years ago.

Hortensia hangs on my “People Tree”………making her appearance once a year.

Louie the 14th always makes an appearance……..

I had Charlie when I was a kid….and now I have him again……..from Housing Works thrift.

I love this old couple created by Robert Heinman for Tiffany’s window years ago.

Carmen Bury gavr me this necklacre last year for a Christmas present.

Beata…the Hungarian….flew in from Naples………she has obviously gone COSMIC>

Her husband John and the AFO SCHWARZ bear………

There son VICTOR created the bear for me and gave it a HEART.  Sweet!

CHRISTMAS in Landshut Bavaria

I lived in the north of Germany……Delmenhorst…….for four years…….and I took the train to the town of Landshut in Bavaria for two weeks of skiing in the alps.

The ALT STADT [old town] is always decorated for WEIHNACHT

I spent Christmas eve in the ALTE KIRCHE for midnight mass…………and froze my B_ _ _ _off.  No heat in this ancient stone walled church.

 

I spent my time there skiing in the alps.

BERGDORFS WINDOWS

These photos are to refresh your memory of what the windows looked like last year.