T stands for more gifts from friends and trees, trees, trees!

Sunday, when these photos were taken, it snowed.

Fortunately, there is no snow on this tree, or in my tree mug.

My tree is surrounded by gifts, some of which have been opened,

some not.

There's even a sweet treat card from my friend RO!

I've contacted both Eileen and RO! whose boxes have arrived and are shown here.  I wanted to let them know Christmas could be a bit lean this year, so I want to wait till the big day to open their gifts they kindly sent.

The perceptive reader will see the other two gifts RO! has sent, along with a gift exchange with a friend last week (who doesn't want her info on the internet).  I love this lantern for when I lose electricity.  It has a magnetic base, a hook, and a compass, so I'll always know which way is north (grin).

Now I'm not a country person, and I actually surprised myself when, in the late 1980s, I purchased this fabric to make this table topper.  At the time, I had no sewing machine.  Not that I would have the ability to sew a straight stitch around this fabric, anyway.  I used iron on stitch witchery that was the exact size of the hem.

I'm sure you can tell why I bought the fabric, though.

Because of the rocking horses on the fabric, of course.  Even back then, I had started buying a few trees.

Here are a few more trees I put out every year.

I purchased this one specifically for my cardinal inspired bath.  And, no, I didn't clean the room before I took these photos.  I'm just a bit anal, I guess.

Once I turned off the lights, I noticed how bright the cardinals and red birds looked against the white snow outside.

I keep my Christmas cards I've received in this ceramic napkin holder I've had for years.  I picked the little baking tin up several years ago.  It will never be used for baking, but I love the fact it has little trees on it.  And, it holds tea lights, too!

My tree that normally sits in this pot on my front porch, was lifted up and out of it during gale force winds last week.  I happened to see the tree skipping along my flower bed, so was able to retrieve it.

Consequently, I went with Plan B, these skates I purchased one year that now hold more of my holly.

Now it's time for you to share a drink related post.  It can be photos, a place you visited, movies, postcards, books, sketches, mixed media, drawings, paintings, tags, ATCs, scrapbooking, or other art that is digital, hybrid, or traditional, as long as it in some way relates back to a drink, any drink.  Please share below and Bleubeard and I, along with the rest of the T gang will be by to visit.   Please link only your T post and not your blog in general.  Old photos are acceptable because they may be taken any time, not just on Tuesday, and not just this year.