Prep Day

First of all, I want to thank my dear friend Sharon, who I can call locally.  She  has been a blessing.  I wanted to explain that I had a power outage on Monday.  It was one of those annoying ones where the power is off for about a minute or two, just long enough that the clocks on the microwave and coffee maker have to be reset.  When I went to turn on my computer NOTHING happened.  Nada, zip, zilch.  I called my friend Scott who was out of town, and wouldn't be back until tonight.  

When he got here, he decided the problem was my power supply.  He said he would order one on Amazon and it would be here in a day or two.  I about threw up.  Literally.  That's when he suggested trying to find one locally.  He got one just as the computer store was closing.  He returned with a new one and that was the problem.  I now have a new power supply guaranteed for five years and made in Vietnam instead of China.  I assure you, it set me back more than I expected, but I HAD to get on the internet, especially since I was part of AEDM, as well as being late for hosting my T Tuesday party.  Seems the surge protector didn't do a good job of keeping the power supply from getting fried.  Regardless, I'll be by to visit as I can, since I'm still typing with one hand.  Now for today's post.

Today I'm on my front porch

preparing for the day after Thanksgiving, which is tomorrow in the USA.

It's the day I bring out my Christmas decorations.

I have a tabletop tree that sits in this blue bowl every Christmas, so it was important for it to be clean.

I still have to "fluff" the pillows on the wicker chairs, but everything else is starting to take shape.

As I was debating what I would do with my pumpkin (seen in silhouette on the bottom left of my photo),

I noticed the low winter sun that cast shadows over one of the wind chimes that is on the south side of my house.

I have wind chimes around all three sides of my front porch.

I can never get all of a single side in one photo,

but this gives you an idea of the various ones I have.

I also cleaned my mailbox, the largest one sold in the states.

As I was taking photos, I noticed I have a mess on my floor.  Not only do I need to sweep, I need to pick up the items I left there when I cleaned the yard and gutters a few weeks ago.  It's time to add oil to the rocking horse before winter takes over, too.

At least the metal has all been cleaned

and it wont be long until the porch will be decked in a winter wonderland.

Thank you for stopping by today.  I'm so very grateful for your visit.

This is Day 27 of Art Every Day Month (AEDM), hosted by Leah Piken Kolidas and I started cleaning my front porch in preparation for decorating it for Christmas.

AND, I'm back online!