Ring Out The Old....Ring In The New...

( Thank you Google)
January
January, the month of new beginnings and cherished memories, beckons...

Come, let winter weave her wondrous spell: cold, crisp, woollen-muffler
days, long dark evenings of savoury suppers, lively conversations,
or solitary joys.
Outside the temperatures drops as snow falls softly: All of  nature
is a peace.We should be, too.
Draw fireside. this is the month to dream, to look forward to the year ahead 
and the journey within....
( Taken with kindness from my bible)
"Simple Abundance".

As we say goodbye to the old year, I would like to give  gratitude.
for a Christmas that was peaceful...
With lots of laughter and merriment!

And a year that was ever so busy

~  but kind to us...

Olivia singing and playing a tune or two, for us

 after our Christmas lunch!

~ 

Tomorrows a brand spanking new year 

as well as a brand new start!

A new chapter waiting to be written....

New questions to be asked....

I wonder what your hopes and dreams 

are for 2014 .....

The year of the 'horse' in the Chinese calender!

My one resolution is this...

To open my arms out as wide as I can to receive

all the miracles with my name on them!

~ I jolly well hope you do too!

Ooh, Babycham  bubbles
 shared with some old friends
 and some new ones...

Each new years eve from the very beginning...
I have taken out with me in my purse a piece of jet black coal, for luck!
~ Tonight will be no exception...
It's my own reassurance of a little magic for the new year!

~

And as I have said once before, 
this very time last year...
"As you put the old year well and truly to bed give thanks"!...
~ Honour it with some thing, sparkly and special ....
.“Tomorrow, is the first blank page of a 365 page book. 
Write a good one, won't you"...
I will be sure to take all of your very dear friendships with me
into the new year!
Happy 2014 !
Bless you all!
Much love, Maria x