Snow!

    Wow, we almost had a white Christmas.  It missed us by a day.  We had several inches here at home in TN, but at our second home in AR, 10" and lost power.   Hot Springs is not suppose to get that kind of snowfall!  The governor declared Arkansas a disaster, because there were over 130,000 homes without power.  We called our neighbor to see if we had power.  He said that we didn't and that the Utilities said it could be days to a week before the power was restored.  Thank goodness, we always turn off our water and open the lines each time we leave.   BUT, I had a freezer full of meat and some of that deer meat.  I can't go to store to replace that and I was afraid that water would start running out of the freezer and ruin our hardwood floors.  So, off we went to Arkansas on Thursday, after Bob got home from work.  Thank goodness it was an uneventful trip, but made for a long day.  The upside, I got some good pictures!

Here at home

                                 The trip over!  I am glad the roads at cleared for the most part.

The farther west we got, the more snow.

I-30 west

On the road to our house.

Our House

Our street

I will have to prune some broken limbs off the Crepe Mrytles.

 

The neighbors across the street, Beautiful Place!

Annual Christmas Trip

     Christmas has come and gone.....I was so busy thru the holidays (annual trip & family) and I've been sick the last 4 days, I just haven't blogged about anything.  This is little late, but I wanted to share.

    Two years ago, my husband and I went to Hot Springs, AR for our anniversary, which is the 28th of December, but we took our trip before Christmas.  We decided to stay at The Arlington Hotel in downtown and we just loved it. (http://www.arlingtonhotel.com/index.htm).  It is old, built in 1924.  It has a certain ambiance, and it still has some original decor.  The Arlington is to Hot Springs, as The Peabody is to Memphis, TN.  But, The Arlington has something that The Peabody doesn't,  it's own bath house with the mineral waters right there in the hotel.  Yes, we enjoyed the mineral bath and a wonderful massage.  Many famous people have stayed at The Arlington, including Al Capone.  See, Hot Springs has it's own dotted history with gambling and outlaws.  I just fell in love with Hot Springs, and if you have read my post, you realize that we bought a house over there.  

Enough rambling.....The Arlington decorates for Christmas with a huge Gingerbread house.  Each year, I love to go downtown, walk around, look at the lights and go to The Arlington.

Can you guess, how many candies?  They have a contest each year.

Bob & I sitting in the lobby.

 There are several of these Huge Nutcrackers.

  These are my beautiful daughters in front of tree last year.  Somehow, I missed getting a picture of the tree on this trip.

This is the park across the street last year.  This year it wasn't decorated, but a little park down the way was.

                                                                         

Garvan Gardens, Christmas Lights, Hot Springs, AR

I haven't posted anything in over a week.....Yikes, but I have been unplugged over the Thanksgiving Holiday.  We got to spend our holiday at our home in Hot Springs, AR and I have no internet service there. We had a great vacation and I hope you got to enjoy time with family and friends as well.  I wanted to share with you the Christmas lights at Garvan Gardens.  I love Christmas lights!  We went last year and I certainly wanted to go again this year!  We had planned on going Friday evening, but we were pooped after spending 6 hours shopping.  That is A Lot for me, I am not a shopper.  So, Saturday, we ate an early supper and got out the door about 5 pm.  We wanted to get there early to beat the crowd.

We were pulling out of our drive Saturday evening to go to the Gardens and this was our view!  Can you say Fabulous!

 If your in the area during the Christmas Season and love Christmas lights, take the time to go to Garvan Gardens.  It cost $10 a person, it is a walking tour and takes hour or more to make it thru. (They do offer golf cart rides at an extra expense)  It just depends on how many pictures you take or sit and drink Hot Chocolate. It is well worth it, 17 acres & 2 million lights, Wow! I have included the link to their web site.  http://www.garvangardens.org/

I hope you enjoy the lights!

My husband and one of my beautiful daughters.

This trees lights were set to music.

Pay attention to the color of the reindeer, that is how you know where your car is parked.