A Balsam Christmas...

Hi everyone! I was so hoping for a little bit of snow before I took outdoor photos, but this year it feels more like a tropical Christmas! My husband is perfectly happy with this weather. I want to share one of our porches and the most beautiful evergreens my mom brought me!<br /><br />I remember my grandmother always making swags of Balsam pine and white pine tied with a very effortless-looking red ribbon, so I use those a lot myself, although I am not as good at the ribbon tying!<br /><br />I have used a sled my grandfather made many years ago along with a garden basket filled with fresh greenery. The lantern is a vintage Southern railroad lantern one of two found here on the property. Balsam is 3,315 feet above sea level, and the highest standard gauge railway east of the Rocky Mountains crosses here. The Asheville to Murphy branch of the Southern Railway was constructed through Balsam Gap in the mid-1880s.<br /><br />The plaid coat was my grandmother's and I wear it frequently.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghWtIe59GklAuyaAA3hMKdy-BDnj-krgt_MezPVV4_bk-irC55nkP5FZDP-xhiG-VU-fID_RINuYkVqJFXFzFX_jjx9Ss-JgZsBSuYch5WaiscMArAwDLd4xdVcPKDVmhwFOZbBr021co/s1600/2011xmasporch19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghWtIe59GklAuyaAA3hMKdy-BDnj-krgt_MezPVV4_bk-irC55nkP5FZDP-xhiG-VU-fID_RINuYkVqJFXFzFX_jjx9Ss-JgZsBSuYch5WaiscMArAwDLd4xdVcPKDVmhwFOZbBr021co/s1600/2011xmasporch19.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQY5_u6k7XBx8GS_0ujy20GUQpkrElvZyTarO7JFFXHlfso6IHevM4GL2MmPuSc9IUc_YQNY1LCYlE1tWr3_e0bjdtN2aLh2QmC5aAWF__DLuaiUcf3m6Y7FEFS6zi7j_tOylRaW-h2_k/s1600/2011xmasporch17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQY5_u6k7XBx8GS_0ujy20GUQpkrElvZyTarO7JFFXHlfso6IHevM4GL2MmPuSc9IUc_YQNY1LCYlE1tWr3_e0bjdtN2aLh2QmC5aAWF__DLuaiUcf3m6Y7FEFS6zi7j_tOylRaW-h2_k/s1600/2011xmasporch17.jpg" /></a></div><br />Notice in the background the little guest house...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTtJGiQTUdhH4Jm1CqqMXwycMgiQsFBDzzDk3bOPIj9Y0L6Y8qB4ks0JDYJLEVEsL7fwc689GYVkDLwnqOoutTabDcIT_uczChY_DEjWVVoWHNWE6R0TzE9FbYgNWa636pOFH4MRO-Q5o/s1600/2011xmasporch25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTtJGiQTUdhH4Jm1CqqMXwycMgiQsFBDzzDk3bOPIj9Y0L6Y8qB4ks0JDYJLEVEsL7fwc689GYVkDLwnqOoutTabDcIT_uczChY_DEjWVVoWHNWE6R0TzE9FbYgNWa636pOFH4MRO-Q5o/s1600/2011xmasporch25.jpg" /></a></div><br />The sign was on my great grandfather's house I featured Friday...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGSF7mk5vcJ5HN8DhSwPcja21wWBt1Ll8ztHD-8hoF19dGiorn6jxHRGLrn9sYHKFsJ7IC_24gavHmw1GGRpvPfW0ZaUDNN8oSs_JFMgSdQNYxpk1QDy14A50Jhf5NlN-IKJ0VIRWief8/s1600/2011xmasporch30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGSF7mk5vcJ5HN8DhSwPcja21wWBt1Ll8ztHD-8hoF19dGiorn6jxHRGLrn9sYHKFsJ7IC_24gavHmw1GGRpvPfW0ZaUDNN8oSs_JFMgSdQNYxpk1QDy14A50Jhf5NlN-IKJ0VIRWief8/s1600/2011xmasporch30.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgruBmLOFwTTXOgUJBHuuFUBB6pxqeCHHN6QB0BnRm4Gye0O_gTMeCWRiF5EwLgGJGLi5EQS1JWESEj83kmryvCgCftU8cQQ9SRWyPMZJvEYlaGAh_8AEUQmIYN0gJ8A7G6PcgcWaPFo2c/s1600/2011xmasporch14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgruBmLOFwTTXOgUJBHuuFUBB6pxqeCHHN6QB0BnRm4Gye0O_gTMeCWRiF5EwLgGJGLi5EQS1JWESEj83kmryvCgCftU8cQQ9SRWyPMZJvEYlaGAh_8AEUQmIYN0gJ8A7G6PcgcWaPFo2c/s1600/2011xmasporch14.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This beautiful candy cane was made by a dear friend of my mom in Mountain City, Tennessee at Forge Creek Farm! This is just one of several that she brought back.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp0ZqLKCPb0HV2n68jsZRrYN6ne6hfLHpovSVrc7zuHqRm8F5fLBgpfFG-AKG_iFifPhtD_rOdcRhyht7pWi71uTTeOZQpLjCA6y1iXiiVyQwU0-IioN5rKpkZBgem0aPVveZvz1SXx8k/s1600/2011xmasporch31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp0ZqLKCPb0HV2n68jsZRrYN6ne6hfLHpovSVrc7zuHqRm8F5fLBgpfFG-AKG_iFifPhtD_rOdcRhyht7pWi71uTTeOZQpLjCA6y1iXiiVyQwU0-IioN5rKpkZBgem0aPVveZvz1SXx8k/s1600/2011xmasporch31.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am loving the red doors this season!  These wreaths are just some faux ones I bought several years ago. I hang wreaths on all the windows.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMi-Q3IlC2FsyhWqfkhK1xh3pUsDfe5tBH9ftBIRvhOSRFyBis0StwWLWsSKpGsZa0VXW6rGf3uFG24NpDBdWnqj5U4ThhCSWbjnPhFq_CVBKaODlUzWc6obpOLqHQwqv_XwDSxM7uvc0/s1600/2011xmasporch20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMi-Q3IlC2FsyhWqfkhK1xh3pUsDfe5tBH9ftBIRvhOSRFyBis0StwWLWsSKpGsZa0VXW6rGf3uFG24NpDBdWnqj5U4ThhCSWbjnPhFq_CVBKaODlUzWc6obpOLqHQwqv_XwDSxM7uvc0/s1600/2011xmasporch20.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIBFFBKgjMvCZteSVztN64OsLHClpn57bDtQjfBdqFj0HUuHXQNF-tOrek24SauHzFqA5kavroepLqofTiEQlOf6_ke-pNi5BjS0Rr0q9WYhXdsY0YeQep4jJb22xUzlRu62rHXlO_vLU/s1600/2011xmasporch21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIBFFBKgjMvCZteSVztN64OsLHClpn57bDtQjfBdqFj0HUuHXQNF-tOrek24SauHzFqA5kavroepLqofTiEQlOf6_ke-pNi5BjS0Rr0q9WYhXdsY0YeQep4jJb22xUzlRu62rHXlO_vLU/s1600/2011xmasporch21.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are evergreens in the shape of a cross from Forge Creek Farm. I saw this on their facebook page first and fell in love with it. I have never seen anything like this! It is so beautiful and lush in person. I will post contact info for them at the end.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcLvz2my9DuxU9N8OQnyA089a3RufISujDinMIaqMUkR2h6yTZ3d458tPmi4mvXt4UjBzESDaYc9toUHvn-2TqMi2WJILWBOQ101pIWB-skQPuMWtZ_M7Nh-wIxPkCLwdfhcmQCBk-EtA/s1600/2011xmasporch22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcLvz2my9DuxU9N8OQnyA089a3RufISujDinMIaqMUkR2h6yTZ3d458tPmi4mvXt4UjBzESDaYc9toUHvn-2TqMi2WJILWBOQ101pIWB-skQPuMWtZ_M7Nh-wIxPkCLwdfhcmQCBk-EtA/s1600/2011xmasporch22.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The cross inspired me to put a nativity underneath...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlVEDoNxpszN6B545a5INr84fuSVYPOwY_2ADnz2WJ42w0WYxc1Gw3rzbwn-GmXz4WF9D_YElm6q99EwVKh1h4NuCuCzkd9iw1XMuWJSPayz6qygtYbI9yj5ZZO83yKfQHDr2jRdMsmdk/s1600/2011xmasporch11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlVEDoNxpszN6B545a5INr84fuSVYPOwY_2ADnz2WJ42w0WYxc1Gw3rzbwn-GmXz4WF9D_YElm6q99EwVKh1h4NuCuCzkd9iw1XMuWJSPayz6qygtYbI9yj5ZZO83yKfQHDr2jRdMsmdk/s1600/2011xmasporch11.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also tucked bunches of fresh greenery in the candle sconces.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjfLipoaORcGt5ObATyJQ0NMeCgdAnpOFdnQqZw3Oc-KcnLWkwiDYksJi1zS3axKk9VLKjTfsPaHVmIVPjjXqC1RhfhYzaMUK_3TMoLC7B-49cY8uHDPOTbdU9l2sezgxROzED4B9XYvM/s1600/2011xmasporch12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I am surrounded with things that belonged to them, and they bring back so many precious memories. Knowing that I am walking where they walked, enjoying the land and things they loved is such a blessing and brings so much joy to me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank so much for letting me share those memories with you:-)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Please go by and check out Forge Creek Farm and more beautiful wreaths at their facebook page: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/forge-creek-farm/322027980837?ref=ts">Forge Creek Farm</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for stopping by!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Anita</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll be joining:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://commonground-debrasvintagedesigns.blogspot.com/">Vintage Inspiration Friday</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/">Feathered Nest Friday</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">and</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.atthepicketfence.com/">Inspiration Friday</a></div>

A Balsam Christmas...

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