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Vintage Christmas Photo Garland

December 24, 2021 By Talya Tate Boerner 1 Comment

Vintage Photo Garland

Happy Christmas Eve everyone! This fun vintage Christmas photo garland will take you all of five minutes to string along your mantel or bookcase or windowsill.

Vintage photos deserve to be displayed, y’all.Continue Reading

Christmas Cards and Nature ~ 2 days!

December 23, 2021 By Talya Tate Boerner 7 Comments

christmas card display with nature

Today I want to show you how I display Christmas cards and nature together, creating a festive holiday mood board of sorts. But first, I would like to thank everyone who keeps me on their Christmas card list. I’m not very consistent in mailing out cards. Last year I mailed Thanksgiving cards; this year I never got around to sending any sort of cards. But I really do love receiving them in the mail, and if I had been a bit more organized, I would have mailed you one this year.

Next year, I’ll try to do better.

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Charlie Brown Snow ~ 3 days til Christmas!

December 22, 2021 By Talya Tate Boerner 3 Comments

Charlie Brown Snow!

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Today’s Christmas Countdown post is…wait for it…how to create Charlie Brown snow!

Did you watch A Charlie Brown Christmas this year? PBS has been playing it for the past three Sunday nights. I doubt I’ve missed a year since it debuted on December 9, 1965.

This year when I watched it, I thought about all the fabulous snowfall in Charlie Brown’s neighborhood. And I wondered where Charlie Brown lived. John guessed somewhere in the Northeast since his grandmother lived in a condominium. According to Peanuts Fandom, there’s disagreement regarding the location of Charlie Brown’s home. Earliest comic strips eluded to California where Shultz’s office was located. Later, several references (and lots of snow) directed fans to a Charlie Brown neighborhood in Minnesota where Shultz grew up.

Regardless, we won’t be having snow in Fayetteville this Christmas. Our forecasted high for Christmas Day is 72.

Good grief!

I decided to create the illusion of Charlie Brown snow from our dining room windows. Sometimes a girl has to take things into her own hands. Continue Reading

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Talya Tate Boerner


Hi! I'm Talya. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Baylor graduate. Author of

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