We spent this weekend in Natchitoches at the Lights Festival. Natchitoches bills itself as "The City of Lights," which has been celebrated since 1926.
One of my fondest memories is of my sisters and me playing and rolling down the hill in front of the lake. I also remember picking stickers out of my clothing, which adds to the humor.
Now one of my sisters lives on the lake just beyond that hill, and she is loving enough to invite us (the whole crazy family) to her house for the first weekend of December, which happens to be the festival weekend. That means lights, parades, fireworks, a craft fair, boat flotilla, and of course, Santa.
And Christmas quilts to go along with the scenes because, believe me, this weekend was cold and wet (and unbelieveably rainy) so anyone out there would have wished for an extra-warm, heavy quilt. The rain was so heavy that the parade was canceled for the first time since 1959
Though not quilts, these are adorable and certainly would be something that you'd likely see in one of the many boutiques along Front Street. 
Here's hoping you're getting into the Christmas spirit and enjoying the Advent season. We have not begun decorating, but that's okay, I prefer to spend time with family. Perhaps next weekend the stuff will come down and someone will put it all together.
So many wonderful ideas in this post. Each picture more beautiful than the last. I am completely in love with the mantle scarf in the last picture. It literally took my breath away. Several others have put seeds of ideas in my head. I can feel them tickling away as they root back there in the creative pockets in my brain. Thank you for this post.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Heather, for your lovely comment. That mantle scarf stunned me, too. I've tried to find your email and/or blog and wasn't able to, sorry. Thanks again for the visit!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry the parade was cancelled. I went to college at Northwestern and loved the Christmas lights and festival. I loved the food vendors at the waterfront, especially Lasyone's.
ReplyDeleteI now live in West Virginia. This really brought back memories.
Merry Christmas!