Happy New Year and one last lighted house

Happy New Year

May this be a blessed, happy and healthy year for everyone.

One last lighted house.
This is the Larson home in Elburn Illinois.
It won the $50,000 in the Great Light Fight that was on television this year!
We had heard that they were going to enter. We just happened to be watching the night they won.

The house is out in the country, so there are not obstructions.
This year they did create a parking lot to get some of the cars off the road.
They have two programs, each lasts about one hour.  If you go one night you will see only one, the next night you would see the other program.

This display has been going one for several years.
Each year he adds  more lighted structures as different types of displays..
It is all synchronized to holiday music. 

There are over one million lights.

This year the two turquoise colored bands were added.  They are a series of tubes  that have lights in them. They change color and have a series of  graphics that also are part of the light show.

We did stay for about an hour to see one cycle of the show.
In our paper, it said that last year on Christmas Eve alone,  there were over 800 cars that came by to watch the show.
I was sitting in the car taking these pictures.  Baby, it was cold out side.

This is definitely on our must see each year.
We did wait to see it until Monday night.  The lights go on at 5:00. We arrived just before the show started.
You can tune your radio to 88.5 while you are in the area and listen to the show.
Until next holiday season for light shows.

Now back to sewing.
I have been working on all those small projects I showed the weekend Ron was gone. I have made a quilt for the Kona Hop that is starting on the 7th of January.
I almost have my project done for the hop in February, and just got the pattern for the second hop in February.  I have been busy.
Today it is snowing and blowing a great day to get the sewing machine running.
Enjoy your first day of the new year.
Mary 

Christmas lights

Time to see our favorite Christmas houses.  Each year we have to see of this house has been lit. This family "encrusts" their home on all sides, including the windows.  This is the back of the house.

Here is the front and one of the sides. The only things not covered is the front and garage doors.

Charlie found a warm cozy spot to take a snooze.

At my one of my favorite walking and birding sites, I came upon this small herd of deer.  They were feeding by the edge of the woods and did not seem too concerned that I was watching them and taking pictures.

At one of the parks in our area, a Christmas light show to benefit area youth programs, was ready for viewing. You drive your car though through and can give a donation at the end.

It is so nice to see the display. It has become a yearly drive through. They are adding displays as they get get sponsors.

The view from our kitchen area.  I am keeping my bird feeders full.  The mourning doves depend on the smaller birds to flick the seeds to the ground, as they are ground feeders.  They had decided to take a time out and perched on this tree. It seems they were waiting for the next round of feed.

I have been working on all my projects from my last post.  On Thursday at sewing, I prepped them for quilting and embroidery.  Several are done, and more are being worked on.
It is fun to sit in the evening, work on the handwork, and watch some pretty good Christmas shows.
It is cold and snowy outside, what better way to spend your time.
Have a great week.
Mary