Deck the Halls Tuesday...

Today, I am excited to join in the first of many holiday parties with Susan, from Thoughts from Over the Rainbow. Click HERE to see Susan's beautiful decor and all the other's participating and since I haven't started indoor decorating yet - I am hoping to catch many more wonderful decorating ideas :) At this time, Mr. Linky is being Stinky and stubborn but you can catch all the blog addresses in her comments section.

We just finished celebrating extended family Thanksgiving parties on Sunday eve so I have not had much of a start on my indoor holiday decorating so today I am showing you some of my garden holiday decor. It is very unusual for us to not have snow but it does not bother me :) The candy cane lane is leading to the icicle covered cabin and Mr. Moose is checking out the pond.
I took many more shots of the outdoor lights but they all turned out blurry - I'll have to post them another time. Mother Nature had a fantastic holiday light show this morning!
We live in the country with rural electric poles so we decorate 3 of them along our property with street lights. Though they are not lit this morning - the sunrise highlighted them beautifully.
Rudolph is standing guard in front of the barn...
and the sunrise makes the backyard bird feeder pole into a beautiful silhouette.
December's garden flag reminds me that next Tuesday I should show my nativity sets.
A little Santa welcoming all the birdies to the garden.
Remember those white wire lighted sleighs and reindeers that are everwhere at this time of year? I had two reindeer and a sleigh and every year it was a huge struggle trying to get all the lightbulbs to work. Last year we didn't even take them out of storage and this year I gave them a makeover with NO lights to fight. The smaller reindeer got a rusty color paint job and a grapevine and moss makeover and is posed ready to take a drink from the pond. Mr. Moose might be losing his lights next year as currently we can't get his back legs lighted thanks to a certain male dog doing his business on the poor guy's legs!
All the pieces got the faux rust paint job but I ran out of grapevine so the bigger of the reindeer is looking a little bare this season. Next summer, I am going to cover him with chicken wire and make him into a topiary.
The sleigh was made into a bird feeder by adding a seat made out of window screen.
As soon as I set out the bird candy, I mean peanuts in the shell, bluejays were everywhere. There is one that always takes away two at a time...little piggie :)
I just purchased this wooden snowman a few weeks ago and made him into a bird feeder as well. His hat is filled with ear corn and peanuts and his hat brim is filled with shelled sunflower kernels. You will be sick of seeing him by spring :)
As I said I haven't really started the indoor decorating but I did switch out the autumn greens in my lighted planter in the dining room for a winter look.
This is how it looks when lit...
I just love these very unusual faux spider mums. They are glittery and fluffy and just too cool!

Hopefully by the time Tuesday rolls around next week my "Halls" will be decorated!

If I have any new readers today from Susan's party - you are invited to join me over in my kitchen for National Chocolate Covered Anything Day on December 16th! Click on the pink/brown icon in my left sidebar for more info...another great holiday to celebrate in December.