A wonderful dog's life

All the penguins are a little sad tonight, especially the beanie baby on top, as are the rest of us, because we lost a little friend over the weekend. Kooki, my sister and brother-in-law's beloved Yorkie who gave me the ornament, passed away after 17 wonderful years. A little dog has left a big emptiness.

Let’s celebrate

How about a set of penguins in blue polka dot top hats to help celebrate on New Year’s Eve? Clip-on ornaments are cool, but you don’t see very many of them and almost never penguins. I have one other clip-on penguin and it was nice to find this set at Target. I had a little mishap after I took this picture and broke the hat on one of them. I saved the pieces, however, and might be able to glue it back together. If not, well, I still have three more.

Glass clip-ons with blue top hats

Acquired: November 21, 2011, Target, Stroudsburg, Pa.

Number: 0988 0989 0990 0991

Size: 2.5 inches tall

Price: $9.50/box (originally $10)

Eight trees a twinkling

All the trees were up and lit by Christmas Eve, but I didn't quite finish the big tree until the day after with help from my sister and her family who came to visit. It was a busy holiday week ending with a trip to New York with visiting friends from Brazil. Somewhere in all the excitement I managed to pick up a bug that kept me in bed all day yesterday. So, this post is a little late, but as long as we're still counting the twelve days of Christmas, I figure I'm still beating the deadline. And here they are, all my penguin trees.
The big tree, above, has about 300 ornaments, not counting the penguin lights.

I like how the candy cane tree in the front bedroom turned out. All the penguin ornaments have candy canes.

The wood ornament tree moved into my bedroom this year.

The window tree and the two front windows hold all the stuffed ornaments.

It's the first year I was able to do an all glass tree in the living room.

The blue tree stands guard in the tv room.

The mini tree is the centerpiece on my dining room table.

The tree at the Electric City Trolley Museum will be moving home after New Year's Day.

Head set

This set of penguins came in a box. I thought the bumps on the side were stubby wings, but after I unpacked them, I realized they were glittery, color-coordinated earmuffs.

Pink, green and blue flat, round, snow-filled glass with glittery earmuffs

Acquired: November 21, 2011, Target, Stroudsburg, Pa.

Number: 0985 0986 0987

Size: 4.5 inches tall

Price: $7.60/box of 3
(originally $8)

Candy cane tree

I finished the candy cane penguin tree tonight and I like it a lot. All the penguin ornaments, about 75 total, have candy canes. I used the skinny tree that was at the Trolley Museum last year. It fits much better than the tree I had in the front bedroom last year. I added a spiral of red lights to the white lights already on the tree and finished it off with a red and white garland and traditional candy canes. Sweet.

Bullseye

Target came through again this year with a number of nice penguin ornaments. You already know that I crossed the 1,000 mark, thanks to Target, and now you get to see the other ornaments that led to the big milestone. First up, a set of beautiful blue and silver glass penguins. Yeah, blue. Target seems to always have blue penguins and often multiples and these are a nice addition to the blue tree.

Silver, turquoise and blue glass penguins, glittery white bellies

Acquired: November 21, 2011, Target, Stroudsburg, Pa.

Number: 0982 0983 0984

Size: 4 inches all

Price: $9.50/box or three (originally $10)

Tiny trimmings

What a bargain? It was less than 50 cents each for this set of four little penguin ornaments. The two on the right are identical, but the other two have different colored hats and scarves. Love those dangling feet. Look how little they are compared to the mini light bulbs behind them.

Four Holiday Time mini penguins with dangling feet and candy canes

Acquired: November 19, 2011, Walmart, Mount Pocono, Pa.

Number: 0978 0979 0980 0981

Size: 3.25 inches tall

Price: $1.97/set of 4