PARTY TIMES BEGIN

Leon's spot is the kitchen where he is creating our first
holiday meal of 2022 for a party...lasagna!

I began to decorate the house by bringing tubs of Christmas items down from the attic and going through all them, pulling out things I no longer need or will never use again.   And saving those articles that add a little color in the house.

After the holidays last year I bought inexpensive black and white things thinking this is going to be the color scheme next year.   That's what many of tubs contained - black and white.   I started in the kitchen.

Then moved to the dining room where the table was set in those colors,
using some new and some old I already had.

I even found black and white Christmas ornaments to add to the tree.

Then remember that long black tray that Le0n made this fall?   Well, it got used as a place to hold the hors d'oeuvres and later dinner, with black and white ribbons
​and dishes and bows. 

The wine covered glass shades were once again placed at the windows, but the huge bows above were purchased this year for less that $5.

Back to that tray.   A little bit of RED brightened with berries and RED dishes added a spark of color to the whole scene.

As I share this holiday dinner party I see neglect in taking photos of the meal or the guests or the laughter that also took place.   For they were the important
part of this wonderful evening.