My First Awesome Trip to a Longwood Christmas

I’ve been to Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania a number of times, but I never got to go to the gardens at night to see all the Christmas lights. I finally got to go see the lights this past Monday and it was absolutely amazing! It turns out that the theme this year was fire and ice and it was demonstrated through the use of reds and golds versus whites and blues. One of the most fascinating things we saw was how the staff had lit an immense tree all in green. It was located quite a distance away and was highly visibly across a meadow. We wondered why it was the only thing lit up until we got into another section and realized that the tree was visible in the backdrop of another collection of lights! It looked like it was a part of the collection even though it was quite a distance away.

If you get a chance, I highly recommend you make a night of it and go visit the gardens to see the lights. We did the entire walk around the grounds and through the conservatory in about two hours or so.

Amazing FirstTrip to Space Center Houston

We were down in Houston, Texas for Thanksgiving, visiting with my daughter’s in-laws. We had a lovely holiday and some free time while we were there. Or should I say, some of the family had free time to visit NASA and the Houston Space Center while the two moms were busy cooking for Thanksgiving? But my daughter was sweet enough to bring me some fun trinkets from the Houston Space Center and photos as well! I hope that next time I’ll be able to see it myself. I’m also thinking that either a cowboy or astronaut romance novel may be in the works? Or maybe a cowboy astronaut? LOL!

My First Communion

I can remember my First Communion and how my mother and grandmother worked to make my communion dress. It had lots of lace as you can hopefully see from the photo. I don’t look too happy in this photo, probably because we had spent a lot of time taking photos already and I was eager to get home. When I was downsizing, I came across the bible and other things that we got as part of our First Communion package. Weird to see it all after so many years!
Caridad First Communion

Visit with me at the Liberty States Fiction Writers Book Fair!

I’ll be at the Liberty States Fiction Writers Book Fair on Saturday, November 6th! Hope you can visit! Here are the details:

Book Fair
Saturday, November 6
4:30 to 6:30 pm
Holiday Inn, Clark, NJ

The Book Fair is open to the general public. Meet and greet nearly 30 authors, including NY Times and USA Today bestsellers. Visit the vendor fair for wonderful book-themed products from the NJ Library Association.

Today’s throwback is to an earlier book signing at an LSF Writers Book Fair!
Caridad Romance Author

Happy Halloween Memories

Since we’re so close to Halloween, I’m sharing another happy Halloween memory. My daughter was all into Disney’s Pocahantas that year and I was into Deep Space Nine. It used to be so much fun to walk my daughter and her friends around the neighborhood after school and then come home to wait and see who would come around for trick or treating! I’m hoping we have some kids show up this year at our new townhouse.
Caridad Halloween

A Happy Halloween Throwback

Since it’s almost Halloween, I thought I’d share a throwback to my sister, hubby (then boyfriend) and I all dressed up for a college Halloween party! We had a lot of fun putting together the costumes. My sister and mom worked on her Cowardly Lion costume. My mom helped me with my Mickey Mouse shorts. Hubby’s sister provided the big swatch of fabric for his cape and boy was it heavy. Hubby had an old Cadillac hood ornament hanging around that he used as his “Count” medallion. I guess I had a thing for vampires even then! LOL!
Caridad Halloween Throwback

Last Doll Quinces Tradition

If you watched the South Beach Love Hallmark Movie, you may have seen some dolls during the scenes at the quinces party! Wonder what that’s about? Well in the quinces tradition, the young girl who is becoming a woman will give the doll to a younger girl to signify that she is now a woman. But it is also part of the tradition that the father will gift the young woman a doll that will become her last toy. That doll is one that is usually a keepsake for the young woman. This is a photo of my daughter’s quinces doll!

Don’t forget today is the last day to enter the South Beach Love contest at https://www.facebook.com/Caridad.Author/posts/10158235547410913. Post a photo of yourself or link to a photo to enter for the grand prize or tag/like/share for entries for the second chance prize.
Quinces Doll