Christmas in the Country - seasonal festive Home Tour has begun.

The Christmas in the Country House Tour 

hosted by Brooke a.k.a Creative Country Mom, has begun!

Also on the tour today are Carolyn @ Aiken House & Garden, 

Rita @ Panoply 

and yours truly.

Over 40 homes decorated for the season will be showcased on the tour
between November 28th. and December 12th.
There's also a link party for you to join in with.
Click here.

This weekend you'll find me sitting by a roaring log fire, 

penning Christmas cards to friends and family across the globe.

I'll be enjoying re- reading my favourite book at this time of year 

"A Redbird Christmas" by Fannie Flagg, 

whilst nibbling on a carrot muffin and sipping some delicious pumpkin spice coffee.

The carrot muffin recipe is from Mennonite Girls Can Cook 

which was recommended to me by Mary @ Breath Of Fresh Air.

Click here for Mary's post & link to the recipe.

The classic blue and white china pattern is Asiatic Pheasant.

The plate, which I picked up for a couple of ££ on a trip to Yorkshire earlier this year, 

has the W & B mark of Wood & Barker Ltd, Burslem Staffs, 1897 - 1903.

The mug is a modern day replica of the decor by 

Burleigh (Burgess & Leigh).

They are rightfully very proud to be producing the design 

as their website testifies.

" This was the most popular pattern of the Victorian era introduced in 1827. Its romantic gentle blue pattern proved to be more popular than its dark Georgian counterpart Willow. Asiatic Pheasants took pride of place from the kitchen dresser to the dining table. The sheer volume of demand has left us today with many antique pieces. There are modern impostors but ours is as the original pieces were in the 19th century! "

The coffee was an unexpected gift this week 

from a dear friend who lives in Dallas, TX.
she knows how much I love DD coffee!

As part of the House Tour I'll also be throwing open the doors of le Presbytere on Monday (December 1st) and even though I've only just begun to start thinking about getting ready for Christmas 

I hope that you'll come over and see some of my holiday decorating ideas from Christmases past, 

plus a peek at some of my ideas for this year.

I've added some links to previous Christmas posts to my sidebar if you can't wait until then.

Linking this post to
The Christmas in the Country
Holiday Link up Party.