Hello again Hill is Home readers and thanks for your great response to the initial Snap Happy article. I am looking forward to lots more of our monthly chats exploring new ways to improve your photography and get the results you are looking for, while documenting the adventures of life on the Hill! Last month [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Christmas'
Christmas Trees of Years Past
December 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Capitol Hill
When I was growing up, we would always get huge trees that would nearly scrape the high ceilings of our Capitol Hill home. Then we would cover it with every light, ornament, strand of garland, and any other decoration we had. To my childhood mind, leaving one off would mean leaving a dear friend out [...]
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Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Pyre!
December 18th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Capitol Hill
This is my Christmas tree. Procured from Fragers and decked out in mostly Ikea and Target ornaments with a snowman on top. You can’t see it here but be assured that my tree is tastefully lit with simple white lights. Electric lights. But this here? This is not an ornament. If you look closely you’ll [...]
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My Christmas Memories
December 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Capitol Hill
This year I was reluctant to decorate our Christmas tree. I knew that when it came time to open the box filled with our most treasured ornaments I would find the ornaments my mom bought the summer of 2008, before the doctors discovered that the cancer had invaded her brain, before the chemo and radiation, [...]
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Capitol Hill Holiday Tree Lighting This Thursday
December 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Eastern Market
Come to the Eastern Market Metro Plaza this Thursday at 5:30 pm for the 3rd Annual Capitol Hill Holiday Tree Lighting. Join neighbors and community leaders as Kathy Didden flips the switch for this year’s tree in honor of her late husband, George Didden III. Hot beverages, music, and cheer will help kick off the [...]
