Sharing Shadymont, My Mountain Cottage

I've had this tiny tinsel tree for two Christmases, though it was used by someone before me.  It came from a consignment shop where I just fell in love with it on first sight. I placed it in the sunroom and filled it with red and green ball ornaments.  While going through some old decorations, I came upon a ziplock bag filled with old ornaments, most made for me by friends and co-workers.  That's when I decided to remove the red and green ornaments, and put these ornaments on the tree. Most of these were painted, crocheted, or cross-stitched by a group of my co-workers from the early to late 1980's.  We met every Christmas for breakfast at one of our homes, but most of the time at one particular home.  That friend was the perfect hostess.   She would have the most wonderful breakfast, candles lit, Christmas music playing, and we would all eat, talk and laugh until we had to leave for work.  It was a simple, joyful time. Three of us worked at a phar...