Destinations

Some ornaments remind us of favorite places we've lived or visited with family. The walrus and musk ox remind us of our Alaska home, as well as the ornament from Santa's workshop at North Pole, Alaska, and the hand painted bluebells which recall the real bluebells that grew wild in our yard in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley.





The next two ornaments remind me of my Indiana childhood. I used to love to watch the cardinals flitting around amidst the trees. Indianapolis really did fit its nickname, "Crossroads of America".





The happy flamingo was the result of a family reunion at the beach in Florida. The lighthouse and fishing boat remind us of a trip to Massachusetts.



At some point, we went from the Crossroads of America to the Crossroads of the West, as depicted on the Utah state quarter.



The woodworker decided to put one of those fancy Utah quarters into a piece of black walnut cut into the shape of the state of Utah.