Our Adventures: christmas village

Sunday, December 28, 2008

christmas village

this is the only evidence i have of us making gingerbread houses. there may have been more made, but i don't remember, and i don't have any other photos. this was in 1985. it was time to make some more! i have a christmas cookbook i just love--and it had a recipe for not just a gingerbread house, but a gingerbread village! i decided this was how i was going to spend my christmas day, and david was going to join me! first order of business: after baking the gingerbread, cut out the house shapes and decorate the fronts. the one below even has icicles hanging off the facade!

here's the secret to the village...it isn't a whole house, just the fronts! ingenious!!

a couple more views of the village, complete with a pond, shrubbery, and a village gate.

1 comment:

Jay said...: What a super village! Clever to do just the fronts.

Upon inspection, let's see --

1. The house on the left lacks windows that meet fire code. No rear exits are similar fire-code violations, which applies to each structure.
2. The center right house has only four kisses above the door - bad Feng Shui. There should be an odd number and the house should face southwest.
3. The clock on the house on the right lacks proper flashing. Also, the HOA dinged the door knob - wrong color for the neighborhood. Your violation notice is in the mail and a fine will be assessed for every day the knob is not replaced with the approved neighborhood color - green.
4. The pond is too close to the sidewalk and thus becomes an attractive nuisance. Also, it needs proper restraint beside the sidewalk to prevent pedestrians from falling. The HOA has approved fences and retaining walls. A scaled drawing should be submitted for approval prior to construction, with photographs of the intended location(s).

Personally, I would prefer to be eating the village and not inspecting it! Looks delicious! Great architecture! Good lines! Rustic, yet quaint and reminiscent of a Swiss villa! Varied in color, design and flavors!

I would buy a house in your neighborhood. Forget the HOA -- those puny Nazi lumps...; December 29, 2008 at 6:26 PM

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