I love all the preparations, too. But you are well ahead of me on the shopping front!

We have ivy on the back yard wall and I'll add some of that to the ring on Saturday when I take it down to church. I think that will do. Actually I think it will look better than the way I've done it for the past couple of years.

I love to look at the sea when it is like that - as long as I don't have to go our on it!