New year's ornament

Tomorrow is the last day of the year.

The picture above is a few new year's ornaments that we were making the other day.
After decorating them with 'Urajiro','Hpndawara','Seeweed' and 'a tangerine', we hung them at the entrance of the porch, on the household Shinto altar, on the well and each room.

By the way, it was very cold yesterday and light snow was flickering.
In the coldness, my husband and I went to our grave to clean there and to hang a new year's ornament for the grave.

Today I offered some rice cakes to the Shinto altar, Buddhist altar and an alcove in Japanese za-shi-ki room.
And I made some flower arrangements using 'Se-n-ryo' growing in my yard.

I felt fresh preparing for a new year.
And I'm looking for the coming of a new year because it is a special day for us.