Albert, Grace and Josephine, come here and let me tell you a story! Well, I won’t spend too much time with this story, but I do want to make sure that you get a bit of time in the spot light. Yes, I know, the two canines who shall not be named in this post monopolize the four-leg time on my blog… OK, Albert, I know, you are a three-leg, but you have had a few posts about just you! (There were more than just those two…)
Ah-hum, so.
Once upon a time there were two cats, Continue reading
I wrote a story for Solveig to use in her advent calendar. Check it out! While you are there, look at the other marvelous contributions by other bloggers! As with last year’s calendar, this has been a fantastic community event showcasing some of the best of WP.
I had been awake for quite a while, staring into the blackness in a place outside of time, when I heard my brother whisper, “You awake?”
“Yeah,” I answered. “What time is it?”
“Don’ know. It’s still dark, though.”
We slowly got up and pressed up against the door. A small sound was heard just outside the door, in the hall. Silently and efficiently we threw on some clothes. We didn’t bother to turn on a light, so it was dark in the bedroom. But that didn’t matter, anything and everything was fine for this special day.
My brother cracked the door a smidgen.
“Shhhh,” my oldest sister said from across the hall.
My other sister came out of her room and tip toed down to our group.
“It’s about a quarter after six,” my oldest sister said. “Remember last year when we got them up…
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I am done, finished, complete. No, not growing. One way to look at that I was complete decades ago, another way to look at it I will not be finished until I am in my grave. No, nothing as physical or metaphysical as that. Well. Hmm, did any of that make sense? No matter, I am smiling because I am done. I have finished Christmas shopping and i have finished wrapping presents. No more. It’s over.
Uhm, well, except for….
Darn, I guess not, but I’ll still smile : )
Christmas tree
There is a tradition in my family for homemade Christmas cards. My mom has made cards since well before I was born, maybe even back into the 1950s. We get a hand made card every year.
I made my own cards for about a decade, though I haven’t done any in quite a while. Unfortunately I can’t find several of the photos I used, but I did find the majority. I could only find an already printed card for one year, but I scanned it in. You can see the whole front of that card at the top of the page.
I always used the pictures of our cats, Bartelby and Claudius, on the back of every card.
I previously put up a post about the photo and the painting based on the photo of the back-lit bulb that appears to be glowing. These were used two different years.
So here are some of the images I used for my past Christmas cards (click on a picture for detail and to see the “slide show”):
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