Day 20,044

Another day in the life of a shaggy grey monster. The Black Pearl got an oil change, I got a little walk in at the greenway, and got a few lovely cards in the mail from friends, and a couple of gifts to put under the tree.

I got some light wrapping done, myself, and gifted @maximillian_deersteak an early boon of some Christmas-themed socks.

@pearlsquirrel has been exceptionally lovey today, especially to her mama, got in bed and received cuddles happily.

#doodle #cryptid #greenway #roanokeva #dec202023

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Day 20,043

Contrary to yesterday’s journal post, it seems that some snow stuck to the ground.

Sent a few homemade (home-printed) ornaments out to some friends, and was pleased to see the snow blanketing the ground out on the grass and tree branches. It was mostly gone by noontime, but there are patches here and there where shadow makes it harder for sublimation to kick in.

Vegetarian “meatballs”, in tomato sauce, baked potatoes for supper made by MIL – very yummy.

#doodle #snow #dec192023 #cryptid #salemva #blueridgemountains #appalachia
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Day 20,042

Ran all manner of errands today, and caught a few little of flurries of snowflakes falling here and there, some sticking long enough to highlight the ground and parked vehicles for at least a moment or two.

I came home from my mission to find that the tannenbaum had only half a manger-egg ornament hanging from it… the bottom half of the egg on the floor, and the tiny plastic Christ child being carried by his swaddling clothes in the jaws of a particularly pleased Pearl.

I recovered Jesus from his kidnapper, and Larry was kind enough to repair the ornament, and place it on the tree in a more safe location.

This evening we close with dinner, an episode of The Gilded Age, and a little Newheart.

#doodle #snow #weather #roanokeva #ufo #cryptid
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Captain America and the Falcon #222 (Gerber/Buscema, June 1978). Holy cow, Jim Shooter’s letting Gerber go nuts with this book. The Lincoln Memorial came to life and attacked Steve, this is amazing.

Day 20,040

No real snow here yet, but the tree has lights and baubles on it.

Feeling bittersweet right now, thinking about the boys and the season sometimes makes my heart heavy when I think on how I miss them, but it also does me well to recall all of the love and comfort that we brought one another.

I am very glad that I still have @maximillian_deersteak , @pearlsquirrell and the rest of my local family to bring me joy and lighten the load.

#doodle #salemva #journal

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Day 20,039

Just a quick and dirty doodle of our little family of five sitting around the TV.

Watching the latest episode of Shetland before a late dinner. Had Daniel and Jacob come by t look at our upstairs heat and gas logs, thankfully the upstairs seems to be an easy fix.

The Roses got part one of our holiday goodies, the handmade stuff will follow soon. I imagine SM and KA got their loot by now, too.

#doodle #cryptid #cryptidfamily #journalupdate #dec152023

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Day 20,038

Did some chores, wrapped and prepped some of the last presents for shipping.

Dinner was a sammie from Joe’s, and after we watched some holiday movies and decorated the tree with lights.

Now, we are taking a popcorn break and watching “your christmas or mine 2” with the mermaid (mrs), jackalope(mil), squirrelcat and mothman (fil)

#doodle #cryptid #tannenbaum #dec142023

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Tannenbaum install day 20,038 Lights and wooden beads on, baubles to follow in a bit.

#tannenbaum #dec142023

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Day 20,037

Got a little Christmas shopping done, got some chores done, had time to take a little walk on the Roanoke River Greenway. 

The water was moving pretty quickly at points, and the weather was quite nice, upper 50s F. I picked up a little litter as I went, and got a phone call from mom as I was cooling down. The geese are pretty much gone, but plenty of mallards were enjoying a duck date, acting like tub toys on the water. Nobody else was on the greenway,   only other person I saw was just having lunch in the parking lot.  The area flora was just dead leaves and grass, I look forward to seeing it with a thin layer of snow on top of the around and branches, with a little ice on the river.

I caught Pearl climbing up inside the lowest of the bottom branches in the tannenbaum,  but by the time I got my phone to snap a pic she had already jumped down. I imagine I’ll have other chances to catch her in the act.

#roanokeva #greenway #roanoakeriver #ducks #doodle #dec132023 #cryptid

Day 20,036

Inlaws brought lights over for the tree, and I think we will put them on tomorrow, given that we have settled in to watch the latest episode of Shetland.

Doodle of Pearl and her Mama dressing the tree as poetic license in the meantime. Actual photos of Pearl taken by the Mermaid this morning are posted after the drawing.

Had leftover baked potato topped with chili for supper, even better the second time around. I’ve got to suss out what we are doing for dinner tomorrow.

#misspearl #doodle #mermaid @pearlsquirrel #thosewhiskers #tannenbaum

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Day 20,035

Mother in Law started dressing the tree with a couple of the baubles that i printed out today.

Tonight’s movie is Candy Cane Lane, we will see how it goes! Tivoli pizza for dinner, it was really good. Dessert was assorted advent calendar chocolates and shortbread.

#doodle #tannenbaum #roanokeva #roanokestar #adventday11 #blueridgemountains

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Tannenbaum install part two, on the right of the fireplace

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Day 20,033

Perfect tree for us.

Picked up our Christmas tree today, possibly the biggest ever, as we have 9 ft ceilings at home now. It is in the garage at the moment, waiting to slid onto the living room tomorrow, when it’ll be dressed up for the season.

Inlaws are back in town, and they kindly went with us to get lunch at cookout before we hit the tree stand.

Winding up the evening with a viewing of Christmas in Connecticut.

#doodle #tannenbaum #holidaytraditions #octopus

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Day 20,032

Going in for a checkup at the doc today, get my meds refilled, etc. Also looking to get a solid line on a good physical therapist in my region that takes my insurance.

Inlaws are returning to our domain today, and will likely stay through the new year if all goes well.

Pearl has been a maniac this morning, both upstairs in the office of my better half, and down here, mostly just leaping around and is just having a grand old time frolicking and being a cutie in general.

I get the feeling that winter is rolling ever closer, we got another little salt shaker of snow when we were out and about in the evening earlier this week.

#doodle #appalachia #blueridgemountains

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