Day 20,052

Father Time and his little chronobot Maynard Gorgonsdottir prepare to see 2023 out, and to welcome 2024.

#doodle #dec282023 #robot #personificationoftime
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Day 20,051

Amy has come to visit, so that means games and good visiting time. So far, the ladies are tied a point ahead of me.

Today makes for a busy house, with a VT bowl game (edit-they won!), two in laws, a guest, one Mrs., one Mr. and a cat named Pearl.

Back was tricking up earlier, and I went to lay on the heating pad, Pearl came to follow.

First time she’s gotten into bed with me rather than her mama.

#doodle #cryptidfamily
@almsvats @maximillian_deersteak @pearlsquirrel #misspearl
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Day 20,050

Doing a bit of setup in the red room on the laptop we got FIL for Christmas, installing music software and loops. I’m pretty impressed at how powerful the music stuff is…. I will likely install a version on my machine and tool around with it more, if only to show FIL how to use it.

In other news, two more prezzies arrived , a Lego Columbo minifigure and a lovely ornament to hold a picture of Pearl (from Mrs and Mom, respectively)

#doodle #itcrowd #techsupport #cryptid #dec262023
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Day 20,049

Happy Christmas from our family to yours!!

#doodle #cryptidfamily #roanokeva #dec252023

Xmas tally 2023

Lego columbo

Amazon gift card and trial of Camelot puzzle box – almsvats

I heart my cat photo ornament – mom
Cat daddy glass and candle fr kev
Poe candle from SM
Gift card from mom
Matte Grey filment
Matte army green fil
Cryptid stickers/Magnet
Inside job card game
Moose munch
Peppermint stress putty
British candy sock w dairy milk
Chocolonely pack
Much loose candy
Anycubic photo ln mono M5s
Anycubic wash and cure 3
green rubber gloves
Water Wash ABS

Grilling tools

Polyhederon infinity lamp

Soup bowls from isha from b’s

Robot batman 66 figure
Lord death man 66 figure

Long sleeve tie dye shirt

Dutch Blitz card game

Kaiju Emberley style t shirt

Opto white resin water wash

Matte black PLA

Star and gnome ornaments from the Roses
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Day 20,048

It is Christmas eve… Watch out for the Yule Cat! (Mind Gryla and the Yule lads too, while you’re at it)

#doodle #yulecat #dec242023 #jólakötturinn #christmaslore

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Day 20,047

Pearl and the Tannenbaum, evaluating the wrapping styles of her family and any early drop-offs by friends and elves.

#misspearl #tannenbaum #presents #dec232023
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Day 20,047 continues.

More like scribbles than doodles, Merry Christmas Eve Eve!

All gifts save for three are wrapped, and I will get to those in a bit, after I have rested off tonight’s dinner of drunken noodles with the family. Right now, FIL is back home wrapping, MIL & Mrs. are doing the same upstairs. Pearl is under the tree, and I just finished coloring this.

We got a pair of nice cards from friends in the mail today, both forwarded from our former address.

#doodles #cryptidfamily #roanokeva #scribbles
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Day 20,046

According to my web search results, the last times it snowed on Christmas in Roanoke, Virginia in the last 50 years are as follows:

– **2018**: 0.1 inch¹
– **2010**: 0.5 inch¹
– **2009**: 0.2 inch¹
– **2002**: 0.1 inch¹
– **1998**: 0.1 inch¹
– **1993**: 1.0 inch¹
– **1989**: 0.1 inch¹
– **1981**: 0.1 inch¹
– **1976**: 0.1 inch¹
– **1975**: 0.1 inch¹

The snowiest Christmas on record in Roanoke was in 1969, when the city received 14.6 inches of snow². That was also the second snowiest December day in Roanoke history, surpassed only by December 9, 2018, when 15 inches of snow fell³.

The average snowfall for Roanoke in December is 2.6 inches¹, and the probability of having a white Christmas (at least 1 inch of snow on the ground) is 7%⁴.

Sources:
(1) Snowiest Winter Season in Roanoke History. https://www.extremeweatherwatch.com/cities/roanoke/snowiest-winter-season.
(2) Official Snowfall Records for Roanoke, Virginia | SnowPlowNews. https://blog.snowplownews.com/snowfall_records/roanoke-virginia/.
(3) On the lookout for holiday season snow as cold pattern digs in. https://cardinalnews.org/2022/12/14/on-the-lookout-for-holiday-season-snow-as-cold-pattern-digs-in/.
(4) So, how much snow will Southwest, Central Virginia see this winter?. https://www.wsls.com/features/2022/11/17/so-how-much-snow-will-southwest-central-virginia-see-this-winter/.
(5) HISTORY MADE: Snowiest December day on record in Roanoke – WSLS 10 News. https://www.wsls.com/weather/2018/12/10/history-made-snowiest-december-day-on-record-in-roanoke/.

#roanokeva #doodle #whitechristmas #nevertellmetheodds

Day 20,045

Happy Yule / Solstice, from all of us, to all of you.

The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper

And so the Shortest Day came and the year died

And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world

Came people singing, dancing,

To drive the dark away.

They lighted candles in the winter trees;

They hung their homes with evergreen;

They burned beseeching fires all night long

To keep the year alive.

And when the new year’s sunshine blazed awake

They shouted, reveling.

Through all the frosty ages you can hear them

Echoing behind us—listen!

All the long echoes, sing the same delight,

This Shortest Day,

As promise wakens in the sleeping land:

They carol, feast, give thanks,

And dearly love their friends,

And hope for peace.

And now so do we, here, now,

This year and every year.

Welcome, Yule!

#doodle #cryptid #family #roanokeva #dec212023

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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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#larry

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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