December 1, first bits of our advent calendar opened up.
Logic Puzzles and a word search. (We are saving opening candy for when the in laws return, hopefully before Christmas itself arrives.) It was a good bit of kitchen table fun, the logic puzzle asnt great, but he word search was reasonably challenging.
Had chocolate chip french toast and a cheese omelette for breakfast, leftover shepherds pie for dinner. Good stuff.
No Lego calendar this year as the offerings weren’t a big grab. Still doing my shopping for holidays, a few done, some still left to get.
Doodling is harder to do on my back in bed than it is sitting up on the couch, plus I mostly just scribbled while on hold with a few calls. Focusing on holiday shopping mostly today, along with getting some emails and phone calls out for house miscellaneous. If you know me and need my address, let me know, and I will pass it along. I was talking to my buddy Kev and didn’t realize that he had already sent out Xmas treats. Fortunately, mail forwarding is happening and stuff will get here, but it reminded me that a few folks might need to update contact info.
Yesterday, we had a little salt shaker of snow in the early morning for maybe five minutes, and I really am looking forward to a little blanket of white on the ground sometime soon. It was the first snow in our new place, and it brought a little joy to my heart. The wind has been whipping around quite a bit the last couple of days, to the point of some leaves doing a little staccato on the back window, which drives Pearl just a little crazy. She has been extra active and talkative as a result, and has been very sweet and a bit rowdy, too.
Walkies on the Greenway today, more like brownway. Trees are pretty bare, and the geese aren’t kicking around here at the moment, but who knows what is going on up river? A few fish in the water, but they weren’t well captured by photography.
Today was a simple day, mostly of minor household chores.Laundry never stops piling up! Monday after Thanksgiving found me not needing anything from retail, as the Friday before it. The majority of trees that were going to drop foliage have done so now, even if most grass is still green. Brisk enough outside for me to enjoy, but not need more than a light sweater at most.
Went on a little jaunt this evening to look at Christmas lights after a little light decorating at home (spearheaded by MIL). Some pretty big setups outside already, despite the face that it isn’t even December first yet. #nutcracker #salemva #doodle https://www.instagram.com/p/C0Ia1b_MiVO/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
There is snow on the ground, And the valleys are cold, And a midnight profound Blackly squats o’er the wold; But a light on the hilltops half-seen hints of feastings un-hallowed and old. There is death in the clouds, There is fear in the night, For the dead in their shrouds Hail the sun’s turning flight. And chant wild in the woods as they dance round a Yule- altar fungous and white. To no gale of Earth’s kind Sways the forest of oak, Where the sick boughs entwined By mad mistletoes choke, For these pow’rs are the pow’rs of the dark, from the graves of the lost Druid-folk.
How it feels to help with the thanksgiving cooking.
Prepping Brussels sprouts and macaroni while MIL and Mrs are doing the really hard stuff of making vegetarian shepherds pie, green bean casserole, corn pudding and, turkey, and FIL makes some of his famous biscuits.
Of course, I am really looking forward to reaping the rewards sometime soon.
This morning, a blue jay was having fun rearranging the leaves and hopping up and down the branches.
The bird was huge, maybe as tall as the distance from my elbow to wrist. I’m glad he was having such a good time, and hope he sicks around as long as possible.
