2022 Happy To Be Here

With care, we hung the stockings by the chimney -that no longer works- in the living room.  Winston by the fire. Happy Christmas Eve!  Here are some happy highlights from today: What we are using as a Christmas tree this year is finally ready. Keziah had this idea and yesterday she put it together. Today it got decorated and the presents were placed nearby. She created a "tree" out of the empty boxes we've been receiving deliveries in. Unfortunately, many things came in bags instead. The "tree" is perfect for the safety of the cats. Nanni is under the "tree". Not only did I get myself a laptop with money I've been saving, I got myself a Kindle Fire tablet with my overtime money from this month. It arrived today. I don't know when I will have the time to start using my new toys.  I may have gone overboard on myself this year. We watched three holiday shows this evening. The first was my favorite, Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas . Gideon s...

 There is a building in Concord, NH that I just think looks really cool.  There are actually a few, but I took a picture of one of them today.  It is January and the sky was overcast with occasional sprinkles.  I love how the picture I took looks like someone tried to color a black and white photo from long ago rather than taken today. Other happy things from today: Aesop, our dog, and I went to Concord today just to walk around.  The warmer wet weather means that trails are muddy and slippery so we went to pavement.  It was good.  We just strolled around for a while with no particular destination.  Aesop likes to jump up onto low walls and walk along them. Aesop by the state house. The Christmas tree is still up and lit in front of the state house. I noticed that the Liberty Bell replica is being held up by a makeshift wooden frame.  Something must have broken or rotted out.  I'm happy that there seems to be things happening to help fi...