December 29, 2008

• Hop on over to Mari's blog and send her some cheerful hellos...and please remember her in your prayers.  You can read all about what's been happening there.  We came pretty close to losing her and I for one am praising the Lord for her recovery.
  
  This has been a very different "Christmas season" for us.  Times have been pretty tough and let me just say...I am so glad my son has a sense of humor.  What would we do without him...I am so thankful.  Christmas morning was...a bit depressing to say the least....but leave it to him to give us something to smile about.  After we opened what we little we had, he says..."Well, that was quick."  Maybe it was one of those, "you had to be there moments" but it sure cracked us up and helped us see the humor in our otherwise icky situation.
  
  The day got better when we stopped by Grandpa Joe's.   Was Will ever shocked and surprised when he received a very nifty meat processor.  Will and Elisabeth process any deer Will gets during hunting season.  They do the whole job from start to finish and I was getting real nervous about my 20 year old kitchen aid and it's ability to withstand a few deer.  Thank you Papa Joe!!!  Even though it was not a gift to me...it IS a gift to me in the long run.
  
  We then went to my in laws house for our traditional Christmas dinner which my mother in law is very good at.  She makes a dish called Cioppino.  Here is a picture of it over angel hair pasta.  I look forward to this tasty "soup" every year.  It is filled with seafood....clams, oysters, crab, scallops, some kind of fish and I don't know what else...but it sure is good.

  

  All in all we had a good day spending it with family and adopted family.
  

  Some shots I took and some very wacky ones too....I was playing with my camera.
  My in laws are avid birders and my father in law is an expert in identifying birds.  Every year they organize a bird count in our area.  The birders are out all day taking a count and they come back to my in laws house for lunch and then go out again.  I was at Papa Joe's and we saw a duck in his pond and  I was able to get a picture of it.  I emailed it to my in laws to see if I identified it correctly.  So here it is...a Lesser Scaup...a diving duck.  She was all alone.
  

  
  

  
  

  Here is a shot of an ornament my in laws have on their tree...which is of course filled with various bird ornaments...but here is one of "Dad's."
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Mom's poinsettia...
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  And here are some crazy pictures of our tree and an ornament.  I was playing....
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Here are some shots from a Christmas event I went to a few weeks ago...
  

  
  

  
  

  an old train wobbling along

  
  a cotton tree

  
  

  victorian  bear
  

  Lastly....here is a stunning sunrise I caught by hanging out my dining room window.   It was simply gorgeous!
  

  
  

    
  

  ALSO......Thank you to those who voted last week for your favorite in the photo contest.  I won!!!  I had some tough competition.  I entered again this week so if you have a moment...stroll on over and pick your favorite.

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