Jolly old Saint Nicholas lean your ear this way! Don't you tell a single soul what I'm going to say: Christmas Eve is coming soon... by Emily Huntington Miller, 1865
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25 Days of Christmas – December 4th
Oh yes, the fun of making Christmas pictures! If Blossom was a chipmunk her name would be....Alvin!
25 Days of Christmas – December 2nd
Time to rock around the Christmas tree! This bottle tree in Fredericksburg Texas was enchanting!
25 Days of Christmas – December 1st
(Each day from now through Christmas Day I will share a picture of something that brings me joy during this Christmas Season. I hope you will enjoy each one and share in the joy of the celebration of the coming of the Christ Child!) December 1st It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! A … Continue reading 25 Days of Christmas – December 1st
Right on time
Week before last I headed east for my annual trip to the excellent dog show in Jackson, Mississippi. After a long day of driving I had been thinking that I was going to get to Jackson much later than I had planned. Actually, I was right on time to see a lovely sunset over the … Continue reading Right on time
An Overlooked Gift
What did the television shows I Love Lucy, Seinfeld, Cheers, and Friends all have in common? Easy, each was a show about friends and their adventures together. Who can forget Lucy and Ethel and their escapades or Seinfeld, the show about nothing, which still delights us today? We all have friends, some more than others, … Continue reading An Overlooked Gift
Independence
Upon the approval of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 the document was rushed to the Philadephia print shop of John Dunlap. He quickly set the type and printed about 200"broadsides" (a page about the size of a full sheet of newsprint). In December 2002 I was fortunate to get to see one … Continue reading Independence
WordPress Woes
Recently I started having problems with my WordPress reader. Everything was grayed out - just blue boxes where I knew other blogs should be visible. When I went into view my posts they were the same way. I could post, but not see it afterward. I tried everything with no success. No problems with other … Continue reading WordPress Woes
Maybe next year
The nice thing about blogging is that there are no deadlines, no quotas, or time restraints. You blog when you want or can. If you blog, fine. If you do not, no problem. I honor and respect that freedom; perhaps that is why I love to blog. Thanksgiving came early this year. Christmas Day fell … Continue reading Maybe next year
Wednesday 11.30.2016
Little critter in the Farish Hall of Texas Wildlife, Houston Museum of Natural Science