As Dishesdone used to say "Happy Everything to Everyone, and a Merry Always!" Merry Christmas to everyone here, and I'm wishing you a healthy and happy New Year. Annie

Thank you, and may you have the same…a very Merry, peaceful Christmas.

I still bake my mom's traditional christmas pasteries, but we stopped exchanging gifts several years ago. The young people all have little kids to get presents for and my generation already has everything we need (except energy). I did buy myself a couple of things and then my sister dropped off two gifts. One from her and one from Annie (her standard poodle who I dog sit on occassion.) Annie often gets me little gifts. My one friend who lives in California was going to be alone on Christmas Day and had also gotten two small gifts, so we decided to talk on the phone while we unwrapped our gifts so we had someone to share with. The first gift I unwrapped was a soap infused bath scrubby by Spongelle (From the dog) My friend opened her first gift - a soap infused bath scrubby by Spongelle! She then opened her second gift - a travel pillow! I opened the gift from my sister who had said she knew we weren't supposed to exchange gifts, but she could not resist buying this: A pillow! Couldn't believe that we both got the same gifts, albeit her pillow was not as charming as mine.

Just wanted to share her name…”Lily.“ It was at the top of my list already when I talked to our grandson yesterday. He asked if we’d picked a name and added ”…because I like the name Lily.” Done! It really seems to fit her.🥰 I’ve just been calling her ”Peanut” and today somehow ”Lily Bean” came out of my mouth. Funny how we can tweak pets’ names like that. Our first Cavalier was Buddy, and I’d call him Buddrick McGudrick.🤷‍♀️ chisue, one thing I didn’t realize until after we had Buddy for a few years was the difference between a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and a King Charles/English Toy Spaniel. They both have the same four colorings you posted…Blenheim, King Charles, etc. Their facial features differ with English Toys having more of a ”pug” face as shown here on the left, and the Cavaliers on the right. The four color markings…here on Cavaliers.