Great pictures! Rita, pick me up on you way to caseys. Still more from New Mexico. This is the Florida Mt. range.It's not pronounced like the state but, with the Spanish pronunciation, Flow ree da. these are ancient mountains, when southern NM and west Texas was a shallow inland sea and oil deposits were laid down 100 million years ago these mts. were islands in the sea. A fantastic place to wander around and look for fossils. Also, in the early 1900's African ibex were introduced and they have thrived. On rare occasions you catch a glimpse of them. Ron

Thanks Annie - that's our getaway place in PA. My kids refer to it as the mountains because of the ski areas but but I have to chuckle whenever I see Nicole's or Lynn's photos of the ranges in the western US.

This spinning christmas tree lamp is as old as I am, maybe older. I have two and I love them. They came from my great aunt’s house and I loved looking at them when i was a child. Ive had them ever since she died forty years ago. The heat from the bulb rises and makes them spin. They are very fragile, held together with tape in spots.

Merry Christmas to all! I’m just sitting here waiting for my daughter, son-in-law and grand dog Milla to show up. I just took a quick picture of one of my tree ornaments. Oh, and there’s hardly any snow and it’s warm. I’ll take a shot of my front porch while I’m out here.