Oh ... Goodness! ... did I sleep through the fun ... again? About something atop a tree? That is judged/claimed to be 'G" rated ... that'd be as in "Grownup", do ya figger? Some reference to "Adam and Eve" and as I consider possible ramifications, I don't recall what the names given to the purported two initial individuals were in the Torah for Jews/Hebrewand Greek scriptures for Christians ... .. but whatever names they carry in English would have to be aliases, wouldn't you think? I remember some discussion a while ago about painters in an earlier period portraying them as carrying belly buttons - tsk! tsk!. And some (well, at least one) of the distressed ones were so incensed that they said you shouldn't even have it in your own home?! Have you heard that China's selling quantities of their advanced surveillance equipment to a number of countries who recently have been moving toward becoming more autocratic? The capped, moustachioed creature? Doesn't seem to be any connection to the purported snake in Eden. The guy with the flying reindeer and sleigh? I heard some time ago that his jacket was brown until he got connected with coke, as in the makers of drinks, rather than as companies that make a gray product by de-gassing some kinds of coal by using limited heat, the coke that's often used in steel-making. That was when he began sporting a (guess what) ... ... red coat! Hi Lars, Where've ya bin, buddy? Haven't ya heard? Santa doesn't bring even one tooth to folks wot're gonna ... ... grow their own! ole joyful ... (all of whose teeth have departed) p.s. the "helpers" sure didn't like that "wot're" much - sometimes persistence pays! o j

Best part of my day. Santa brought me a neck massager and DS made me a cocktail before I started making dinner. Don’t mind my makeup; it makes me look a bit pale.

One of my favorite ornaments is the hummingbird. When I went to take a photo I realized it was near 2 other favorites, one of which is from 1979 and is a stained glass partridge in a pear tree. And the smiley face with a Santa hat.

the darker pink petals of the previous flower.