Wednesday, December 18th. Right on Time

The Christmas Cactus is blooming and promises to be fully decked out by Christmas Day.

Tuesday, December 17th. Meeting #135

Last night was the 135th meeting of The Pistachio Book Club, and it was the annual pot luck Christmas Dinner at Pam's

Monday, December 16th. Royal Riviera Pears

If  I could only get one Christmas food related item, it would be the pears that mom sends every year from Harry and David.  They drip with juice when you cut into a ripe one, and the flavor is  rich and deep but fresh.  And one pair can feed a family!

Sunday, December 15th The Trimming of the Tree

 First you start with the colored lights and begin at the bottom
















Then you add the white lights until you have an even distribution of colored and white from top to bottom.

 

 

Then come the ornaments.

Viola!

Saturday, December 14th A Face only a Mother Could Love

That might be how you would describe these Guinea Hens that Paula is housing in her barn for her friend Ryan, who doesn't have the space to keep them all.  He pays rent for them by cutting wood for Paula. 

Profile of a guinea hen

Looking out over the frozen landscape

Huddling inside to stay warm

The Handsome Rooster who is sentenced to live with the ugly hens

Friday, December 13th The Cutting of the Tree

When it's 7 degrees F outside, you make a tree choice pretty quickly.  We found the perfect one in about 1 minute, in the front row of a big tree farm. 

 It was just the right height to reach up to the ceiling in the corner, and narrow enough to fit behind the big chair.

So Don cut it down.

Thursday, December 11th When it's too cold to go out

Window sills  come in handy for critter watching