Gloria and her kids come for a visit.




Heather and Garrett can be fast moving kids.

People Christmas

Dog Christmas

Cleo is tired of playing, and finally Marilynn is sitting on the sofa, so I don't have to follow her all around the house and I can take a nap. I'm used to all the weird smells and the rules here (no jumping on the bed if Dan is in it.) We stopped by the office (I think it was to get one of those dog biscuits from Marilynn's desk) and I didn't even need to go check for Julie and Ant. I think they've been gone two days now ... or maybe it's been two months. Whatever.

Lucy makes herself at home.

Local engineers, architects and artisians donated their time to create gingerbread houses. The completed houses were donated to neighborhood families who did not have gingerbread houses.

I discovered how Dan dries his socks and gloves during the day. Notice the top of his computer monitor. Since I was there at noon, I witnessed the midday turning over procedure.

A sample of the interesting pictures I found on my camera. Somehow over 200 pictures were on it. I had to be selective in what I chose here or I could find myself in trouble.

Eyes. Match the eye to the character.
Becky, Horus, Victoria

Close-ups of things around the house.

some kind of grass

Ice at Battle Point Park

Frosty leaves
Timing for taking my pictures was totally dependant on the sun's hourly variation of color temperature and obtaining the best oblique winter solstice angle for emphasizing texture. It also worked out to be right before Dan got back from the grocery store, so that I missed having to help carry in the groceries.

Frosty grass
I tested out the macro setting on my new lens. The thick frost right in the backyard provided endless marvelous scenes.

Jose's new restaurant. Business is hopping and the food is great. Jose doesn't like getting his picture taken, so this was done covertly, resulting in blur - although it might be considered artistic effect.

Annual ice skating party

Is this really possible? Can you see the price on these gloves??? $79?? (Marked down from $99). Who in their right mind would pay that much money for a pair of gloves that don't even have fingers in them? In fact they are really more like oversized sweat bands with a hole in them for your thumb. Would anyone really be duped into thinking that because they are in a Burberry's store they are so "special"???

Washington Park
Gwen

A rare picture of me. And Washington Park photo tree #2.

Holiday Band Concert
Featuring Dan on Tuba and other people with other instruments.


Band is serious stuff. Dan played in the pre-concert quartet and was so anxious about getting there on time that he ruined our Santa Fe Cafe dinner by looking at his watch every 10 seconds. You'd think his musical career was hinging on this.
The concert was quite relaxing and efficiently conducted (by a substitute conductor who does not pepper his introductions with hilarious antecdotes.)

Lucy

We are so excited about Lucy's upcoming visit.
Especially Cleo; she has already cleared off a spot on the bed and picked out a Christmas gift for her.

Sick is boring.
So boring that there is no picture.

Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog
...
Do you know how hard it is to find/make all those ingredients??

RE-SOLVE
An English accent, eloquence and experience make APG an expert on the phone.


Everyone is working hard (except SLS).



























Fraternizing with the boss. But it's ok because he's married to her.