Following the Star

The Days are Getting Longer!

Merry Christmas

 
                                                                                                                 Cindy Hendrik, Woodfield Press

Christmas Peace

{{{ & hearts ; }}}

 

Did you witness the Conjunction?

 It was completely overcast here in Vermont.  

So here is a photo of the (near) Conjunction one day before, 

by Yaroslav Kourzenkov at Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia.

photo Monday evening by Matt Geraci in Torrington CT:

Looking West by Gaal Shepherd

Solstice begins at 

5:02am EST, 4:02am CST, 

3:02AM MST, 2:02am PST

Lovely to receive this from Vermont’s Representative, Peter Welch, and his wife Margaret.

 

Once you see Cookie Monster you can't unsee him...

 

Redpolls

 

Cardinals in Winter

Warm Kitty

 

Under the Tree

 

SLED

 

Let's Get This Done!

 

3rd Sunday of Advent (aka Rose Sunday): JOY / also The Feast of St. Lucia

HAPPY HANUKKAH! (Dec 10th at Sundown through Dec 17th at Sundown)

COVID-19 VACCINE DISTRIBUTION

 

Dust of Snow

 

This...

                                                  ~ via Nate Hine

puddle got some snow!

 

Tree Time!

This year our tree can have coloured lights or white lights or switch slowly between the two.
We are surprised how much we like both!

Ah, diversity.

 

Christmas Bookshelves

Happy Feast of St. Nicholas

and 2nd Sunday of Advent

 

Feeding the Chickens

Here is Littlest*Grand feeding her chickens. 

It's like a Jan Brett book come to life!

"Donkey's Hill"

 

Camel’s Hump, or as it is known locally (meaning, at our house) “Donkey’s Hill” 

after our 4 year old grandson recalled it as such when he last visited.

Red Barn in Snow

 

Counting the Days

Welcome December!

 

Farewell November

 

Sabbath Rest

 

One of Vermont's Flying Monkeys, atop the Burlington Train Station

 

Snow on the Garden

 

🌻🙏 Happy Thanksgiving!! 🙏🦃

 The gathering may be little, but the Thanks being given needn't be.  So far we have all avoided COVID and we have a Vaccine coming. Also coming soon:  A new President, Vice President and Cabinet!

              Pumpkin Pie fresh from the oven.

                We can't eat three pies, so we combined two into one!

It's Baking Day!

 

These are the treats I made for our family this year, since we can't be together.  Brownies and Rugelach (Walnut Horns).  I made tins of these, mailed one to family in Maine and we no-contact, doorstep-delivered them to the two households in Vermont that have grands.  We have one more to take to Root*Center*Son's house tomorrow. 

But first! Today is Pie Baking Day!  Since there will be just three of us on Thanksgiving Day, I am making a Pumpkin Pie and will attempt to make a half-Apple, half Cherry Pie as well. 

Today is also my one and only Daughter's 44th Birthday! 💖

On the Wing (Recovered, sort of)

And the People Stayed Home...

 “And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently.

"And the people healed. And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways, the earth began to heal.

"And when the danger passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways to live and heal the earth fully, as they had been healed."                 ~Kitty O'Meara

57 Years

                               

This Mom is Restored

My new Mother’s Ring has arrived and it is absolutely beautiful! 

Here is a photo of it paired with my Gramie Ring. These two rings help me feel close to my kids and grands in this time when we have to stay apart. Together they look like a crown, which is most fitting because these loved ones are my Crown Jewels! 

The Kids: sapphire, pearl, gold topaz, opal, sapphire

The Grands: peridot, sapphire, ruby, diamond, sapphire, garnet, ruby, peridot

 

Bonfire!