Christmas. Passed. Fast.

I hadn't had a Christmas tree in years, but I couldn't resist

getting a little tree for the little guy this year.

Most of the time I cut button eucalyptus branches at a friend's house and decorate the mantel piece with that, fairy lights and candles. This year we had a formal hanging of stockings as well, like when "the kids" (now in their mid thirties) were little.

But this is what makes Christmas sweet, right?

And this.

And this.

Sid. Open.

That'll be the Corn Tiger. Sid. He knows his name and talks about himself in the third person.

Sid do it. Sid eat. Sid shoes black. Watching him learn how to talk in Nana time is so much fun.

I got the gift of three days and nights with the Daughter and the Corn Tiger at my house over Christmas. It was great to have them around for breakfast, lunch and dinner, for mornings in Nana's bed, walks downtown, splashing in the bathtub, bedtime stories and singing to sleep.

Jooon!

D and CT got to go visit her high school friend and daughter, R & Baby June, down the end of the street and we had R and BJ up here for dinner. So great to see this second generation of friendship forming.

He already knows how to ride his scooter "Fast, Fast!".

Here's hoping there were moments of magic in your holidays

that will follow you into the New Year.

More soon.

Fast kisses for now.

x0 N2

Christmas Corners #2

My yard is still blessed with a few late roses and I have been gifted with some fuyu persimmons and pomegranates, all adding a simple sweetness to our California holiday season.

More soon, sweet kisses for now!

N2

Christmas Corners #1

Early resolution to post more here.

I'm going to start with pictures, always a good way to get me going.

This one is CA seasonal -- sunshine, pomegranates, the last of the hollyhocks, a tiny advent

calendar and a wind up toy from Christmas past who has become a character around the house.

More soon, love for now.

x0,

N2