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My father made it through surgery, and is as I write this just hanging out in the hospital room overnight, being observed. Trusting they can still see him tomorrow he'll be sent home to have a break from packing for five days or so, because did I mention they're moving to a new place end of next month? That's still on, and he did his last boxing for a while yesterday evening. So that's nice to have cleared up.
And now in the photo roll? This may look like just a bunch of pictures of our house at the holidays ... but it's our house at the end of the holidays. That's right: we've made it to Twelfth Night and are looking at pictures from the current actual factual calendar year of 2024! Hooray!
Our living room tree, with the tied ribbon topper rather than the taller and fancier ones. We'd gone to the ribbon one year when the tree was a little too tall for the other toppers and discovered it's pretty nice like this, actually.
Some of the special ornaments here, such as carousel horse (12 o'clock), a transparent carousel (center), Santa playing pinball (about 7 o'clock), and one of the Hallmark carnival set of ornaments (about 4 o'clock).
A reminder of the dear rabbit we lost at the beginning of 2023.
The ornament for the dear rabbit we met in the spring of 2023 and ... uh ... we don't know what happened with the personalization at Bronner's.
What the tree looks like illuminated by itself. Uh, also by the holiday music channel on the TV. Sorry about that.
And how the tree looks lit by itself as seen from the dining room.
Oh! Now what is this big ball of sniffing white fur?
Yeah, it's Roger, who having established what my deal is and that it didn't involve feeding him settled back to being invisible against the fleece underneath.
The upstairs tree, in the little corner of the bedroom where we block off attic access just when we need to be moving stuff up and down.
By night it isn't just beautiful but throws these puddles of light all over the room that are so lovely.
Here's what just the ceiling looks like, illuminated.
And a last view of the tree in full livery. Happy 2024, everyone!
Trivia: Gadolinium, discovered in 1880, is four times as abundant in the Earth's crust as tin. Source: Nature's Building Blocks: An A-Z Guide to the Elements, John Emsley.
Currently Reading: Nose Dive: A Field Guide to the World's Smells, Harold McGee.
PS: May I interest you in learning What's Going On In Mark Trail? Why is Mark Trail in a lion house? July - September 2024 took Mark Trail some odd places.
