Merry Christmas One and All

Flashback to 2009 - a golden oldie  Santa.   Alas, this guy after many seasons was retired - broken and faded
 

2009 was a snowy Christmas year

Flashback to Abby showing off  new boots.  Now she's twenty with a one year old child.

World Christmas greetings to all

Flashback to silly college girls flirting with Santa in downtown Philly  (me, Helen, Santa, and Joan)

My fave ornament - the tin soldier made from a toilet paper roll.  A Kevin creation many, many years ago (He's 43 now!)

Hope today is a splendid day of good cheer to you and your family/friends.  Love to my blog friends. 

Home

This blurry photo is circa 1981, the house I grew up in on Oakland Place. It was built in 1960 and stands today. The trees are taller. My Dad is shorter. I'm headed there for a Thursday thru Monday visit - post Thanksgiving/pre-Christmas. You have to work with the airlines these days if you don't want to pay them thousands.

Home is in Texas with Ray. But home is also here - no doubt as long as Dad is alive and shoveling snow, raking leaves, and vacuuming the carpet. He's darn healthy and has nice neighbors. Nothing really changes here, but it's clean, packed with memories, and we sit at the kitchen table and talk forever.

I'm very fortunate. I might have to dig in the basement and see if that big red stocking is still around to hang on the front door. Cheers!