Today is Christmas Day.  Although most of the country is struggling with winter snows, we have been having blessed rain.
We did not travel this year and I am happy to be safe, secure (even if the cloud cover is preventing satellite reception) and healthy.
This is a time of year for family and friends and good food and memories.
My mind is full of memories (70+ years worth).  A brief chat with my husband of 55 years (tomorrow) will recall something for both of us.  So, thankfully, we can be together another Christmas and share a quiet and peaceful day and rain.

These are a few of my favorite things.  If you "hover" over the picture and click, it will enlarge a bit for more detail.

The bell is one of 2 that have survived that I painted in my tole painting days years ago,  and the trees have been accumulating for years The one with the red "berries" are to me Cardinals that I think of  because my sister loves them.

This is my favorite because of the stories I relive when I look at these.  The duck has its own story in that it "flew away"  when my son was moving.  Blew right out of the pickup and the head broke off.  I had painted this wood duck for him. Unfortunately for him, he is living at my house as I have never quite gotten him repainted.  The 2 pictures are of  New Mexico ruins and aspens.

So, they are here on the web and much easier to "find" than scanning through the many, many pictures.
A blessed and joyful Christmas and "God Bless Us Everyone"