Steadfastly

Yesterday, my "second mom's" loving husband of 72 years decided he would celebrate his Lord and Savior's birthday in person in heaven this year.  

He passed peacefully in his own home after years of battling Parkinson's disease.  

My thoughts and prayers are with his family and everyone who was touched by his life.

My 31 Days of Christmas Celebration continues.  Yes, even now, because I know even though this man of God is absent from here, he is celebrating with his King in heaven, exactly where he wanted to be.

Portly

 We officially got 8.8 inches of snow yesterday, so we get a white Christmas after all.  

I've had several people comment on piggy and how much they like him.  He's been rather frisky though, and sometimes I catch him being a pig-gone-wild, rolling around on top of the awning.  One day we even had a good samaritan who tried to stand piggy back up and brace him with a piece of wood.  Thank you, mystery person!  Everybody loves piggy.  I now have some ballast inside him to keep him from going crazy, hopefully, but you can never tell with pigs.

My 31 Days of Christmas Celebration continues.

Humbly

My dad was the youngest of seven and I was the youngest grandchild.  By the time I came on the scene, grandma had a white artificial tree with a color wheel that would shine on the tree and change its color.  It was mesmerizing to little me.  This image, however, was taken before I was around.  Back when she still had a real tree for Christmas.

My 31 Days of Christmas Celebration continues.

Electrifyingly

This display makes me happy.  It's so festive!  We are supposedly getting dumped on with snow tomorrow.  If that happens, I may just have to go back here and get a shot of this beautiful scene swathed in snow.

My 31 Days of Christmas Celebration continues.

Dreadfully

Grandma Bergren getting a cheesy styrofoam Christmas tree as a present back in the 60s.  But you can see how happy she was to get it.  Because in the 60s, cheesy styrofoam decorations were all the rage.  It paired well with the plastic flowers on the coffee table. 

My 31 Days of Christmas Celebration continues.

Techie Corner

Medium format Kodak Safety Film really holds its color well.  I rue the day that mom switched from medium format to a nasty 110 film camera.