Little Dancing Dog & Cleaning HouseThe dust is flying, vacuums are sucking, closets are emptying. It’s the annual After Christmas Fire Sale! Goodwill here we come!
Joan is on a Holy Quest to seek out places to store the loot the fat guy in the red suit dumped in our den early Tuesday morning. [...]
Archive for December, 2007
Posted in Uncategorized on December 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Posted in Blogging, Musings and Meanderings, Posts by Dad on December 27, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Musings & Meanderings: Saying Farewell to Blogger
The photo is a shot taken by Jessie last weekend. It is unfortunate that I have to say that she has given me permission to post her photos on this blog hosted by Blogger. We woke up this morning to find that her pictures from her trip to Biltmore [...]
Posted in Family Stuff, Posts by Dad, Special Moments on December 26, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Christmas All Wrapped UpActually we follow our Anglican tradition of celebrating Christmas up until the Epiphany (January 5th). For the most part the presents have been distributed and opened but for us that is not what the holiday is about. And despite all of us including Ben having a nasty cold this has [...]
Posted in Family Stuff, On the Palette, Posts by Dad on December 23, 2007 | 7 Comments »
On the Palette…Christmas Time is Here
Hunter Green: Just like the arrival of colder weather, gray skies, and the jolly fat guy in the sleigh we welcome the 2007 holiday virus. We started Ben’s “sick plan” yesterday afternoon which mainly involves increased nebulizer treatments. It’s the same cold that has made Joan and [...]
Posted in Special People on December 22, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Tears In Heaven
Our hearts are broken today. This kind of thing should never happen especially during a season expecting the arrival of the Christ child. Instead Heaven has welcomed with open arms the arrival of a new saint. Jake Apple now walks hand in hand with his Friend and Saviour but his [...]
Posted in Family Stuff, Jessie, Jessie's Art, Posts by Dad, Special Moments on December 21, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Tiny Dancer…Natural Photographer
I’ve believed for a long while now that I’ve passed on my creative spirit to both my children. If you’ve read this blog for any length of time you know a great deal about Ben’s endeavors into painting and drawing. His creativity has also manifested itself in so many different ways as he [...]
Posted in About Ben, Blogged by Ben, Family Stuff on December 17, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Blogged by Ben
Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you are having a wonderful holiday season spent with family and loved ones all around you. As you can see, I had one of our loved ones curled up under my legs for our afternoon nap today. Layla has been my furry friend the past [...]
Posted in Posts by Dad, Weird Searches on December 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Cold Rainy Days, A Bottle of Wine, and a Site Meter
I knew it. We Southerners would be paying for the Spring-like weather we’ve enjoyed the first two weeks of December. Add in the mild November and we now have the typical recipe for cold rain over the next few weeks.
We can’t complain too [...]
Posted in Musings and Meanderings, Posts by Dad on December 12, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The Sad Part
Every artist will tell you that at the close of most outdoor shows there are plenty of folks down on their luck willing and actually wanting to help us pack our gear and carry it to our van, trailer, or truck. Sometimes they have vests labeling theme as porters and sometimes not, [...]
Posted in Posts by Dad, Top Ten Lists on December 10, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Silent Nightor at Least Turn the Volume Down!It’s been awhile since I’ve done a “top ten” list and in reality this is more like a “bottom ten” list. I think. Before I confuse myself more than I do on an ordinary basis let me get to the point.
After three straight weekends of listening [...]
