Category: Photos

Yesterday, my mother found a stable for her Nativity scene when I took her to Hobby Lobby. We had seen some at Park Meadows, but they were very expensive.

Unfortunately, most of my mother’s Christmas decorations have to go on the mantel because it is the one place her cat won’t bother them. Smokey seems to view Christmas decorations as entertainments expressly import for her pleasure.

Dudley has apparently decided that in order to increase his chances of getting into an automobile, it is a very good thing to lie down in the garage whenever he manages to get into it from the mud-room. He does so with the air of one who is prepared to wait all day. Nothing, not even walkies, compares to car rides in Dudley’s world.

For a while, Dudley would attempt to plaster himself to the door between the garage and the mudroom, in a seeming effort to keep me from going into the garage without him. Although his air of determination was rather touching (and strongly reminiscent of Saturday morning cartoon characters) I tried not to reward this behavior, because a hundred and ten pound dog plastered against the door can be a nuisance. I broke him of the habit by leaving by the front door instead until he gave up his attempt.

My friend, with her new kitten named, appropriately, Folly.

I have been wanting to take a picture of my mother’s place after it snows, but the weather hasn’t been cooperating with any deep snow falls. I took this photo yesterday as my mother left her condo to go with me to the library.

…for the sunrise fans.

We occasionally have a weather pattern here in Colorado where it will snow for a day or two without significant accumulation. When this happens, it is usually quite cold and not very windy. We have had this sort of weather since yesterday, and it makes for good conditions to stay inside and eat corn bread and potato soup.

The horses are NOT happy, and feel that in a well-regulated universe, the feeders would do something about it.