The Feeling

December has arrived and I'm late like usual.

Only days til Christmas and I have tons to do.

Just little stocking shopping but still the busy malls

and finding parking are more than I wish.

Where is the Holiday Spirit ?

I just would like 'it' to be easier.

Ya know what I mean.

This is the new Holiday ornament.

I got it last January on sale.

Was 50 % off.

I almost forgot about it.

Looks a bit like a Russian egg to me.

With all of it's detail work.

We got the tree up last weekend.

It is now shining at me

in the wee hours of this day.

I enjoy the twinkle of the lights

the most about Holidays.

With it being dark so much

in the late Fall & now Winter,

the brightness of lights

and the joy of the

Holiday Spirit

are what I enjoy

the most.

So, here's to you.

May you enjoy

this Holiday.

I plan on opening

my Holiday cards

on the Eve

(yes, I save them up)

and listening to

music while

I have a cat or dog

near me.

It's not the gifts that make me happy

it's the Season, the feeling,

the not craziness,

the cookies,

the not mess in the kitchen,

the bows on the gifts,

(there could be nothing in the box)

I think you get what I'm saying

Ho Ho Ho

Merry New Year

~ JC ~

Holiday Clouds

These clouds were hanging around during the T Day weekend.

I always seem to take photos aiming this direction.

We get the coolest colors over those hills.

Holidays are an interesting thing to me.

I came from a small family.

Thus I do not enjoy huge gatherings.

Never have and never will.

I'm usually the one in the back watching

the drama unfold.

I enjoy the quiet of this time.

Taking in the things that mean the most to me.

Nature and peace.

~ JC ~

Sunset

This is a  photo that I took a week ago.

(no photo shop .. just what I took)

This November sunset shocked me.

The afternoon was dry but cloudy.

It opened up just in time to show it's colors.

By the next morning, it was cloudy and wet.

 I'm so glad I saw this in time.

October Sky

This is what I call an October Sky.

Clouds hanging over the sun.

The hope is there.

For the long loved sun to appear.

Will it ?

The colors sometimes are amazing.

Glorious to see.

This time it did not break through.

The double shine was all we got.

I thought it was cool anyway.

Happy Halloween To All of You

~ JC ~

Blue Cup Special

I can't even tell you how much I enjoy the first cup of coffee in the morning. I let the girls out and while they visit the new smells that the evening brought them, I get my beans and grind away. Sometimes I get it made before they come in. If I added the water before they are at the door, I quickly get their dog kibbles put in their dishes. I have two smiley faces at the door waiting. They come in and head over to their breakfast. Maddy Jean, my youngest, will turn around and socialize a bit to say "Thank You Mom". She's just that kind of gal. Bella heads right over to her blanket and eats.

 This is my time to check on my fresh brewed. I add a bit of powdered vanilla creamer and off I go to the den. It's there that I sit and have my first sip. I open my emails and start looking at what happened during the night.

I'll end up having one or two cups but it's really that first one that starts my day. If it's really good there just isn't anything like it. The fresh aroma of the beans. The just right flavor of the creamer added to the darkness of the brew. It's magic really.

If I could, I would probably own a mini shop that sold coffee. Not the  bars that are open at five by the gas stations waiting to get those first drivers of the day. Nope, it would be a cute deli style place that served the best coffee around town. The kind that people tell others about. That hole in the wall that is the place to go for the first cup of morning.

I just felt like I needed to share that with all ten of you.

~ JC  & Meredith Ann & Maddy Jean ~

Meredith is on her post taking a bubble.

Always involved in everything.

Maddy Jean just came inside and like she usually does,

she is near me.