Holiday message
Dec. 23rd, 2021 11:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
altivoHere we are, the Solstice is done, the days are getting longer already. It's the Eve of Christmas Eve, and I imagine the shopping malls are crazy and crowded. But out here in the boonies, everything is eerily quiet. The din of passing traffic on our closest roads is much reduced and even the neighbors' noisy cows are unusually silent. The sky is partly clouded, but the sun breaks through at intervals for a few minutes. Our shopping is done, the cards and packages mailed and the personal gifts wrapped to exchange tomorrow evening as is the family custom here.
Ham is thawed in the fridge, but I still have to make a mince pie and a "festive" salad. Otherwise, the peace has settled on us for a few days. (I hope.) With the temperature around 40°F the horses are out in their yard without blankets on. No doubt they will roll in the mud but that's their way of celebrating.
To all our friends, wherever you are and whatever holidays you celebrate, here is good cheer and best wishes. A new year is coming, may it be better and less dark than the last few have been.
You can find our holiday message, with illustrations, at This Link. (Approx. 4 MB photos and text.)
Ham is thawed in the fridge, but I still have to make a mince pie and a "festive" salad. Otherwise, the peace has settled on us for a few days. (I hope.) With the temperature around 40°F the horses are out in their yard without blankets on. No doubt they will roll in the mud but that's their way of celebrating.
To all our friends, wherever you are and whatever holidays you celebrate, here is good cheer and best wishes. A new year is coming, may it be better and less dark than the last few have been.
You can find our holiday message, with illustrations, at This Link. (Approx. 4 MB photos and text.)
